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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VALERIE ROACH COMPASSION
VALERIE ROACH My hero is my mom Valerie. She has not only had but raised me and my 6 brothers and sisters. I.am the youngest and heading to college in the fall and thought she should be given recognition for that accomplishment that took her 30 years. While dpending her time instilling good values and morals into all of us she...
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KYLEE BLISS PERSEVERANCE
KYLEE BLISS Kylee Bliss was an athlete. She was always active, inside or out, and most often with a ball of some kind in her hand. Kylee decided to focus on basketball in high school. After leading the team her freshman season, she suffered a concussion the first night of basketball tryouts her sophomore year. Unfortunately...
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ELENA MCFADDEN CHARITY
ELENA MCFADDEN My hero is not only a unique and genuine human being she is a volunteer. She spends all of her spare time volunteering for the Red Cross and for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. She does this because she cares about others and just wants to help. She thrives off helping others and I truly believe that if she...
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OVERCOMING
LEARNING TO THRIVE “Learning to Thrive” I was slumped over the passenger's seat, weaving to the car's sudden swerves and turns as if I were on some sailboat fighting a stormy sea. Nausea gripped my throat. My body was too heavy, my arms anchored to the leather seat. The car was speeding out of control. My eyelids flickered...
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KURT SATHERLIE HELPING OTHERS
KURT SATHERLIE It is my distinct pleasure to nominate Kurt Satherlie as a hero in my life, and as a hero in the life of the countless people who he touches every day. I have known Kurt since 1986. He was a Police Detective at the time. He dated and married my college friend and room-mate. Over the years, he responded to...
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RACHEL NAOMI REMEN SOUL
RACHEL NAOMI REMEN - Long-term survivor of Crohn's disease - Pioneer in body/soul health connection, and proponent of mystery over mastery - Doctor, counselor, author, speaker - Noted for many words of wisdom, including: "Fixing and helping create a distance between people, but we cannot serve at a distance. We can only serve...
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KAITLIN STANLEY LAUGHTER
KAITLIN STANLEY My hero is my old babysitter, Kaitlin. She graduated from Ball State University. I sometimes still see her, but it is hard because she lives far away. She hasn't just helped me, but she has helped my cousins. One time she was babysitting my 4 cousins, my sister and I. She still was able to make cookies for us!...
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KALIEK ALLAH LIVE YOUR DREAMS
KALIEK ALLAH A lot of times my boyfriend, Kaliek, places his dreams of becoming an r&b singer, actor, etc, on the back burner. He would love to do a "Value Tv Commercial," for your company. Please view, Kaliek Allah: on facebook, and/ or youtube. Thank you!!!
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DOLORES CAPIIERLLIE KINDNESS
DOLORES CAPIIERLLIE I'd like to introduce you to my grandma I call her nonna. Her name is Dolores and she is from Falconara,Italy.She came to the U.S when she was fourteen years old to have a better life. She went to beauty school and was a hairdresser for thirty years. When I was a baby,she had a brain tumor and they had to perform...
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NICHOLAS ROZMUS KINDNESS
NICHOLAS ROZMUS My hero is definitely my brother Nicholas. The reason he is my hero is because he shows so many virtues. One of the virtues he always shows is helpfulness. An example of him showing helpfulness is when he helps me with my work. He helps me by working out the problem. He doesn't just tell me the answer....
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COREY MCNULTY HARD WORK
COREY MCNULTY My hero is my older brother Corey McNulty. Corey shows many virtues. One virtue is perseverance. Last year, he didn't make it to be in a very special group for singing, called madrigals, he kept on trying. Instead of just giving up, Corey asked the director what he should work on for the audition the next year....
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JOSEPH SCHAGER CARING
JOSEPH SCHAGER My hero is my dad, Joseph Schager, is truly my hero,because he helps me in every way possible, in my homework,with my frustrating siblings, and makes me feel loved.My dad is very thoughtful and very funny. He is always so joyful. My dad is very caring, and lovable,no matter how annoying that person is he is...
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HERON RODRIGUEZ CHARITY
HERON RODRIGUEZ My hero has always been my father. He has been supporting the school, giving money to the church, which is donated to the poor ,and working everyday from early in the morning and late at night. By going to work early in the morning, well that is just remarkable . He goes to early mass. This shows me that we...
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BEATRICE CATARELLO CHARITY
BEATRICE CATARELLO My mom Beatrice inspirers me because she help me with my homework when I have hard things on it. My mom has helped me with everything and she packs my backpack. my mom changed the world by donating money to the poor and in the basket at church. my mom cares for me by helping me when I fall down and...
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CAROLINE CIVANTOS CARING
CAROLINE CIVANTOS My hero is my older sister Caroline. She is truly a hero because she helps me when I don't understand my homework and buys things for me when I don't have the money. My sister has been on her high school poms team since freshmen year and loves it. This year when she found out there was no poms team she...
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DIANE WALL VOLUNTEERING
DIANE WALL My mom Diane Wall is my hero because she helps me with a lot of things. One time I had to clean my room and sort out my clothes and she helped me. She also helps me with my homework. She also is my hero because she doesn't give up on anything. All the time she is working for hours and hours or almost the whole...
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MARIA ERNESTINA PALOS CHARACTER
MARIA ERNESTINA PALOS My grandmother was the holiest person I've ever known and she is my hero. She was born on November 7, 1933 in Monterrey, Mexico. She was the second of eleven children. When she was in school the girls had to learn how to sew. Her sewing was beautiful. The back of embroidery never looks that good. The back of...
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FLORENCE AUSTRUMS SHARING
FLORENCE AUSTRUMS My hero is my awesome mom, Florence Austrums because she packs my snack and lunch when I am not awake early enough to pack my own. We always have to wake up early and get dressed so if I sleep in then all she does is wake me up and tells me that she is leaving and so that rushes me a lot, just by those words we...
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KELLY CASSIDY CARING
KELLY CASSIDY My mom, Kelly Cassidy, is a woman full of character. When I need help my mom is there to help me. Being a lawyer she could work downtown and make lots of money, but she cares more about my brothers, my sister, and I being brought up right than she does making money. She is always willing to led a hand. Every...
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ANGELA CIVANTOS HELPING OTHERS
ANGELA CIVANTOS My hero is Angela Civantos. She has always been a good friend since kindergarten. I feel like I can tell her anything. She's like my second sister because I can truly be myself around her, but when I'm with people younger or older than me I can't . She has made my life and me more virtuous by making me see...
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DEBBIE COOOPERRIDER BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
DEBBIE COOOPERRIDER Debbie is my Daughter, I had her when I was 15, she has overcome amazing things in her life. She testified against her biological father at age 6 for sexually abusing her, She lived with night terrors and other psychological results. She lived through the chronic illness and hospitalizations of my middle son her...
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OPTIMISM
THE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT One day, during our biology class our teacher conducted a flower arrangement competition. There were five groups who competed and the materials used are weeds, leaves and anything you can pick in the garden. The toughest thing about being the leader of group one is that we are not artistic and our vase is tall...
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AALIYAH HAUGHTON DETERMINATION
AALIYAH HAUGHTON Aaliyah was more than a woman. She was a daughter, sister, lover, and dear friend. She had great talents that the world only experienced for a short amount of time. She proved herself throughout her career, plus she was a new take to R & B music. Throughout her life, she taught me something that I will never...
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FORGIVENESS
MISTAKES I MADE I was always doing the right thing as a kid. I was active in sports and I was just a great kid to be around. However, my life changed for the worse when I started smoking pot. I was a junior in high school when I started and i instantly became hooked. I smoked pot basically every single day my Senior year of high...
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BUCKY FULLER OPTIMISM
BUCKY FULLER Unfortunately, Bucky Fuller is no longer with us. But nevertheless, he is my hero. He set out to see what one man could do to make the world a better place, and over his 80+ years on "Spaceship Earth" he DID make the world a better place, and offered everyone a blueprint so we could all carry on his work....
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LISA MCMILLAN COMPASSION
LISA MCMILLAN Lisa McMillan has been providing the elderly and students at Jefferson Davis College in Brewton, Alabama, free lunches for the past 3 years. It began when she discovered that students on campus were hungry when 2 young men came into her restaurant and purchased a package of cookies for 1.00 and the 2 sat down and...
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FRIENDSHIP
DEPRESSION SUCKS. i have depressed for a while now. ive had suicidal thoughts and actions. until a girl at my school who was considered popular started to talk to me. it was really weird. usually nobody wants to talk to me. i found out she was going through the same thing as me. i have clean from self harm ever since.
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JEANNE BEAVERS CARING
JEANNE BEAVERS She makes me noodles and cares for me everyday. I love her and she constantly surprises me with awesome favors
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DREW ELLIOTT FRIENDSHIP
DREW ELLIOTT Drew Elliott is an you man who is Autistic.. He is wanting to make one "BFF" at a time.. So he and his family with friends are make BFF necklace to anyone who may need an extra friend. Who doesn't need more friends. One of his dear friends made a facebook page for him call "Drew Elliott & Friends" he has more...
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SMILE
SARA'S SMILE As a freelance photographer it is not unusual that my computer and external hard drive contains several thousand images. To a stranger they might not mean a whole lot, but behind the scenes I believe each image contains a myriad of emotions. Whether it is one of my own personal family images or one from an...
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KUNDHAN KARUNAKAR HELPING OTHERS
KUNDHAN KARUNAKAR My hero is a small guy who always says a beautiful quote “Happiness is contagious.” He holds an Ngo “ONENESS ORGANISATION” (www.oneness.org.in) which works for the unification of people through charity. When I first met him & asked what is his inspiration for setting up an Organisation he says ‘smile is my...
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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
I AM WHO I AM Being a military kid meant always moving and always moving meant always changing schools therefore I was never at a school long enough to really know myself around others. Since I was always traveling I always adapted to my surroundings and most of the kids I was around were so diverse in ethnicity that I was...
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RICK SGRILLO HUMILITY
RICK SGRILLO Our attic was full of treasures. As kids, my sisters and I used to go up to our attic to play. Elaborate dresses from the 1940's were lined up in a long row, hanging from a metal bar. Each one of us would choose a dress and slip it on. As I rummaged through the boxes, I looked for the perfect pair of shoes to...
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