For Sandi Gorman, charity has always begun at home.

Scratch that – near home.

With a servant’s heart, a teacher’s dedication and a leader’s vision, she turned a simple idea – local families helping local families – into a crackerjack nonprofit that has touched thousands.

As impactful as it’s been, T&E Care was but a capstone to more than four decades of dogged, unpaid service to her community.