VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – I quietly made my way down a hallway at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Virginia Beach to surprise Susan Saunders with a News 3 Everyday Hero award.
As I approached a room filled with women busily working on greeting cards, I hollered out, “Susan Saunders!” Amid cheers, she responded, “Oh, I know you!” with a laugh.
When I asked her if she knew why I was there, she said, “I might have an idea now!”
I told her we’ve been hearing wonderful things about her program. Susan responded, “It’s a good program.”
She started a program in which participants meet twice a month at the church and carefully craft handmade greeting cards for nursing home residents in Virginia Beach.
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Georgia Brown, one of the card makers, said there’s something special and meaningful about receiving a homemade card.