Back in July 2013, I placed a cache in my neighborhood to point out a firemen's memorial that had seemingly gone forgotten. It is a beautiful memorial, but the surrounding area was so neglected that I didn't even know what was there until I stopped by to look closer one day....and I live in the neighborhood.
10 days after my cache had been activated, John and his co-workers from the Town of Oyster Bay took it upon themselves to do something about it. The area immediately looked 100 times better and now people could actually notice and appreciate the memorial. Eventually, the Eagle Scouts would take the spot on as a project and now the area surrounding the memorial is truly worthy of what it represents. So much so, that I archived the "Forgotten Memorial" cache (GC4G1WD) and placed a new one, "Forgotten Memorial, Remembered!". (GC5ZT7X)
Since that time, John has always been one to offer help whenever it was needed or has given me things for my daughter that his kids have outgrown. Any way you slice it, John is definitely one of the good guys in the game. Congrats on 3K!
When I saw this area open up for a cache, I decided to place one here for John and his family, since they are so close by. In fact, they own the cache on the other side of the park. Please allow them the FTF on this one and please check out my "Forgotten Memorial, Remembered!" cache if you haven't already. The transformation of that memorial is probably my favorite geocaching story since I started playing the game 6 years ago.