One of the great joys and honors for me is to be able to meet people that selflessly do great and wonderful things for others. Annemarie Elmore is such a person. I have had the privilege of getting to know her over the last several months and in a short time I see the powerful and "heroic" things she does for the needy families she serves every day. Annemarie is a social worker, working closelessy with families in need. Families that sometimes have little more than the clothes on their backs including their children. Dedicating yourself to this population is often admirable enough, but that's not where it stops with Annemarie. It's pretty hard to find and free or extra time in her life since she and her husband have 6 adopted children. Nonetheless, Annemarie knows that too many times what can be provided by the city, state, or federal government isn't nearly enough for the needy and homeless families that she serves; and that many times the families (and children including infants) don't have the time to wait for applications to be processed before money or food stamps are given to help these people. And thus she does whatever is necessary to get them additional help including sometimes money and supplies out of her pocket; as well as delivering supplies and items she has located for them well outside of the normal business hours of her job. Here she is literally while the state of Massachussetts was on "hurricane alert" for Earl, after driving 35miles from her house to mine to pick up items to deliver later that evening to the families she serves.
Thank you Annemarie for helping improve the lives of those you serve.
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