Carol and Danny Rhodes were awarded the Troy Exchange Club’s Book of Golden Deeds.

The Exchange Club’s Book of Golden Deeds recognizes individuals who have served their community faithfully over the years, but never received any recognition for their dedicated service.

The Rhodes brothers are well known for more than 50 years of service to the Goshen High School Athletic Boosters. The brothers do anything where help is required, but are best known for their cooking. They’ve cooked for all of the GHS athletic teams, at football games, baseball games, volleyball games, softball games and even for fall festivals and pee wee football teams.

Former Goshen football coach Bart Snyder has known the Rhodes brothers for a long time and nominated the Rhodes brothers.

“I coached and I played ball at Goshen and they’ve been involved since I was a little boy,” Snyder said. “And, not just in sports. They’ve taken us hunting and fishing, and when I say us,  I mean anyone that wanted to go. But, what they do doesn’t stop on the town line of Goshen. They’ve been at Charles Henderson [High School], they’ve done things at Banks and all the schools in Pike County. They help Crenshaw County schools. It doesn’t matter where. Their heart is in it, and their hearts are much bigger than their bodies.”

Exchange Club Member Dr. Ed Merkel, who chaired the selection of potential candidates, made the official award presentation.

“What really swayed me to present them as potential candidates was an email that I received from Coach Snyder,” Merkel said “And I will quote the last part of it which really brought me to doing so. To quote, Carol and Danny Rhodes made Goshen a better place for everyone. And that capped it off. So it is our honor to present Carol and Danny Rhodes with the Book of Golden Deeds for this year.”

The brothers both said their desire to help the community, or anyone that needs help, was instilled in them by their mother.

“I appreciate it, it’s very humbling,” Danny Rhodes said. “But we always say, if we can help somebody, we’re gonna help them. Regardless of who they are, where they’re at, where they live. Somebody needs some help, that’s the way we were raised. Treat folks like you wanna be treated. Even though you may not like some of them, treat them like you wanna be treated. And we’re humbled by this award. It means a lot to us. It sure does.”

Carol Rhodes echoed Danny Rhodes’ sentiments.

“This right here is really, I’d say, one of the most special things in our life.” Carroll Rhodes said. “But doing for people, that’s the way we were brought up. We were raised by our mother and our sister. My father passed away at an early age, so it was my mother and my sister. They raised us and said, ‘Boys, if y’all can help somebody, you need to stop what you’re doing and go help them, because down the road, it’s going to come back home. You’re gonna need some help one day.’

“And that’s the way we’ve patterned our life. But we love to do for everybody. But when you do it for young people and you’re around young people and they act like they enjoyed it or might have learned a little something from it, that’s worth everything in the world. Thank y’all, and, you know, it’s just a wonderful day. “