GibsonSingleton Virginia Injury Attorneys held three Facebook contests last month to recognize outstanding local medical workers, first responders and educators whose work has been crucial during the current pandemic.

Hundreds responded, taking time to recognize and thank someone else, the firm said. It randomly selected the winners, and both the nominators and nominees received $50 gift certificates to local restaurants of their choice. The law firm is also putting up three billboards on Route 17 and Route 14 to thank these service professionals.

Contest winners

In the medical worker category, Lindsay Nazak nominated Lindsay Smith, a registered nurse in Labor and Delivery at Riverside Regional Medical Center. “Thank you for delivering those sweet babies into this crazy world right now,” Nazak wrote to Smith. These winners chose Olivia’s and Scoot’s for their gift certificates.

For first responders, Gloucester EMT Danielle Leigh Gray recognized Morgan Hudnall for being an outstanding first responder. Hudnall is a dispatcher for Gloucester and an EMT for Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue. Both chose Scoot’s BBQ. When Gray found out she had won, she wrote, “Thank you so much. I am going to use this to buy my squad dinner.”

In the educator category, Tara Lord, a fifth-grade teacher at Bethel Elementary, recognized her colleague, Becky Johnson, a second-grade teacher at the same school, writing, “She goes above and beyond! Very thankful to have her in my daughter’s life!” Lord chose Juan’s Mexican Café & Cantina, and Johnson chose Bangkok Noi Thai Restaurant for their gift certificates.