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For the Love of our Community Heroes 2021 - Winners Week 3

Published on: March 3, 2021

We Invite You to Follow Along Our 10 Week Campaign and Read All About Our Amazing Oregon Heroes!

Sunriver Resort's “For the Love of Community Heroes” campaign invites community members to privately nominate their Oregon hero. In appreciation, we are offering a complimentary two-night stay at Sunriver Resort for some well-earned time to relax & unwind, amidst all the beauty Central Oregon offers.10 winners are selected each week, for 10 weeks. Below are just a few of the stories that our nominees have allowed us to share, more stories to come. We invite you to follow along our 10 week campaign and read all about our amazing Oregon heroes!


KEVIN K'S STORY

Kevin is a nurse at Legacy Meridian Park hospital in Tualatin, OR. He spent much of his first year as a nurse caring for those infected with COVID-19. Being single, Kevin volunteered from the start of the pandemic to work with COVID patients, and he took on additional shifts so that other nurses who have families wouldn’t have to expose themselves as much. Over the summer, Kevin did contract the disease. Being forced not work for the ten days required to be cleared was very frustrating for him as he wanted to be helping, not laying around his apartment. Recovered, with some residual long-term effects, he went back to work as happily as before he got sick. Kevin has even taken advantage of his bout by donating his plasma to allow others to benefit from the antibodies he developed. He continues to this day to put in the extra hours when needed: during our recent ice storm, Kevin pushed through a couple of 18 hour shifts so that other nurses didn’t have to risk driving in to work. Kevin’s peers nominated him for the March of Dimes “Rising Star Nurse of the Year” award for his skill, dedication, leadership, and, most of all, for his infectious personality. In October he won this award covering all new nurses in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Kevin is a front-line hero that tirelessly risked his life for other Oregonians, and I ask that you honor him for his contributions to the community.


MARC'S STORY

Marc is my husband and my hero. He is a local truck driver. He gives 100% each and every day making sure the small business have what they need to remain open during this pandemic era. I think that truck drivers are some of the forgotten heroes. Please consider my husband one of your heroes. Thank you!!


ELIZABETH'S STORY

Liz is a 911 dispatch operator for C-com. She works tirelessly through many hours of everyday emergencies. She works long hours on a normal basis but also worked many extra hours though the wildfire evacuations and the recent ice storm. We have not had power or water for 13 days, but she still gives her all to her job and community. Liz also volunteers for T.I.P. where she is a dispatcher and on-site counselor. Liz is a great mother to my daughter and does everything she can to give her a happy life. Liz also helps her friend/co-worker and watchers her infant Friday mornings from 4 Am to 5 PM. I am married to a wonderful giving strong independent woman and I am very proud of her. As busy as she is, she also is a wonderful partner and wife.


BRYCE'S STORY

HERO ALERT! FIREFIGHTER/ PARAMEDIC AND DAD OF 3! ok. I'm going try and not cry while typing this. So my husband is one in a million man. he is the most selfless human being you will ever meet. we ave been married for five years and have 3 amazing kids. 2,4 and 8. due to the ages our kids and cost of child care in Oregon we have decided that its best I stay home with our kids(former paramedic myself. how we met) meaning we are a one income family of 5. not only is this in itself stressful on him, but you take in account his career its a new level. my husband is a firefighter/paramedic for our states capital. he works for Salem Fire in Oregon. we moved to bend 2 years ago for a more family and outdoor life style( best decision of our lives). meaning my husband commutes to work 2.5 hours every third day. as I'm typing this I'm thinking of how he had to get up at 3 am to drive to Salem to start his shift at 8 am today. he is sleep deprived on another level. he sacrifices so much for our family. he also works a part time job as a paramedic in St Paul Oregon(rural farm town) to make sure we not only cover our bills but also have a bit extra for stress free nights. some weeks my husband works 6 out of 7 days. and that's full 24 hour days, where he doesn't sleep in his bed, where he misses his kids that adore him to the fullest extent. I would love to gift him a with grand gestures but financially its just not possible for us. we are parents and adults and we know what needs to come first for our family. we pay for soccer practices, preschool, a roof over our heads and food on the table. then you add in the year we have had as a country with COVID, its a different kind of stress with his career as a front line worker and dealing with sick people every single shift. he keeps his head down and does what he has to do for our family. I would be more than grateful to tell him we have a stay at Sunriver which is minutes from our house. we don't get much alone time together from, kids and pure exhaustion. please from the bottom of my heart consider my husband. thank you so much and god bless!


MARK AND KAREN'S STORY

During the recent storm and power outage, that lasted 6-7 days, they took care of their elderly (80–90-year-old) neighbors. They would walk them over for coffee and food and warmth by the fire every day. Then walk them back home at night. The elderly couple wouldn't stay the night. Mark and Karen made sure they had plenty of blankets. They fed and kept this couple warm every day and night!


BILLIE'S STORY

My neighbor, Billie, is a P.A. and an army veteran of the Afghanistan war. She works in Bend with veterans battling addiction. During this time of Covid vaccinations, she has been leading a team of Army National Guard members giving vaccine injections at the Fairgrounds. She has been working long hours without much time off. When she's not in Redmond, she's working her regular job. She is a hero to me!


JUDY'S STORY

My mom and her husband spend every week helping to feed the homeless. When Covid hit, I was nervous having them out and about, but it's what makes them happy. They spend hours every week working with their church to pack up lunches. For both Thanksgiving and Christmas, they spent hours and hours organizing food box giveaways for the community. In a time in their lives where they could just relax (80 years old), they continue to spend a great deal of every week planning and caring for other people. When they tried over and over to schedule their covid vaccine, they made sure to include a community member who is unable to leave her home on her own and are now making sure she gets her vaccine this weekend. My mom and her husband prove that small, weekly gestures to care for those less fortunate add up and benefit their community. Sept was their 25th anniversary and when they had hoped to visit Hawaii. With Covid, this couldn't happen. So, they planned a 2-day trip to the coast to celebrate, right when the devastating fires happened. It would be lovely for them to have a little getaway to finally celebrate.