A Hero At Lane Community College

First, let me begin by saying that I am in no way any expert about what a great Helper is or should be, because I myself, _ there have been times when I painfully turned my eyes away from the suffering of others only because I wasn't sure whether it was necessary to help. But every day, I learn something new about myself, and often it's from the people that I meet. Another thing that has become law to me over the years is that life will humble you at one point or another. It humbles all of us. This being said, I can now introduce the Helper of the month.

Mr. Heath Pierce has been selected as Helper for the month of December, for his supreme sense of humility, principles and helpfulness, here at the Lane Community College. The decision was reached by the team after a careful consideration of the deeds and actions of the man.  I and my partners have no doubt that Mr. Heath has reached our standard to take the Helper of The Month Title. When I first met this   genuine man who works as a department manager at the Lane Community College in Eugene, the one thing that struck me the most about our meeting was his humility. What happened after our meeting that day is one I continue to tell smiling.

When this young man moved here in the city, it is just like now, the cold Winter was beginning to bite hard on people. At the college where he's now both a student and a non-classified employee, he was able to meet some kind people immediately, and one of those people advised him to go and see a department head at the college. After this first meeting, about five months later, the man was called in, where he says he found himself seated before a whole panel, of men who are masters in the field that he was going to be tested. Among those men, was also the same man he had met earlier. But because he is so humble, the young man had trouble identifying him as the boss in the room.

More than three months after the interview, the man was finally offered a job. Few months later, he moved into a bigger space, and then got himself a car. All of this happened because there was a Helper who came to his aid when it was most needed. The helper was Mr. Heath.

Because it's a Union job, those who work part-time are only allowed to work for a certain number of hours, and when a worker reaches this limit before the year ends, he would have to stop working until a new work-calendar begins. However, to get around this unusual problem, the worker would have to work twenty hours a week, this way he or she can continue working throughout the year nonstop.

The young man came from a position of hardship, so it was only reasonable that he chose to work 40 hours a week and this made him wrapped up a lot of hours fast. It's left only a month before he is told to stop. Last week he met with another adviser outside of work. According to him, the meeting had nothing to do with work but to consider transfer options. Another saintly lady told him to go and see the boss, which he did. This boss was no one other than Mr. Heath again. Now, the young man is guaranteed to stay working till has vacation.  And these are just a few of the many helps Mr. Heath continues to give people here at the Lane Community College.