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" It probably would have been a lot worse if there hadn’t been a gas industry here."
Homeless people can be especially invisible in rural areas. Donations from natural gas companies help efforts such as Jacob's Place. A new fire retardant system over the shelter's kitchen ranges is not going to be in the newspaper headlines or have any effect on public policy discussions. But it keeps shelter open and the meals coming. And gas companies know that the best way to do business in a community is to pitch in whenever you can.