Meet Flor, or as her friends call her “Isa”. Isa volunteers twice a week at the local soup kitchen and after her shift brings food home for many residents at Cinnamon Villas. That in itself is Worthy of Recognition, but her kindness and generosity don’t end there.

One evening a neighbor in his 90’s had cut his hand badly, living alone, he didn’t know what to do. He went to the closest apartment for help, Isa’s home. Isa immediately called 911, applied pressure to the wound, and assisted the gentleman into her home to sit down. When the paramedics arrived Isa translated the gentleman and the paramedic's conversation. When Isa asked him which family member she could call, he replied that he didn’t have family and would go to the hospital alone. Compassion overwhelmed Isa, she couldn’t allow him to go to the hospital alone. So she jumped into her car and followed the ambulance to the emergency room. Five hours later her neighbor was released, she drove him home, and has been looking after him ever since.

A friendship formed that day between two residents that didn’t know each other. Our gratitude goes to Isa for making our community a close, caring place to live.