Heroes Come in Many Forms – Thanksgiving Heroes
Today is a day that we honor our heroes that fought for our country. The sacrifices and selfless commitments they made for our freedom is beyond anything. I have the utmost respect, and not even enough words to express my gratitude.
Heroes come in many forms, though, and we can find people completing acts of heroism on a daily basis. Sponsored by Single Edition Media on behalf of La Brea Bakery.
Heroes Come in Many Forms
Many people miss holidays like Thanksgiving with their families due to their jobs. Doctors, nurses, servers, police officers, gas station employees, and so many other jobs require work on holidays.
Whatever the job entails, these people miss family celebrations to provide services for the rest of us.
I want to talk about my dad as a hero today. You may already know that my family owns a heating and air conditioning business. It’s a local company that focuses mainly on new installation and new construction.
The business doesn’t focus on service, but they service the equipment that they install. Office hours are Monday thru Friday, and that’s when service calls are usually taken.
However, my dad will go out of his way to check in even when it’s not required. My uncles have all done this, as well. I have seen each one of them leave family parties to fix someone’s furnace or air conditioner.
Chasing his sister with a snake. Good ole family fun – ha!
My dad left one Thanksgiving to fix a furnace that went out. The people were having their own Thanksgiving gathering and the guests were freezing. My dad saved the day.
He was hugged, fed, and probably never forgotten by the people. He didn’t do it to charge them hundreds of dollars, he did it to make sure their Thanksgiving day was not ruined.
Ultimately, the person behind all of this is my grandfather. He’s the one that taught his boys their incredible work ethic, and that you take care of people.
Operating a good business isn’t all about money, it’s about the quality of service you provide in the community.
La Brea Bakery Thanksgiving Heroes Contest
La Brea Bakery, the leading artisan bread in the United States, is running a promotion to honor Thanksgiving Heroes.
Here’s your chance to nominate your “Thanksgiving Hero” for a chance to win. La Brea Bakery will deliver fully catered meals to 5 finalists across the nation on Thanksgiving. Submissions close Nov 15th, 2015.
Who is your Thanksgiving Hero?
Thanks for sharing:)
This post is awesome. <3
I love this. There are so many people worthy of being nominated 🙂
I love this. There are people out there everyday who do good without a second thought. I think they deserve to know that we know.
What a wonderful story- your ‘men’ remind me of the men in my life- my father and uncle both were raised to do what is right above what is convenient. Many holidays they too have had to rush out to help save someone else’s day!
That is so cool. Your dad is awesome! I’m not sure who my Thanksgiving hero would be. Probably my mom because she always goes above and beyond to make everyone who comes to her house feel like they’ve been completely taken care of!
Now that is a person that is awesome. Going to help someone on Thanksgiving,not for money but just because he wanted them to have a good Thanksgiving! Hero’s are everywhere and yet we hardly ever know because they are also humble! Love this idea!
What an awesome content! My Thanksgiving Hero is my sister. After loosing her daughter she went back to school and has worked hard, sacrificing her time and very meager income to become a pediatric nurse, all while her husband was laid off from work. She graduates this holiday season as valedictorian and a 4.0 GPA and will begin working as a nurse in the NICU. It’s been a long road for them, but after her experiences with having all preemie babies, she wanted to be able to help other Moms that go through the same thing.
This is pretty awesome. I actually have a few people I could nominate, while I wish my mom was still around to nominate her, I’d nominated my sister shes pretty awesome!
This is such a great campaign. I would nominate my BFF who is a single mom of 3.
Your dad sounds like such a great guy. I love this campaign. There are so many people that are don’t work 9-5 jobs and end up having to work holidays to provide services for others.
Your dad and your uncles sound like really hardworking people. It’s awesome that they make themselves so available, even during parties! They do sound like heroes!
Your dad and grandfather sound like great guys… I know you have told me about them, but I didn’t realize your grandfather started the business 🙂 Thanks for sharing their story with us. They do sound like heroes.
Man…how can I choose just one? I think my Thanksgiving hero would me mom. Without her we wouldn’t have Thanksgiving and she always goes out of her way to make sure everyone is taken care of.
That’s a super touching story and shows the pride that he has in his work. This really does explain you a lot more…sounds like you have a fab dad!
What a great campaign. Not sure who I would nominate.
There’s so many great heroes to celebrate! Let’s all give thanks for them!
I love the photo with the snake, that is too funny! What a great way to celebrate hero’s!
What a wonderful tribute. I love the photo of your dad with the snake. I would be running away screaming!
The photo of your dad with the snake is just great. Loved your post and also shared on Google+.
This is such a sweet story! Thank you to your dad and uncles for having such huge hearts and saving holidays one furnace at a time. I know families everwhere appreciate that sort of loyalty from the businesses they support.