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Nave’s Heroes
Tell us about your hero for a chance for them to win a $100 gift card.
Heroes serve others, are brave, determined, selfless, courageous, and inspirational. How we define a hero is different for everyone. Each month, Nave Law invites the community to submit people who are CNY heroes. Once a month we will pick a winner, and that hero will receive a $100 gift card. Each December, we will share each of the winner’s stories on social media, and whoever gets the most shares will win $1,000.
Make sure your hero would want to win as if they win we will contact them to congratulate them.
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This Month’s Hero
Meet Our March Nave Hero: Shenora McMillian
Some people serve quietly.
Some people serve consistently.
And some people do both for decades.
Meet Shenora McMillian, our March Nave Hero.
Shenora was nominated twice — by two different individuals who described the same unwavering truth: she never stops showing up for her community.
For more than a decade, Shenora has led the Bellegrove Food Ministry pantry, ensuring that families in need never walk away empty-handed. Rain, snow, transportation issues — it doesn’t matter. If someone needs help, she finds a way.
One nominator shared:
“She has never turned away a family, no matter the circumstances… Giving back to her community is what’s most important to her.”
Her impact goes even further. Shenora supports new and current mothers with formula and diapers when they have no other options. She fills gaps with dignity. She leads with compassion.
Another nominator wrote:
“Day in and day out, you will always find her giving back. She does for mothers, children, and simply those who are in need.”
And while serving others, Shenora continues investing in herself. She is currently interning at the YWCA in Syracuse and working toward her Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services, graduating this May with plans to continue her work as a social worker.
When we told her she had been selected, she said:
“I’m not stopping. It’s so much out here that needs to be done in our community.”
That mindset says everything.
Congratulations, Shenora, and thank you for everything you do.
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