Iyaga oo ay wadaan bilow hoose, Roger iyo Ruth Gauquie waxaa had iyo jeer la baray inay si adag u shaqeeyaan oo ay caawiyaan dadka kale. Ku soo koray Tracy, qoyska Minnesota Roger ayaa lahaan jiray oo maamuli jiray makhaayad qoys iyo kaalmaha shidaalka guurguura. Ruth waxay ku kortay beer-beeraha Milroy oo 15 mayl u jirta wadada. Labaduba waxay barteen da'dii yarayd anshaxa shaqada, taageerida bulshadaada iyo bixinta wixii aad awoodid. "Sida hooyaday had iyo jeer dhahdo: u roonow dadka jidka kor u kaca, sababtoo ah waxaa laga yaabaa inaad la kulanto iyaga markaad dib u soo laabanayso," Roger, isagoo la wadaagaya in is-hoosaysiinta iyo naxariista ay tahay caqiidada asaasiga ah ee Gauquies.
Waxay is guursadeen Oktoobar 1980, Roger iyo Ruth waxay ugu yeereen guriga aagga Willmar in ka badan 40 sano. Waxay leeyihiin 2 caruur ah oo guursaday iyo 2 ay sii dhaleen. Ruth waxa ay u shaqaynaysay Shirkadda Korontada ee Minnesota 20 sano, halka Roger uu dhawaan ka fadhiistay maamulaha Iibka Warshada Waqooyiga (NFS) ka dib 40 sano oo adeeg ah. Sannadkii 2014-kii, Roger iyo lamaanihiisa ganacsi, Nathan Rohne, waxay shirkadda ka iibiyeen shaqaale abuuraya shirkad shaqaale leh (ESOP). Bulshadu waxay had iyo jeer safka hore kaga jirtay Roger iyo NFS, abuurista ESOP-da kaliya ma ogolayn in shirkaddu horumarto oo ay korto, balse waxay saamayn ku yeelatay shaqaalaha NFS iyo dhammaan agagaarka Willmar. Laga soo bilaabo bilawga hooseeya ilaa guusha dadka waaweyn, Gauquie's caqiidooyinkeeda ayaa iftiiminaya dhinac kasta oo noloshooda ah. Kaliya maahan Gauquies-ku waxay u heellan yihiin xirfadahooda xirfadeed, laakiin sidoo kale bulshadooda. Roger waxa uu ka soo shaqeeyay Guddiga Rugaha Caafimaadka ee Rice iyo Guddiga Aasaaska Kulliyada Ridgewater, halka Ruth ay si mutadawacnimo ah ugu shaqeysay Aasaaska Caafimaadka Rice Gala. Waxay taageeraan YMCA, United Way of West Central Minnesota, Project Turnabout, Safe Avenues, Hawk Creek Animal Shelter iyo Willmar Area Community Foundation. "Waxay ku saabsan tahay sidii bulshadaada loo xoojin lahaa. Sida kaliya ee aad bulshadaada uga dhigi karto mid adag waa in aad deriskaaga ka dhigto mid adag oo aad ka caawiso in aad siiso fursad ay ku soo dhalaalaan. Waan ka wada xoog badnahay kali kali,” Ruth ayaa tiri.
Iyadoo loo marayo ka-qaybgalkooda firfircoon ee bulshada, Gauquies-yadu waxay sii wadaan inay arkaan dhammaan baahiyaha deriskooda oo ay dareemaan inay awood u leeyihiin inay caawiyaan. Roger iyo Ruth waxay aaminsan yihiin ficilada lacag bixinta hore. Roger wuxuu la wadaagaa, "Beesheenu waxay na siisay wax badan, sidaa darteed, waxaa muhiim noo ah inaan dib u celino." Iyadoo is-hoosaysiinta iyo naxariista ay ku celceliyaan Gauquies qaabab badan, waxay sidoo kale muujinayaan awoodda laba qof ay yeelan karaan iyo sida maskax-bulsheed ay u soo saari karto ma aha oo kaliya bulsho xooggan, laakiin sidoo kale waxay u abuurtaa fursado qof kasta. Hambalyo Ruth iyo Roger aqoonsigan wanaagsan ee ay u qalmeen sida Abaalmarinta Mu'asasada 2019 ee abaal-marinaha samafalka.