Four years ago, C.J. Knight was a freshman football player at Park Crossing High School and was severely injured at football practice, paralyzing him from the chest down. Since then his mother, Konica Harris, has been his caregiver 24/7.
Our Pay It Forward honoree this week is Bessie Lucas from Millbrook. She is a frontline healthcare worker and has persevered through her own struggles to help others.
Several years ago, Brenda Peacock started painting angels to sell. “We had a local child that had cancer that I did a little fundraising for. After that, I thought that worked pretty good, I need to keep this up,” said Peacock. And she did keep it up. Painting angels would soon become her mission. Helping to end children’s…
Our Pay It Forward honoree this week is Connie Johnson of Hayneville. She’s making a difference by helping the elderly in her community.
A year and half ago, Amanda Meacham had a vision for helping other women get off drugs and get their lives back on track. She started holding yard sales to raise money for a recovery home and opened Angels in Disguise. “Angels in Disguise is about women helping women. A lot of broken women don’t have the opportunity to…
For the past nine years, Edna Savage has played a key role in the organization Save Kids of Incarcerated Parents, also known as SKIP, Inc.
It’s been said that Cubie Rae Hayes does a million dollars worth of work just for a hug and a smile. She’s well known in the community for pitching in and bringing resources together to make a difference. Hayes is a community advocate. Through her non-profit Citizens That Care, Inc., she has been able to come along side other non-profits…
This week’s Pay it Forward honoree is Angie Harris of Wetumpka. Shes spends much of her extra time volunteering at the Humane Society of Elmore County thrift store. She says it’s a great way to give back. Harris is a full-time cosmetologist and every other Saturday she’s at the thrift store and even on her vacation days. “She’s just always…
Love Loud Montgomery is a compassion ministry part of the Montgomery Baptist Association formerly known as Forest Park Ministry Center. They focus on immediate needs to longer-term needs of their guests. Donna McCullough is the executive director. For more than 20 years Love Loud Montgomery has been helping people. Donna McCullough was nominated for the way she cares for them….
Those who know him describe Jerry Smith as dependable, always on time, committed, and reliable. Jerry Smith is a retired bus driver and now drives people like William Bowman and others who are visually impaired to their appointments and places they need to go. “Well, one thing, being blind it’s hard for someone who is visually impaired to get out…
