My post about the tourists helping out is not meant as a direct hands on help nut rather as an indirect help. As Elaine mentioned, there are many folks that do volunteer and assist in other ways but she also mentioned that the tourists bring in $$. What my post was geared toward was the fact that if we tourists spend money in any business on the island, that keeps that business in operation which in turn means that business to employ people who get compensated for their employment. That employment equals income which is then used to buy food and other necessities as well as supplies to make repairs or hire a contractor.