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Volunteer
Spotlight
Barb Gurganus and Linda Emmerson
Sometimes it
takes a duo to make special things happen!
When Barb
Gurganus lost her mother in 1999, the family wanted to have a special
memorial
placed at Heartland’s Senior Center in her honor.
They decided to ask local Nevada artist Linda
Emmerson to create an
intricate silhouette of Heartland, depicting its many facets. The
artwork has proudly hung in Heartland’s
entryway in memory of Cara Ethington for the past 7 years.
Because Emmerson
had so keenly researched her project, the image she created still
captures the
special spirit of Heartland today. Gurganus, now on the Heartland Board
of
Directors, asked Emmerson if the image could be reduced to notecard
size and
Emmerson agreed to do this at no charge.
Now, Heartland
has beautiful notecards that are not only used in house as special
thank you
cards and invitations, but are for sale at the front office as a
Heartland
fundraiser, 8 cards for $5.
If you still have
those holiday thank yous hanging over your head, or if you are looking
for a
special Valentine gift for a senior, consider Heartland’s new notecards
as an
innovative option.
Thank you, Linda
and Barb, for making this fundraiser possible and for helping raise the
awareness
of our organization through creative collaboration.
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