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Owner, Uplifting Angels Transportation

Good deeds often lead to great rewards. When Shanika Dennis decided to open Uplifting Angels, a medical transportation company, she knew firsthand that great things would come from putting other people's needs first.

"We were inspired by my father, who received transportation services before he passed. He was diagnosed with kidney failure and he needed transportation," explains Dennis. "There was a very nice gentleman who provided him with that transportation, so I took it upon myself to start my own transportation company." Now in its first year of operation, Uplifting Angels services the Detroit community, giving assistance to the elderly and those affected by disabling illnesses. With Dennis working very closely with various social workers in the area, she has developed a special bond with different dialysis centers and physical therapy specialists who have patients in need of her services.

"I wanted to do something for the community and especially elderly people and people with illnesses who don't have the family to take them [where] they need to go," says Dennis. "I'm just the type of person that's looking to find ways to help people that are in need that can't do it for themselves."

As Uplifting Angels continues to build its clientele through extensive advertising and networking within the medical field, Dennis insists on extending help to others in the same way that someone once extended help to her ailing father. - jason thompson

For more information, contact Dennis at upliftingangelstransportation@yahoo.com

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