Listen as Richard Todd announces our 5th & final hometown hero, Dedra Bennett! She was nominated by her friend, Kacie. Here’s what she had to say…..
“Dedra is a one of a kind individual. She has one of the biggest hearts of anyone I have ever met. She is a woman who deserves recognition but doesn’t go down that path. She does from the good of her heart instead of what she can get from it. She is a front line worker in health-care and has been in the clinical setting for over 20 years and we all know how tough it has been over the last couple of years with COVID. She is a loving, giving, nurturing, intelligent, funny, kind, resilient, dedicated, mother, grandmother, and friend. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing her for 5 years now and I admire her more and more each year. She wouldn’t want this known and you wouldn’t know it by her personality because she is a beam of light and so jovial, but she is also a person in need. The things that she does for others, she needs too. There are hardships that she puts up with too, she works two jobs, and is putting herself through nursing school. She has been through a lot and has overcome a lot and she wants to make sure she sees others through those tough times. She would give you her last dime if she knew it will help you. I say all of that as a prelude to this- she has organized so many functions to help those in need and donates to those functions. Those functions being: helping coworkers in need (with food, clothing, even gas money), getting together a drive for food and toys for our patients and their children in our office to give during the holidays, she has even purchased and picked up and taken medication to patients. She is known by many people and they all love her. If she isn’t there at the office, patients will specifically ask “where is Dedra?”. She provides support physically and emotionally. The world is a better place because of her. She has a beautiful soul, a kind and generous heart, a radiant spirit. It would just be nice if she could have one night of something good for her.”
