It greatly saddened me to see most of the people being honored at this Sunday's Stars of Lake County were just doing their jobs and then there are people like myself that does not get paid and pays for everything out of my own pocket.

For three years now I have been running my soup kitchen, feeding over 30,000 people, supplying grocery bags for those in need and a youth center.

I just wonder how many other people that really are making a difference in our community are being overlooked.

I think it is a wonderful thing to honor people, but I feel it to be a great hypocrisy to charge people $50 to attend a function were they are supposed to be awarded not charged.

I personally don’t need to be glorified for doing what I should be doing. Every Tuesday I am honored with smiles and hugs.

Shame, shame!

Yvonne Cox, “The Snake Lady,” lives in Lucerne.

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