Our View: Younger generation cares about community

A lot of times you hear people say that older people are community-oriented, and young people are thinking only of themselves.

Who will pitch in and help out on community projects when the older generation passes?

Well, fear no more.

Havre High School students have come forth with the answer. They will take over that responsibility.

Members of the Key Club have undertaken several community-minded projects over the years. Now they are taking on a massive effort.

The students heard of two families that are in need of help and support.

Dylan Hendrickson is a Havre Middle School student who suffers from Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Tia and Candace Kallenberger have a disease which doctors think might be muscular dystrophy.

For years, members of Key Club, a youth group created by Kiwanis Club, have collected aluminum top pops to raise money for Ronald McDonalds House, which provides housing for families who are with young children getting medical care. The Kallenberger and Hendrickson families have used Ronald McDonald houses.

But club members wanted to help the families out more.

They organized an effort of Havre churches to hold spaghetti dinners so people people could get a good meal and help the families.

They call it organized religion, but organizing churches can be quite a task. The students did that, however, and got 10 churches to hold fundraisers this coming weekend.

Both families will benefit from the financial help, but both say they enjoy more the strong support from the community, especially the youth community.

Havre has long been known as a caring community that reaches out to help people.

That reputation shows no sign of dying out. The younger generation shows every sign of carrying on and building on the Havre tradition.