Stopgap social fixes don’t work

OPINION:

America organized a lot of service projects this year around 9/11. We certainly have sufficient natural disasters to warrant these efforts. But is this level and type of citizenship going to get it done for the year? Are bottles of water and hygiene kits fr the homeless going to get America back on track again?
And what about social disasters going unanswered? We have flooding in family solidarity, drought in education and knowledge, inflation in crime and licentiousness, famine in financial stability and civility, fire in addiction and debt spending and hurricanes in physical and mental health.
Into what sort of plastic containers can we put solutions to these problems? Our special Memorial Day efforts each year increase our Band-Aid output but leave the soul of our country still wounded. 

KIMBALL SHINKOSKEY
Woods Cross, Utah