For All the Ways You Care Finalist - Vernita Garriott

Vernita Garriott is a Finalist in the CVS/pharmacy "For All the Ways You Care" contest. According to her husband, Vernita is blind but does not know the meaning of disabled. She was told that she could not teach or adopt because of her disability, yet she completed a degree in Sociology, got her Masters degree in Special Education and adopted nine children with special needs. Over the next 30 years, Vernita served 300 foster children and adults, and at age 50 decided it was time to retire. In her retirement she serves as the "information lady" at University Church of Christ. In her role, she has helped people in need receive low-cost or donated items and services. Vernita was nominated by her husband who serves as the deacon of the University Church of Christ food program: Harvest Hands.

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