When Jim and Anita Shoemaker wanted some trees removed from their yard, they didn’t expect the mess they’d be left with, but also didn’t expect the ways the community would step in to help. 

The Shoemakers recently hired someone to get rid of three of their trees. The person they hired cut the trees down and started to clear away some of the debris left behind, saying he’d come back for the rest. But then he didn’t. 

“He never came back and cleaned up the mess,” Anita explained. 

This left the Shoemakers with piles of debris around their home, including branches and tree st...