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 We are a community of layers of generations. In 1990, my parents were still in the house where I grew up. I had moved to Europe, lived in Atlanta. But every time I meet somebody who has a connection to my past. It's this wonderful network of people and families.

 The freshmen dorm is a true ice-breaker experience. You meet so many people here. My friend lived in Sherburne earlier this year, but there wasn't community there and he moved to Holes. When I went to visit him (in Sherburne), no one had their doors open. It's hard to meet people that way.

 We feel very much disturbed that we find ourselves in this dilemma, because we have not experienced this in the past, ... We grew up in a community where the young people lived until they got to their old age and there were very, very few deaths.

 In a lot of this discussion, we lose track of the number of people who were born and raised here, and they're part of the service sector of our community. They're having as much trouble as anybody trying to buy a house. And they've lived here. Their families are here, they've always worked here.

 [But if Boyden grew up canoeing across cold-water lakes and tramping through the birch forests with his relatives, no one ever explained their connection. His parents were raised during the 1930s when native heritage was considered shameful and many mixed-race people would pretend to be white.] I think my grandmother lived with this quietly, unhappily, ... My mother just refused to recognise it so didn't grow up with any kind of prejudice.

 It's time to start thinking of parents and families as community builders and not just as service recipients. While the craniofacial community may be small by comparison to other health issue communities like heart disease or cancer or diabetes, we are nonetheless a community. Don’t underestimate individuals with facial differences or their parents – what they have learned in their lives can be put to meaningful use to help others.

 My parents moved in with me, I'm very close with my family. But the time came when I actually had to kick my parents out because it's my house!

 Our first child was born in that house in 1975. My wife and I lived upstairs because we'd made it like a little studio apartment, and my parents lived downstairs in the main house.

 There's a little bit of a treasure hunt aspect to research. A lot of times people start with a little goal, like finding the builder of the house, then get hooked on it. It's fun to be able to tell your kids, to have an understanding of what lives have been lived here. To know the birthday of your house and who the parents of your house were.

 In Southern California, there's that feeling of people in transit. I grew up in Southern California, so whenever I ran across a world where your relatives stayed, and they lived a few miles away, and you have the roots that are really strong in your community, that always felt like a wonderful romantic notion. And this [movie] was about discovering this whole root system that you didn't realize you had.

 The instant we sat down together in my interview, I felt like there was a connection between us. Because of our backgrounds, I mean, we're like the same guy. We both lived and died with our father's successes as we grew up. And because our fathers' both had success, and then failures that really kind of crushed them at that time, we have a shared perspective. We connect at those levels.

 Bill Bolling personifies the spirit of public and community service. Bill has been an extraordinary leader for many years in efforts to end hunger in the Atlanta area, and he has been a tireless advocate on behalf of national public policies that help individuals and families in need. His enthusiasm, kindness and generosity are extraordinary assets to the America's Second Harvest Network and hungry people nationwide.

 I grew up on Floral Street, and it was never this bad. I moved out and moved back. If I realized how bad it was, I never would have built my house there.

 The program is getting started and it takes a while. A lot of people who are helping out, but it's going to take some time. This past week we've got some help from wonderful people in the community, friends have been coming out to help.

 A number of families who attended Eighth Street are back as parents and teachers now. It seems that it is very common amongst people coming home - Ashley and I are not unique in that regard. Our parents instilled in us a sense of connection when we were young. It's great to see our daughter go to our school and encounter that feeling of comfort and camaraderie, that feeling of home.


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