Kettering woman is the Errand Lady

With an associate degree in mental health technology and an extreme fondness for seniors, Kettering resident Laura Wilson has started a business that not only fills a niche but also gives provides her with the fulfilling career she has always wanted.

What the business does

Your Errand Lady is a service business that does all the things you need to do so you can do all the things you want to do. I offer transportation for people who need to go to the doctor, shopping, run errands if the weather is bad or just get out, Wilson said. People can also just give me their grocery list and I will go out and get them their items.

Wilson also helps her clients get organized and for older clients, she often becomes regular companions. I am someone who just spends time on a regular basis and just listens to them, she said. I pretty much spend as much time as they need me to spend. She also offers services for busy professionals, such as house sitting, pet sitting and shopping at holiday time.

How the business started

Wilson spent the bulk of her professional career in a busy sales job and was constantly juggling her time as her mother got older. Im an only child and because I had some flexibility I was able to take my mom to appointments during the day but I met a lot of people didnt have that same flexibility, Wilson said. I realized professional people needed to hire someone to do all this stuff while they were working, especially if they had seniors in their lives.

Wilson said she noticed while waiting with her mother at medical appointments that many other seniors were left unaccompanied and had to wait to be picked up. I thought it would be nice if they could have someone to wait with them, she said.

Wilson tried to start her business while she was working full time but quickly realized that the need was greatest Monday through Friday from 8 - 5. I decided to take a leap of faith and start the business, she said. And in September of 2012 Wilson officially launched Your Errand Lady and has loved every minute since.

What I truly love most about it is I feel like Im helping people, Wilson said. These people are so happy when I leave and they have really become my friends. Its truly a service people love and once I took the leap I found out there is a great need for the service.

Future plans

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