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WE'RE PASSING ON $300 TODAY
AT A QUAINT INN IN COLONIAL
HEIGHTS WHERE THE MANAGER GOES
OUT OF THE WAY TO MAKE THEM FEEL
LIKE EXTENDED FAMILY.
WE JOIN ONE LONG-TERM RESIDENT
FOR AN ACT OF KINDNESS SURPRISE.
FROM THE BOULEVARD, THERE IS NO
BIG SIGN POINTING OUT THE
COLONIAL INN.
PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO FIND IT.
>>WORD OF MOUTH.
WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR, LET'S
SEE, I THINK MOTEL IS BUILT IN
55.
THE INN'S 20 ROOMS FILL UP
QUICKLY.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME
FROM OUT OF TOWN WORKING.
COME HERE WORKING.
JUST FOR A WEEK.
THEN GO BACK HOME ON THE
WEEKENDS.
MILITARY.
DISABILITY.
SOCIAL SECURITY, RETIRED NAVY,
LIKE MARC.
>> LIKE VETERAN MARC HAYNES MOST
TENANTS ARE LONG-TERM.
>> PEOPLE ARE NICE.
>> MARKS LIVED HERE 10 YEARS.
SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE
CALLED THE INN HOME FOR 25
YEARS.
THEY APPRECIATE THE CARING
CONCERN OF MANAGER DIANE CALES.
>> IF A TENANT HAS TO GO TO THE
DOCTOR, THEY HAVE NO RIDE.
SHE WILL VOLUNTEER THE SERVICES,
TO TAKE THAT PERSON TO THE
DOCTOR, TO GET THEIR MEDICATION,
WHATEVER THEY NEED.
WE HAVE TENANTS THAT, YOU KNOW,
NEED GROCERIES.
SHE WILL GO TO THE ON GROCERY
STORE, TAKE THEM TO THE GROCERY.
AND TAKES THEM TO THE FOOD
BENEFITS, YOU KNOW, A WEEK.
SHE FORGETS ABOUT HERSELF.
AND SHE TAKES CARE OF OTHER
PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED.
I AM GLAD THAT I CALLED THE
STATION, TO LET THEM REALIZE
THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE
OUT THERE THAT NEED TO BE
RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT THEY DO IN
THIS WORLD.
>> MARC, WE SECOND YOUR
NOMINATION, WITH 100, 200, $300.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> MARC SAID THAT DIANE IS
ALWAYS ON THE GO.
RUNNING ERRANDS WITH TENANTS.
>> SHE HAS HAD A LOT OF CAR
PROBLEMS.
>> OH, REALLY?
>> THIS MONEY WILL COME IN HAND
--
>> HE GETS CHOKED UP PASSING IT
ON.
>> I WAS TELLING SABRINA THAT,
YOU KNOW, YOU DO A GOOD JOB HERE
AT THE INN.
AND YOU GO ABOVE THE CALL OF
DUTY TO DO THINGS.
SO W SHOW OUR APPRECIATION,
WITH $300.
>> WOW!
>> [LAUGHTER]
>> $300 FOR DOING SUCH A GOOD
JOB.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
>> DIANE IS COMPLETELY CAUGHT
OFFGUARD.
AND THIS IS A WOMAN THAT PRIDES
HERSELF ON KEEPING UP WITH WHAT
IS GOING ON WITH TENANTS.
>> IF I DON'T SEE SOMEBODY EVERY
DAY I CHECK IN ON THEM.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
I NEED TO DO THIS.
MORE OF US NEED TO DO IT.
WHERE YOU SEE A NEED.
IF WE CAN HELP PEOPLE.
DO IT.
>> DIANE SAID THE COLONIAL INN
MAY THE NOT BE THE HILTON BUT
SHE HOPES IT IS A PLACE THAT
PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE.
>> IT IS A NICE PLACE TO LIVE.
>> IF THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL OR
AN ORGANIZATION THAT YOU KNOW
WHO NEEDS KINDNESS.
E-MAIL ME.