2020 Hometown Heroes

Page 228 2020 Hometown HEROES Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS May 14, 2020 recipients landlord. Be a blessing my friends! We all need a little extra help and support during these times.” The posts in the comment section started pouring in. Many of these posts included words of appreciation to the donor who had the ability and the heart to help someone else. There were a number of posts of family members and friends “nominating” someone they cared about and knew could use this kind of “hands-up” in order to get through the time off work. About half-way through the process, donor number one was telling a friend what he/she was doing, and the friend decided to do the same. Goodman was contacted with the news that a second anonymous donor wanted to pay up to $500 for the May rent of a Logan County resident. Goodman posted that news and there was a resurgence of posts, friends nominating friends hoping that the gift would help them out in tough times. On April 24th the two donors had a lot of options to consider. After carefully doing so, they notified Goodman of their choices and the winner names were posted by Goodman. LDN asked permission to reprint the names of the winners, and we heard back from only one recipient – Heather Thompson. Thompson said she was overjoyed by the gift. “I just want to say that my donor was a light in a world full of chaos!!! A huge weight was lifted off my shoulders!!!!!” Both of the donors are former Logan County residents. “We are both Hartsburg-Emden graduates and are very proud of our Hartem and Logan County ties. We both still have family living in Logan County. Neither of us currently live in Logan County. Once the winners were notified and we found out their rent payment amounts (one was $550 and one was $525). We both ended up paying the entire amount for each for the month of May.” Donor one concluded by saying, “I would just say to all your readers, There are a lot of people in and from Logan County who have the means to help others, if you are one of these people, consider giving back to help a fellow citizen. While it might not be much to you, it can be the world to someone hurting right now.” Thank you to these two great people who respect their roots and have compassion for others. Both are Covid-19 Hometown Heroes in our book, and we are sure others will agree, especially the ladies who have had one burden taken off their shoulders for the next 30 days. [Nila Smith]