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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 June Nave Hero: Dea Kuiper
Some careers are jobs.
For Dea, nursing is a calling.
Meet Dea, our June Nave Hero.
For more than two decades, Dea has dedicated her life to caring for some of Central New York’s most vulnerable children. As a pediatric home care nurse with Nascentia Health, she provides far more than medical care. She provides comfort, advocacy, stability, and hope to children and families facing extraordinary challenges.
Her impact has been recognized throughout her career. In 2023, she was named an Employee of Distinction for the Central New York region, and in 2013, she was honored as Home Care & Hospice Nurse of the Year by the National Association for Home Care & Hospice for her work with a refugee child battling terminal heart failure.
But awards only tell part of the story.
What truly sets Dea apart is how she responds when she sees a need. Whether helping a family secure formula, creating a safe sleep environment for a newborn, or connecting parents with resources they didn’t know existed, she finds a way to help.
Her nominator shared that Dea is often the first person to raise her hand when assistance is needed. She has even welcomed fellow staff members and leaders into patient visits so they can better understand the realities many families face and the importance of the work being done.
Dea’s compassion reaches far beyond the care she provides. She builds lifelong relationships with families and leaves a lasting impact everywhere she goes.
Dea, thank you for dedicating your life to caring for others and reminding us what service, compassion, and advocacy truly look like.
Congratulations, Dea, and thank you for everything you do.
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