“At a very difficult time in my life, Tammy stepped in and assisted our family in numerous ways. Shortly after we had moved into a new home, I was admitted to hospital for emergency surgery. Confined to a hospital bed, lonely and in pain, she visited bringing wonderfully scented lotion and gave my legs and feet a wonderful massage as she talked about what had been discussed at church that day. Tammy has an ability to notice a need others might overlook or not think of. Shortly after I was released from hospital, one afternoon I collapsed and was hospitalized again, this time in a hospital nearly an hour from our home. Our children came home from school to an empty house. Learning of this, Tammy brought pizza over for our three children, put a load of laundry in the wash and checked the fridge and pantry for supplies. By the time my husband returned home from the hospital, she was returning from the store with bread, milk and lunch supplies saving my husband from having to go back out. Upon my discharge Tammy visited often so that I wouldn’t be alone while my husband was at work and the children still in school. She provided great friendship and conversation and never made me feel that I was in any way a burden. One on occasion she noticed my extreme discomfort. When she suggested a warm bath might help alleviate the pain I felt, I explained I was so weak I couldn’t get myself in or out of it again. I was dependent on my daughters or husband to help me bathe and they were busy. Amazingly she offered to assist me if I was comfortable allowing her to do that. After helping me in the bath, she cleaned a room next to it so she could hear me when I was ready to get out. My daughters loved her assistance with some shopping they needed to do and remarked how fun she was to be around. In all the things she did for us, they were done in such a way that we felt supported but not ordered. Tammy understands the importance of helping people maintain their dignity. I know she has helped care for her mother during health challenges so she is well experienced with how challenging life can be. We are trying to support my husband’s mother who lives alone 800 miles away. As each need arises we are left trying to find a friend or neighbor to help with it. While I was able to research information needed for her mortgage company and write to them and sort that problem out, most other things I cannot do from afar. Just recently she needed someone to change the water filter on her well pump, get the wipers on her car replaced, get her A/C unit serviced, find a neighbor to help her replace her washing machine when it stopped working, and now get groceries amid social isolation. I have often wished there was one trustworthy interested person we could hire to direct and take care of those things. Sometimes people resist assistance, but I think anyone who got to know Tammy would be hard pressed to resist her smile and caring nature. I have absolutely no doubt that Tammy will give the very best of herself to any task she undertakes. The help she gave to our family might seem insignificant to some but it has remained bright in my memory for the past 24 years.”