We use local pastors and food bank to distribute items never direct. None of our friends have asked but everyone here is resilient to this because of remoteNess of area big town is 3 hours each way so you go once a month max. 600 people in village more livestock than humans.
There is a local info email done each day you can buy sell and ask for things… sometimes stuff just shows up at your place if you ask for it and if you don’t say I have one stop you can end up with multi copies.
You know you live in hillbilly/redneck /prepper area when village has a plan and manpower plan to cut off community form outside using natural choke points in valley lol. You can also tell this by the moonshine/BBQ tasting and award weekend and it is taken very seriously and with great pride to win… 600 people 40 different shines lol. Show and shine with old tractors down main street. Fall bake fair with skeet shooting competition and you have it with single shot only with load and shoot.
2 Gun ranges one to 1 km and other has a fun house in it lol and the worst shots in town are the cops lol. last year a 14 year old girl did the fun house faster and more accurate than half the town lol. She did the fun house while wearing rubber boots and a sun dress with a straw hat. She said this year she wants to compete in the adult category. .. yes there is a kid category. …
The school to raise funds sells firewood and seeds. They have a bring a pet day at school and kids have brought calves horses piglets. ….
There is horse tie rails water troughs at tavern, coffee shop and farm store and you see horses tied up.
You do give up the fine cuisine, multi cultural, fancy clothes and shopping selection of big cities. I thought it a worthy trade still the new guys after 7 years.