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Last year, Vernon, from Tenino, was battling cancer. He was recovering from a surgery where his voice box was removed, when a friend wrote in her nomination: “Vernon has endured a lot this past year, losing a brother to cancer and his mom recently passing. He can’t seem to catch a break, and I know his water heater is older.”

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Vernon was one of the three recipients last year in Olympic Plumbing Technology’s (OPT) first BIG Water Heater Giveaway where they donated and installed three brand new, high-efficiency hot water heaters. Supporting the community that this family business calls home is a big deal to the owners, Ron and Kimberly Boeckmann, and once they saw the impact that something so simple, yet profoundly fundamental as a functioning hot water heater could be, they knew they had to do it again. “Our team has been counting down the days with excitement,” Kimberly says, “we couldn’t wait to do this again! We are excited and proud to announce the winners.”

Nominating someone is easy and is done via this form on Olympic Plumbing Technology’s website. The contest is open now, and until November 22, 2021.

BIG Impacts

The other two winners last year were just as deserving. In fact, OPT wishes they could give a water heater to everyone who needs it, but business is business, right? For Olympic Plumbing Technology, their business model has caring for the community and philanthropy built in, and that’s why the BIG Water Heater Giveaway is so important to them. Hot water changes lives…

Debra from Olympia was boiling water on her stove at the time of the contest last year. She’s a home care provider for her son and desperately needed a new hot water heater. When Debra’s friend nominated her, she said, “A new hot water heater would be a real helping hand to her and her family.”

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Jim, in Lacey, was nominated by a friend who describes him as someone who helps others no matter the time or day, always putting his own needs on the back burner. Jim opened his home to give friends a place to stay during hard times. “Even though he is in the middle of so many projects, he will drop everything to help his friends,” his nominator said, “and a new water heater would help a great deal for his aging home.”

Contest details

The contest rules are pretty simple. The person must be a homeowner, at least 18 years of age, residing in their own home located within Thurston County, and it cannot be an RV. It must be a physical address where the hot water heater is accessible with adequate flooring/sub-flooring and running water. Like-for-like units will be installed, no switching from gas to electric units, or vise-versa. The contest runs from October 25, 2021 and ends at 11:59 pm on November 22, 2021.

Winners will be selected the first week of December with installation scheduled for January. OPT will notify winners by telephone and then announce them on their social media, Facebook and Instagram, in addition to announcements on local radio stations 96.9 KAYO Country and Olympia’s KGY 95.3.

Full contest details can be found here on the nomination page of OPT’s website.

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Olympic Plumbing Technology has been in the business of helping you “do your business” since 2007. Their team of highly trained plumbing professionals deliver modern solutions to your leaky faucets, clogged drains, and cold showers. OPT technicians are equipped with top-of-the-line tools and technology to resolve any of your plumbing problems, large or small.

They pride themselves on impeccable customer service and know that inviting a service professional into your home is an important task. OPT professionals take the same care with your plumbing problems as they would their own, after all the OPT family lives, works, and plays in the same community you do.

Your neighbors at Olympic Plumbing Technology share the same core values ​​and work well together to provide the best plumbing service in Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater, Washington. The over 400 5-Star Google Reviews speak for themselves.

To contact Olympic Plumbing Technology, call 360.515.3231 or visit the Olympic Plumbing Technology website.

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A driver who ran over a drunk man in South San Francisco and lied about beating the man to law enforcement has not filed a hit-and-run lawsuit, the San Mateo County District Attorney said Friday.

Victor Hernandez Castillo, 52, of South San Francisco, will not sit in the county jail for more than a year after his pleading, with his case continuing through December 14, prosecutors said. Hernandez Castillo was allegedly behind the wheel when the 50-year-old pedestrian was hit at Block 200 of Village Way on Jan. 20, prosecutors said. The pedestrian was very drunk, stumbled and fell to the ground in the middle of the road. Prosecutors said Hernandez Castillo initially lied but eventually admitted hitting the pedestrian and driving home for fear.

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A passing defendant, charged with multiple thefts of automobiles and electronics in San Mateo, South San Francisco and Burlingame, pleaded not appealing two crimes and one misdemeanor on Monday and received five years in state prison, the San Mateo County District Attorney said .

Matthew Garcia is accused of stealing a Mercedes-Benz ML320 in San Mateo in March 2019, $ 16 worth of goods from a grocery store in South San Francisco in November 2019, and a bag of electronics from a hotel in Burlingame in 2020 announced the prosecutors. He was arrested in Daly City in April 2019 after police noticed the Mercedes-Benz he was driving had different license plates on the front and back, prosecutors said.

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After a particularly exciting playoff season, Super Bowl LIV is officially closed: it is a showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers that will take place on Sunday, February 2, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

For any Chiefs or 49ers fan who booked a plane ticket to Florida before the teams secured their seats, pat yourself on the back. For fans of another team who have booked tickets in advance just to see your team lose spectacularly during a playoff game, Heinz is here to help.

According to Yahoo Finance, the food company will pay the flight change fee for 300 lucky people who want to reroute their flights to Miami over the Super Bowl weekend. To qualify, your flight must be booked before midnight January 15, 2020; it must be a domestic airline; and the destination must have been Miami International Airport between January 29th and February 2nd, 2020.

If you can tick all of these boxes, take a photo of your ticket confirmation and go to Heinz57FlightChange.com to enter the competition. All you have to do is enter your name and email address, upload your picture and hit the “Submit” button. It’s open until February 7th and winners will be notified by email on or about February 10th.

If you win, Heinz will issue you a $ 199.43 prepaid Visa Gift Card to reimburse you for the cost of your flight change. That will cover almost a $ 200 fee, with the exception of 57 cents – a reference to Heinz’s slogan “57 varieties”.

Step inside and prepare for the game wherever you are with 53 Super Bowl facts here.

[h/t Yahoo Finance]

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