Ted Brown: Cintas Hero Nominee
Pensacola, FL — As Ted was entering the business (Hemmingway’s Restaurant) he noticed that a fire had started in the flowerbed- a palm tree was on fire- just outside the building. Ted returned quickly to his truck to get his fire extinguisher. Using the training he had received, he extinguished the fire and then notified the customer. He also helped the customer put additional water on the ashes to completely kill the fire. It turns out that the spotlight in the flowerbed had shorted out and started the fire. I found out about this event when the customer called me, raving about Ted, thanking Cintas for having fire extinguishers on the truck and how Ted “had saved their building”. A side note, when I called Ted to thank him, he started to apologize to me. When I asked him why, he said “I know we have a safety audit today and now the fire extinguisher has been discharged.” Funny! Ted certainly showed the utmost professionalism and caring, while at the same time using the valuable safety training he has been given. When I became aware of what Ted had done, what pride I felt to have a partner like him representing our company and our location.
Kenisha Storey: Cintas Hero Nominee
San Francisco, CA — Kenisha Storey is a real life hero in location 464's eyes. Kenisha has an Uncle that has battled a kidney disease for several years. The disease called for the need of a kidney transplant. After one failed transplant from his son, there was only one more family member that had the blood type required for the transplant. Kenisha. So this past March, Kenisha donated a kidney to her Uncle. The surgery was a success. Kenisha's courage and dedication to family, make her a real life hero.
Bryan Eaton: Cintas Hero Nominee
Colorado Springs, CO — The letter below describes exactly why Bryan Eaton is a Cintas Hero. He is a trained First Aid and CPR Responder and would without a doubt respond to anyone in a life and death situation. However, I am nominating him because he took the same time and effort to help someone that needed it but it would be unlikely that anyone would ever find out about his good deed. That would indeed be the case if this person had not gone to the effort to find him again.
To whom this may Concern:
My name is Nancy Walker. I live west of Pueblo, Colorado. Today I was on my way taking my grandkids back to my daughter who lives close to Denver, however on my way to take them home I had a flat tire right in the middle of Pueblo and Colorado Springs, which if you have ever driven is full of nothing. To my horror I did not get any service on my cell phone. I walked up and down a small ways and still had no service. I sat in my car with my 2 grandkids for over 70 minutes and even watched 2 highway patrol cars drive by (they will be getting a different letter…)
Not knowing what to do all of a sudden I see this big truck pull over and thankfully an answer to my prayers, this young man asked me if I needed help. “Oooo thank you… thank you… thank you”… I am sure that he saw my frustration and knowing that we have been there for the afternoon asked my grand daughters if they liked pizza. By the way, this young man’s name was Bryan, no last name, just Bryan. He went back to his truck and gave my grand kids a half of a pizza and bottled water and then continued to fix my flat tire.
Then, as if I was not already impressed enough by this young man, he asked if I wanted to watch and maybe I could learn how to change a tire myself. A day earlier I would have laughed, but he took the time to show me where everything was and how to change it.
I just wanted to thank Bryan so much. There was nothing that I could do and not one person stopped BUT BRYAN. If you could get this letter to the proper office so Bryan knows how thankful I am for him and his service to my family today that would be wonderful. All I saw on his uniform was Bryan, Cintas the Uniform People. Thank you so much for your help and for having a great employee.
Sincerely,
Nancy Walker