A prominent Statesboro businesswoman honored during Tuesday’s 25th Annual Deen Day Smith Service to Mankind Awards “provides a wide range of service to our community,” said Gerald Edenfield, a former Deen Day Smith awards recipient and a founding member of the program. “Webster defines the word ‘humanitarian’ as someone who works to make other people's lives better,” he said of Trish Tootle. “Someone who has the compassion to lead, ambition to work, and strength ... when we name this person, you will know it” to be true.