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Dispatches: The Changing American Dream” is an ongoing series that brings national issues to a local level, and looks at how they affect our friends and neighbors.
Twins Allai and Connor Regan know what it feels like when a community pitches in to help a family in need, and that's why they wanted to be part of Friday's hurricane relief effort at Echo Lake Church of Christ in Westfield. "Our father died in 9/11 and the community gave so much to us," Allai said. "It felt good to help out (today) when they helped us out so much." Echo Lake Church of Christ served as a host site Friday morning for the Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort, Inc. The Nashville-based organization sent a truckload of supplies — from food staples to bedding and cleaning …
