Neighborhoods are alive and well. The pollsters also found a majority know and like their neighbors. It may surprise some that the Internet is not fracturing families but is creating new friends and that e mail is surpassing snail mail, and even the telephone to some extent, as a means of staying connected. This fact has strengthened relationships with friends and family rather than the reverse. Another point about Americans that was confirmed by the poll is that a majority has donated time to a charitable cause in the past year, and 73 percent have donated money.
Churches are the greatest bene- ficiaries, followed by children's causes.
The portrait of America that emerges from these findings is one we should be thankful for, indeed. Enter words describing a concept or keywords.