Orrin: This was a tear-jerker. (I wonder if it will run every hour for 10 or 15 hours on CNN.) My kids also introduced me to a show called Extreme Home Makeover (or something like that). Its been around for a while. A team finds a very worthy and giving family, sends them off on vacation for a week, and then builds them a new house. The family is such a part of the community that scores or hundreds of people help out. THe outcomes are absolutely astounding. Almost every program is a tear-jerker. There are large corporations and local companies that give and give and give to help make this happen. What I notice is that there is NO GOVERNMENT involved in this (except probably permit and code approvals) - no government handouts - no government monies!! There are many, many people who give. I don't understand the logic that says the government must give out money to the needy because it would not happen otherwise. So, the people who allegedly are not charitable, will elect charitable politicians to carry out the charitable work that we would not do ourselves? (That type of logic makes my brain hurt.) I think not. Thanks for the info and all that you do. Owen Derry