Hey, it's Kelly, and at the end of every week, I like to share something true and useful,

something I stumbled over that gave me a burst of optimism, something you can share with

friends like an audio greeting card, something to help us all keep our eyes on what's working

and what could be.

So, I'll be right back with this week's For The Good of the Order.

This is Kelly Corgan Wonders.

Hello.

Here is a great story to share for The Good of the Order, about a guy who kind of lived

for The Good of the Order.

So, this is an Alabama, it's a small town, about a thousand people, a lot of farmers, and

there was this guy who just died, he was 80 years old, his name was Hodey Childress, and

this guy had gotten wind that people went down to the town pharmacy and sometimes couldn't

afford the copay.

And so they would do what people all over the country do when they can't afford their

own healthcare costs.

They skip dosages, they go without say an Epipen, they cut their pills in half and see

if they can stretch the medication longer.

They take all kinds of risks that people who have better insurance or more resources don't

have to.

So for years, this guy would go down there and give the pharmacist a hundred dollar bill

and say just keep it on the side and if you have people come through who can't cover

their copay, just give them a little bit from this and don't tell them who it's from

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