Everyday Hero Stories

Where did your values come from?

We've all had people in our lives who have made a positive impact on us. A parent or grandparent, a sibling who was there for us, or maybe even just a guy who shines shoes for a living? Whoever they are, tell us their story so they can inspire us even more.

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SUE LEE PERSEVERANCE
SUE LEE My hero is my mom, Sue, who has a fighter spirit! She has Hepatitis C, which she contracted through contaminated blood. She endures, thrives, and gives in spite of a multitude of health problems. She had a liver transplant in 2007, and immunosuppressants have left her vulnerable to breast cancer, then...
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STRENGTH
REMARKABLE STRENGTH I remember it was just like any old,rainy Saturday afternoon. I was invited to my friend's birthday party and for the first surprising time, I was the first and only one there. I sat on her delicate,leather couch and just waited patiently for the party to begin. As a flood of guests came in with warm greetings...
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MICHAEL CARROLL COURAGE
MICHAEL CARROLL Michael Carroll is 16 Years Old and lives in Wheeling West Virginia. In 2003 he was diagnosed with Leukemia. After 3 years of treatments life returned to normal. On June 17th 2013 he was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma Grade IV Brain Tumor due to the radiation treatment he received for Leukemia. He wanted to...
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ABIGAIL MARSHALL GIVING BACK
ABIGAIL MARSHALL PJs 4 Xmas is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 2009; by two young girls,Camille & Abigail Marshall 13 & 10 years of age; the girls liked receiving brand new PJs from their parents on Christmas Eve. The girls realizing today’s economy not every child would be as blessed, they decided they wanted to...
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OVERCOMING
I AM LOVED, AND SO ARE YOU I was almost 13 when I started cutting myself. I thought that everyone hated me and I was a bad person. I was scared of a lot of things. I felt insecure and sad all the time. I remember cutting too deep, and I ended up in the hospital. And everybody was there. My parents, members of my church, my friends, people...
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INSPIRATION
SECRET OF FAILURE Because ‘the secret of success’ is too mainstream…this is THE SECRET OF FAILURE!!! What is failure? What to do if you fail? Simple questions, but you might not even know what the answer is. Readers, this is a true story of me…and my best friend, FAILURE! I’m Donny Barnesi (Don) of Indonesia, and it was July...
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DONNA PETERS CHARACTER
DONNA PETERS Dr. Donna Peters is my hero for many reasons. She served the children of North Carolina in education for 30 years as a teacher, assistant principal, principal and a superintendent. She now serves as the Executive Director of the Sandhills Leadership Academy. This academy trains teachers to be principals for...
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DALE ROBINSON INSPIRATION
DALE ROBINSON My uncle has always been like superman and I have always looked up to him as my hero regardless. He's been there for me my entire life and not only me, but everyone who knows him thinks he's the best man in the world. He's worked hard his whole life and never complained or hurt anyone. I am biased as I love him...
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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
FREEDOM TO RUN Hello guys, I was wondering if you could help me by letting me share my passion for running and at the same time I help you in a way by sharing my story in your magazine that could maybe inspire others to run. I have schizoaffective disorder (schizophrenia&bipolar). The mental illness is just part of me not the...
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DETERMINATION
CARING FOR OTHERS is if you fail you can try again in school you are not always perfect believe in yourself.
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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
WARRIOR November 22, 2012 I tore my ACL and MCL in my right knee. I was devasted, I cried myself to sleep. I was a sophomore in high school, I was asked to play on the varsity basketball team. That went down the drain when I tore those ligaments. I didn't know how to carry myself and didn't know how to deal with not...
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JESSICA METZGER COURAGE
JESSICA METZGER My name is Brianna and I want to tell you about my best friend, Jes. Jes Metzger was a member of the US Air Force and was tragically taken from us on 03/15/14, along with three others, due to a car accident in Wichita, Kansas. They hired a driver to avoid drinking and driving and he suffered from a medical...
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JASON L. RUSSO DEVOTION
JASON L. RUSSO Jason L. Russo is my hero in life and in the legal world I was falsely dragged into. Jason has been the light at the end of a tunnel of darkness and the most wonderful attorney I have ever met. He is extremely hardworking, dedicated, reliable, honest, and more importantly - he is a kind person at heart. His...
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DETERMINATION
HELON'S STORY I was born on July 17th 1995 in Atlanta, Georgia. My story really starts before that in May of that year when an automobile accident my mom was in changed my life. Of course I wasn't born yet, but that event would be central to a story that I have to tell. Sad part aside, the doctors attending to my mom were...
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ALYSSA ELLIS CARING
ALYSSA ELLIS My hero is my daughter, because of her I want to do better, I want to survive and push myself to become the best I can. My daughter has always been by my side she has always looked up to me which has always wanted me to become better then I was. She helped me complete my first 5ks last year, she has always made...
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CARRIE PIERCE HONOR
CARRIE PIERCE This young lady is the leader of the Veterans AGAINST The Westboro Baptist Church. She takes a stand against those people who picket military funerals. She puts in so much time and effort making sure that word gets out about the Westboro Baptist Church and helps people organize peaceful counter protests to block...
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LOUBETH CHAVERO GRATITUDE
LOUBETH CHAVERO She just gave birth to two bubbly young men, but she is a mother of 5 more little ladies. She is our aunt. She is the cause of what we are today and what we will become in the future that lies in front of us. She is the person we go in times of trouble, bewilderment and our success. The person why we try our...
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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
MY STORY My Story - Bill Davis I grew up in Harlem, which was an unlikely place to find a private Black tennis club. In 1940 at the age of ten, while walking past the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club at 149th street and Convent Avenue, a voice in the doorway said, "Hey kid, want to run balls for this match?". My answer was an...
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R.D. NAY MAKING A DIFFERENCE
R.D. NAY My husband is a wounded retired Iraq War Vet. He recently retired in July 2013 with multiple disabling injuries. 20 years ago he was a young man playing college baseball at Georgetown College with the dream of getting his chance to play in the MLB. After playing two seasons of baseball he left college, before he...
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JASON L. RUSSO DEDICATION
JASON L. RUSSO Jason L. Russo is my hero in life and in the legal world I was falsely dragged into. Jason has been the light at the end of a tunnel of darkness and the most wonderful attorney I have ever met. He is extremely hardworking, dedicated, reliable, honest, and more importantly - he is a kind person at heart. His...
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JONAS SKALLE HELPING OTHERS
JONAS SKALLE Jonas Skalle, a Norwegian 16 year old boy made a lifechanging choice for him and two others when he reacted instantly to a car-crash. A drunkdriver frontcollided in my town, Lillehammer. Jonas Skalle was the first person to be there, and reacted the best way he possible could to the situation. He managed to...
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LIVE YOUR DREAMS
AWAKENING YOUNG MINDS Please take your time and listen to this powerful and inspiring message from a 20 year old that talks about life's purpose. Very inspiring & powerful and could change a lot of peoples vision on life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6oI4qpo2BI
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DENNIS COHEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE
DENNIS COHEN Dennis Cohen, our esteemed director and president, passed away on August 22, 2012. Mr. Cohen, a prominent educator, spent forty years mentoring thousands of children who flourished in the Community High School, Teaneck, NJ. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Dennis Cohen grew up as a classic “city kid,” spending all of his...
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FRIENDSHIP
NOT MY WEEKEND, IT'S MY YEAR when i first walked into that sundayschool class i thought, "wow, he is way too cool to be friends with me." after we became best friends, of course, he confessed that he thought the same. i have never fell in & out of love as many times as i had with him. It was definitely a hate/love relationship. there were...
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BETH LEONARD STRENGTH
BETH LEONARD My wife Beth has been a real inspiration and soul mate too me as well as a loving and nurturing mother to our 2 young daughters. Unfortunately my career has moved our family throughout the Midwest and with my wife being a successful Real Estate broker she has had to start her career from scratch with every move....
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HOLLY FISCUS-FLORENZA INSPIRATION
HOLLY FISCUS-FLORENZA Holly has never spoken a word in her life! The only sound she makes is laughter. After 22 years of silence, by using a keyboard Holly has broken the silence! As Holly learned to communicate slowly typing away she decided in 2012 that she wanted a platform to teach about love. Holly has co-written lyrics to a...
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LINDA HONNOLD VOLUNTEERING
LINDA HONNOLD Linda Honnold is inspiration and very well stands for your entire list of values. She is kind hearted, charitable and compassionate. She is an avid volunteer and organizer and among many others has become a cog in the wheels for the volunteer organizations in Jacksonville, FL. Linda can keep a large group of...
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ERIC VANDER LOOP INSPIRATION
ERIC VANDER LOOP My hero is my teacher Mr. Vander Loop. I choose him because he is so inspirational, and does amazing things for people! He also does a cancer benefit called Unless. He calls it unless because of the book the Lorax, by Dr. Seuss. This year it is the sixth year of the cancer benefit. Over the last couple year the...
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INSPIRATION
OVERCOMING ADVERSITY At 13 years old I began losing my balance and experiencing numbness in my legs, I knew something was terribly wrong. After becoming unable to walk, an emergency visit to the hospital revealed that I had Transverse Myelitis, an inflammation of my spinal cord. Frightened and apprehensive about my future, I was...
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PASSION
YELLOWBERRY BRAS “Mary Margaret, you can't wear that!” I whispered to my 13 year old sister in the dressing room as she tried on a leopard push-up bra that was as empty and as fake as the ad on the wall beside her. “Yeah, um… I don't… I don't look like this…” she giggled and looked at me with sheepish eyes. She could magically...
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BRIELLE WILEY MAKING A DIFFERENCE
BRIELLE WILEY I am the President of The Carol House, a non-profit organization that provides housing relief to women with breast cancer who have lost everything due to their illness. The concept of our organization is the brain child of my late sister Carol, who lost her seven year battle with breast cancer in October...
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IHASCUPQUAKE QUAKE CARING
IHASCUPQUAKE QUAKE This is I hascupquake she is a YouTuber. The reason I have nomanaded her is because she has helped me thought anything life has throw at me her smile and hair always make me feel happy
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NICOLE GLEESON AMBITION
NICOLE GLEESON "A true hero is not measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart." There are so many reason why My hero is someone I hold close to my heart. She is someone I admire and look up to with each passing day. My older sister, Nicole is the hardest working person I've ever known. She never...
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