Ask and you shall receive.

This hopefully looks to be the case for a program that hangs banners honoring veterans on the streets of Butler after recently finding itself lacking the necessary volunteers and equipment to get the job done.

More than 400 of the military tribute banners were hung and organized by a team at the American Legion Post 117.

In April, the Legion discontinued taking applications for new banners due to a lack of space and volunteers. However, the Legion still intends to hang banners already in its possession that it planned to put up.

Also, organizers will continue to add banners for veterans killed or missing in action for free as long as funding lasts.

But Jim Dittmer, the Legion’s former commander who has led the charge to hang the banners, said the initiative has recently been held up because they are without a bucket truck.

“We have 28 banners ready to go, but we need a truck,” he told the Eagle last week.

On Saturday, the Eagle posted a link on its Facebook page to a story on the Legion’s conundrum. Within hours, hundreds of residents responded, looking to get involved.

“When you find out where to sign up for volunteers, I’ll be the first in line,” wrote one resident.

“You get the bucket truck, I’ll get the volunteers,” another wrote.

Another resident offered the use of his pickup truck and a 12-foot ladder, saying he’d hang up the banners for free, while another vowed to donate money to either help put up the banners or provide food for volunteers involved in the effort.

Billy Stewart, a Butler resident who owns and operates Stewart’s Fiber & Cable in Worthington, said his company would provide workers and do the job for free.

Amanda Corace of Saxonburg’s Falling Timber Landscaping wrote that the company has a bucket truck and was “more than happy to set up a date and time to volunteer.”

On Tuesday, Coraopolis’ Thoroughbred Construction helped put up some of the banners.

Mayor Ben Smith said that while the city provides pole space for the banners — and has included brackets on all new streetlights, so that the banners could be attached — it always has been a Legion-run program.

“People are generally pretty helpful, especially when it comes to veteran or military services,” Smith said. “If people are coming forward, that’s great to hear.”

The residents’ response is a great example of how Butler County steps up to help when called upon to do so.

It’s also an example of how a local newspaper can provide a platform to connect people in need of assistance with those willing to help.

Anyone else interested in getting involved can contact Dittmer at 724-679-4005.

Kate Shuler, the Legion’s new commander, also is seeking volunteers in the hopes of rebooting the banner program. She can be reached at 724-991-6617.

It’s heartening to see so many community residents jump in so quickly to volunteer for this effort.