Pay It Forward: Norbert Thomas of Wilcox County
Norbert Thomas came back from Iraq in 2004 with a dream to give back to his community by helping at-risk kids.
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Pay It Forward: Rosetta Johnson of Montgomery
The Vance Law Firm and Alabama News Network are honoring Rosetta Johnson of Montgomery. Her non-profit Caps and Socks Inc. collects and delivers caps, socks and other winter clothing items to nursing home residents and elderly communities in and around Montgomery. They are small tokens, Johnson says, that mean so much to those on the receiving end. Caps and Socks…
Pay It Forward: Jeannine Lee of Pike Road
Alabama News Network and The Vance Law Firm are honoring Jeannine Lee of Pike Road Her military family has called a few places home. In every new community she wastes no time finding ways to get involved, whether it’s volunteering at her own grandkids’ school or with a youth group at Century Church in Montgomery. Every week she also helps…
Pay It Forward: Terry Oliver of Selma
The Vance Law Firm and Alabama News Network are honoring Terry Oliver of Selma. Whether its mowing others’ lawns, helping his elderly neighbors on trash day, or volunteering to help keep local storefronts litter-free, Terry Oliver often goes out of his way to perform random acts of service. His desire to serve is what he would describe as a labor…
Pay It Forward: Jacque Chandler of Montgomery
The Vance Law Firm and Alabama News Network are honoring Jacque Chandler of Montgomery. He’s a photographer that volunteers his time and talents to countless non-profits around the River Region, capturing memories, smiles and history. For the last 30 years that he’s lived in Montgomery he’s had a front row seat to history capturing some of his favorite shots, he…
Pay It Forward: Lela Underwood of Selma
NOMINATE SOMEONE HERE. The Vance Law Firm and Alabama News Network are honoring Lela Underwood of Selma. Underwood has made it her mission to serve the elderly community in West Alabama. The way she’s doing that has had to change because of COVID-19 but, she’s still making it happen. She hasn’t been able to make her usual rounds to nursing…
Pay It Forward: LeMarkus Snow of Selma
The Vance Law Firm and Alabama News Network are honoring LeMarkus Snow of Selma who is helping change the landscape of his community, literally. For more than a month Snow and his handful of employees have been mowing through overgrown cemeteries, parks, city streets and cleaning up trash all across Selma. He owns his own lawn care service, but he’s…
Pay It Forward: Madison Holley of Luverne
The Vance Law Firm and Alabama News Network are honoring Madison Holley of Luverne. She is a seventh grade student who set up a lemonade stand to raise money for first responders and health care workers. Madison raised $2,500. But that’s not all. She helped provide free meals as well, showing you’re never too young to help your community. For…
Pay It Forward: DeAngelo and Davetta Zeigler of Eclectic
The Vance Law Firm and Alabama News Network are honoring DeAngelo and Davetta Zeigler of Eclectic. They own Wow Catering. Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began, they decided they would not allow any child to go hungry. Without them, that could have been a problem with children out of school and some having no access to food. They gave lunches…
Pay It Forward: Ell White II of Prattville
The Vance Law Firm and Alabama News Network are honoring Ell White II of Prattville. White is a retired U.S. Army Major who has been giving back to our community. He has taught as an Adjutant Professor in the Rehabilitation Studies Department at Alabama State University for three years. He mentors and tutors at the West End Boys and Girls…
