Anson Record to honor local ‘angels,’ submit names by 24th

WADESBORO — Time is running out to submit nominations to the Anson Record’s “Angels Among Us” magazine which will recognize those who do good in the community just for the sake of doing good.

There’s always someone out there who deserves recognition for their efforts to help others, but maybe the means to make that happen aren’t there. We want to give you an opportunity to let the public know who in your life has made a difference.

From now until July 24, the Anson Record will accept nominations from the general public for “Angels Among Us.” To submit, look for an ad in the paper with instructions on how to submit, whether via snail mail or email, or click on the blue banner at the top of www.ansonrecord.com. The magazine will feature not just these “angels” but also some of the charitable organizations in the community.

The magazine is scheduled to come out at the end of August, both in the pages of the newspaper and in digital form. If COVID-19 restrictions allow, the Daily Journal will host a banquet honoring the “angels.”

“I think the thing that makes it really special for me is these are just everyday people,” said Regional Publisher Brian Bloom. “These are not fire fighters and police officers and ministers and teachers who we know do good every day because that’s their career — these are people who do good because somewhere inside them they realize there’s a need and they can fulfill it.”

It can be a willingness to take someone to the doctor’s office in a pinch or picking up meals for someone who’s homebound. Past examples of “angel” submissions have included a woman who donated her hair to cancer patients, a woman who volunteered to give horseback riding lessons to children with special needs, another who served meals to those who had recently lost a loved one, and a pastor who mentored prisoners.

Bloom said that in a previous iteration of the magazine, one his neighbors who was known as “the cookie lady” was featured. She would show up to people’s houses with a box of cookies simply because she felt people need that from time to time.

“It’s a small thing until it isn’t,” Bloom said. “The ‘angels’ are people that have done things that sometimes had world acclaim and sometimes just impact they block they live on. Who’s to say which one’s more important than the other?”