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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LAURA ROLDAN LEADERSHIP
LAURA ROLDAN "Because I love what I do, and do what I love" - Laura G. Roldan Sometimes a hero sits right next to you. This nineteen-year-old girl feels such love for nature that she has made her life goal to protect it. Wether it's big, creating The Green Example Movement; wether it's small, take a garbage bag and pick...
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BOUCHAIB ZAHAWI CARING
BOUCHAIB ZAHAWI He has been working with kids of different ages for so many years! He's keen on sharing and caring! His main concern is to implement the culture of character education in the kingdom of morocco.
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ANIL ARORA LEADERSHIP
ANIL ARORA He is a remarkable combination of a leader and human being. He has taken factory to graet heights. He is Director India Manufacturing for Abbott(EPD). His leadership is quite different from others. He is not aonly a good leader who has taken the compny to new heights but a very warm and caring leader which adds a...
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Q MADP GIVING BACK
Q MADP Q Madp is a true Patriot. He feels is it vital that the memories of all the fallen soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars not be lost. To this end, Q began traveling to funerals, with permission of the families, to document the final services for the fallen. He has done this basically on his own dime,...
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CHARLOTTE JACKSON COMPASSION
CHARLOTTE JACKSON Charlotte's brother was murdered in 2010. Charlotte co-founded an organization called (JONS-Jonathan's Outreach Network Services, Inc.) to honor her brother's life. Charlotte has been feeding people in the community since June 2010. Charlotte uses her own money each week to purchase food from the food bank and...
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RAJ KOSARAJU COMMITMENT
RAJ KOSARAJU Raj Kosaraju, CIO of Maxil Technology Solutions Inc. based in Chicago, is a seasoned business professional with a diverse background. Raj Kosaraju brings more than 23 years of experience to Marketing, Management Information Systems and Technology Consulting. As CIO of Maxil Technology Solutions, Inc., Mr....
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AARON DEVALLANCE INSPIRATION
AARON DEVALLANCE Aaron is my big brother and the most inspiring person I know. Growing up my brother was overweight. When he meet my sister in law 13 years age he made a major lifestyle change. He started exercising and eating healthy and dropped all his extra weight. Two years ago my husband put a team of 10 people from our...
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ENCOURAGEMENT
THE UNPLANNED BLESSING After building a new home on a ranch, we had purchased several furniture pieces from a local furniture store. Some general items took weeks to arrive, some more complex items months. The saleslady called to share that there would be a delay for some of our ordered items. Instead of calling her back, and after...
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ROCK CARSON BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
ROCK CARSON My hero is difficult to explain because my hero is myself or better yet my heart. The reason being is because I've been through a lot but through it all my hearts been strong enough to rebuild whatever's been broken. I suffered from depression, lost a lot of myself within that depression and every since then I've...
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VICTOR BLANCHARD CHARACTER
VICTOR BLANCHARD My 25 year old son is my hero because more than any other adult I know he lives by a code...of honesty and integrity. He isn't noble because I raised him that way. I get credit for it, but it's his choice. Victor has faced enormous challenges - as we joke - epic challenges. But he faces every setback with...
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TANYA RAAB INSPIRATION
TANYA RAAB The person I would like to recognize as my hero is Tanya Raab. You may recognize the name because she was the one who nominated my dad, Pete Raab. I wanted to shed light on the fact that my dad, has been blessed by finding and loving another hero. My stepmom, Tanya Raab has one of the biggest hearts out of...
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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
ENOUGH As I look back over my life, I cannot help but wonder...why me? At birth, I weighed less than 1 pound and yet here I am. Again I ask, why me? I was raised solely by our Mother, whom I adore dearly. According to all statistics, I was not suppose to make it out of the gang ridden streets of Upstate New York,...
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PETE RAAB COURAGE
PETE RAAB My husband, Pete, is my hero! As a former Marine, Pete served our country during Vietnam and was combat wounded on both tours of duty. In itself, that makes him a hero. He has carried that courageous Marine with him his entire life; now having been diagnosed with a chronic lung disease, COPD, he inspires me...
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MARK & ISMINI SVENSSON HELPING OTHERS
MARK & ISMINI SVENSSON I would like to nominate husband-and-wife Mark & Ismini Svensson to be recognized as heroes. As part of their 2013 New Year's resolution, Mark & Ismini established a goal of traveling and performing acts of kindness in all 50 states in America under the banner ’50 Acts of Giving Back.’ They started the journey...
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HOPE
THE REP YOU HAVE AND THE ONE YOU WANT Now living in my teens at 16 my entire life I have been having to prove myself to everyone around me that I'm not weak based on my size standing now at 5'2 my turnIng point started when I was about 4 going on 5 when I witnessed my dad beat my mom in front of me until the cops showed up I was without a dad for a...
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ADRIANA ALMENDAREZ LOYALTY
ADRIANA ALMENDAREZ My girlfriend, full of spirit and she doesn't let life get to her.
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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
MOTIVATION The journey I had to find happiness through health was a roller coaster. Words almost cannot explain the struggle, hardships, obstacles, and misery I felt. But the same could be said about the reward, relief, and joy I felt when it was all over. To begin the story, however, we must rewind time all the way to my...
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GENEROSITY
THERE IS AN EYE There is a poor boy named Roy Freetz in a 30-student classroom who is really hungry and have nothing to eat. He felt jealous in all of his classmates for they were eating and enjoying their foods. He was just staying in one of the corners of the room. There was a girl came to him and give all the foods in her...
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JILLIAN DEAS INSPIRATION
JILLIAN DEAS She is 18 yrs old a high school senior in Columbus Ohio at Northland High School. Her Father passed away of a heart attack in 2007 while she was laying next to him on the couch. She showed great maturity at a young age to stay positive thru adversity and continuing to be productive in her studies. In high she...
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COMPASSION
TRAIN TLC TrainTLC is intangible training focused on Team Wellness, Leadership Skills and Character Development. TrainTLC models an enthusiasm for learning, serving and exploring the world around us. Our example liberates the courage to act by those watching. Our mission is to model a culture of compassion with...
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JIMMER FREDETTE DEDICATION
JIMMER FREDETTE Jimmer Fredette played basketball for Brigham young University. He has followed his dream of being in the NBA and is now playng for the Sacramento Kings.
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DEREK DAHLBERG INSPIRATION
DEREK DAHLBERG Derek is my hero. I have been through so many struggles and challenges in my life and Derek has truly made me a survivor. He was born with cerebral palsy. Every thing he does is a struggle for him. He is very stubborn....I think that's why he has come such a long ways. Derek also loves to listen to music and...
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MALALA YOUSAFZAI EDUCATION
MALALA YOUSAFZAI Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who was shot by the taliban in an attempt to silence her fight for girls education. Founded September 22, 2013: Awards: Malala Yousafzai has won the following national and international honors: 1. International Children's Peace Prize nominee, 2011 2. National Youth Peace...
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ISAIAH PORTILLO RESPONSIBILITY
ISAIAH PORTILLO A Hero should be responsible,loyal, and courageous!There are many heroes in our society, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Obama, The Marines, Martin Luther King Jr., and many more! I think I'm a hero! All heroes should be responsible. I'm sure I'm also responsible too! I hardly lose anything ever! When I...
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KARLA GARCIA CHARITY
KARLA GARCIA Karla Garcia is a Trustworthy, Helpful, and Honest person. She is my hero. One way Karla is Trustworthy is,she dosent tell secrets when I tell her. Beacause when my best friend was being mean to me I told her a secret and she never told anyone. another reason why she is trustworthy is when I told her to...
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MILENI SANDOVAL INSPIRATION
MILENI SANDOVAL A hero is kind,caring,and nice. A hero helps a person when they need help, and they do good things for you. And my mom isn't just my mom who takes care of me and loves me. My mom is my hero because she is caring,respectful, and helpful. She just isn't caring,respectful, and helpful to me but to everybody. ...
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KENNY NGUYEN HARD WORK
KENNY NGUYEN My friend Kenny is a hero because he is honest to every one even if it gets someone else in trouble. I remember once after a teacher asked him if a friend of his did something bad he still told the truth even though he knew his friend was going to get in trouble. It takes a lot of courage to tell the truth...
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RAMON LOPEZ BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
RAMON LOPEZ A hero is someone who has courage and is not afraid to help out. Their are many heroes in our society such as police officers, firefighters, and the ambulance. My hero is my grandpa. He is a hero because he's...
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RAMON PETELACALO CHARACTER
RAMON PETELACALO My friend is the best friend i can ever have he is helpful, responsible, and respectful.He is very helpful by helping me out at hard times and his family.I also help him out when he is sad because his nephew passed away.He is very responsible by facing the consequences of his actions.He respects not telling him...
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KENNY NGUYEN TEAMWORK
KENNY NGUYEN One of the evidence that i have to prove that he is my hero is that he is very honest. Now an event that i have to prove that he is honest is that two years ago in fifth grade, he didn't do his homework and he surprisingly told the teacher why he didn't do his homework. His answer was ''to tell you the truth mrs....
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CLAUDIA AND EMILIO GUZMAN INSPIRATION
CLAUDIA AND EMILIO GUZMAN A hero is someone who is determined, inspiring, and hardworking. Hero's in our world there are not many of them. I believe that my parents are my hero's. One out of many character trait that a hero has is hardworking. I know that my parents show this by going to work everyday and they put effort in...
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JASMIN LOPEZ FRIENDSHIP
JASMIN LOPEZ A hero is someone who does good things for others. Their are heroes everywhere and can be anyone. My friend Jasmin is a hero. One trait of a hero is hardworking.She represents hardworking like that one time we were given a project to make a cell and she put all her effort into it. This shows a hero because not a...
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LORENCA HERNANDEZ LEADERSHIP
LORENCA HERNANDEZ There are alot of heroes in this world we just don't recognize them. There are two types of heroes , the ones with superpowers and the daily life ones. My grandma is one of them. My first trait that I describe my grandma as a hero is her being motivating. Whenever I go to mexico I always see my grandma motivating...
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