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The Toledo area, which is loaded with lots to do from parks to the arts to dining and sports, has an abundance of folks who continue to give, give, give, whether it is in the form of monetary donations or volunteerism.

THE Alexis de Tocqueville Society of the United Way gathered in the lovely and spacious Corey Creek home of chairman Denny Johnson and his wife, Sheila.

This is a group of givers who donate more than $10,000 a year and some donate as much as $249,999. The group, a national organization, was named for Alexis Charles-Henri Clerel de Tocqueville who, in 1831, at the age of 26, traveled the United States. As a result of this journey, he wrote Democracy in America, a study of American society and politics."