He's someone people consider fortunate to know.

A rare person who puts others ahead himself, and involved in more organizations than we can list.

"I live in a small town where people care about each other," Avery said.

Gene Avery is talking about Edmonton.

"I was a depression kid," Avery said. "The most important thing in our life at the time was the only thing we could do really would be church and 4-H. Didn't cost any money. I remember how much the 4-H meant to me so I tried to give them back something."

The 4-H is just on organization Mr. Avery volunteers with. He is an active member of the Methodist Church, a volunteer with the extension service, an officer of the American Legion Post, the secretary of the Masonic Lodge, and a volunteer for the Dry Fork Gorge Nature Conservancy Board.

But the one project Mr. Avery says he enjoys most is his work with a homeless shelter in Bowling Green.

"We had seven kids altogether in one month in that homeless shelter and they had no toys to play with," Avery said.

So, Mr. Avery helped fundraise to provide toys and a nutritionist for the homeless children. As far as being a parent goes, Lynn says her dad taught her a lot growing up.

"Probably the most valuable thing that he taught me is that its okay to make mistakes as long as you learn from them."

Gene recently helped raise scholarships for 22 kids to go to 4-H Camp, and works with a baseball program sponsored by the Legion.

He says he couldn't do it without the help of others in his community.

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