“We get all types of soil in the program. Sometimes the ground is rocky because a young person has a rough home life, but we believe you can cultivate that soil in a healthy environment.”

“We received an overflow of cards, calls, and money to help. Our entire community rallied around us.”

“I immediately began to remove certain types of food from my diet, like processed foods and sugar, and began to incorporate more anti-inflammatory, whole foods. Within a few weeks’ time, it was like a miracle had happened in my body.”

If there is a hot spot, a problem, come to me—I'll figure it out. I have three girls that I work with closely; I feel like they're my daughters. There's not much going on in the bank that we don't touch.”

“I asked for a camera for Christmas, so I could take pictures of my baby. Photography wasn’t a passion at first; it was a way to save money on pictures. Now I couldn’t imagine my life without photography.”

“I’ve been a waitress in this town since I was 14. I’ve been pouring their coffee and bringing them biscuits since I was a child.”

“When I first came out with my “God Over All” shirt, I received so much support and people were so excited to wear the shirt. It meant so much to me that word was getting out that truly "God is over" all things and is here to help us through all of the problems, troubles, circumstances and difficulties of life.

“I grew up loving weather, and I followed my passion,” Spann said. “I don’t actually love being in front of the camera, but I love talking about the weather.”

“Our customers are our friends. When you work for a small community bank, you see these people at the grocery store, at school functions—you see them everywhere you go.”

“The biggest blessing I've ever had was having former students come up to me in Walmart, etc., and say, ‘I want to thank you for what you did for me,’” she says. “One girl said, ‘I want to thank you for making me interested in reading. You made it fun.’”