Vannakkam: Temples in the west run differently than some temples in the east. In the east, a family and friends or a priesthood will run the temples. (Not always, but for the most part.) This has lead to a subconscious habit pattern, I believe, where you go to a temple to worship, but not to work. I'm wondering if anyone has ideas on how to change that, and I only really have experience with one temple. Through the grapevine I've heard that other temples struggle as well.

Here there are a few people who will willingly jump right in, but not most. "Someone else's job" seems to be the mantra.
Some day the old guys like me won't be there. What happens then? As I'm working away, (volunteer landscaping) people walk past, may stop to say 'Hi', but rarely offer help. A kind old man, must be 80+ comes every day these days. He uses a cane, hails from Delhi, and today asked, "Can I help you?" Of course he couldn't but it certainly struck me that if it would have been 40 years ago, he would have.

Ideas?

Aum Namasivaya