You get what you put in from MSCC. We have friends across the country & have enjoyed tours & events over the last 25 years we would have missed out on.
Moving to Suffolk 6 years ago it helped us build a new network of friends.
I also I suppose am lucky so I ask my kids to donate any money they would spend on me at Xmas or bdays to local food banks.
I also give a donation at Xmas equivalent to the 8 folk who site down for Xmas lunch to a homeless charity.