You don’t have to cross the border to the third world to find children starving. This is something that Charolette Tidwell learned more than 15 years ago. The former nurse saw signs of hunger and starvation in her own hometown. “I saw the elderly purchasing cat food because they couldn’t afford a tin of tuna,” […]

Being a military family is not easy. You’re often on the move and away from close family. Kimberly Felshaw and her husband, a United States Marine on active duty, were living in Monarch Beach, California, when they had their first baby. It was a joyous time that they couldn’t share with their family. However, the […]

Austin Attebery had a dream of becoming a successful songwriter. He never imagined that his dream would carry the hopes and dreams of thousands of children around the world. Attebery, then 27, had finished college and decided it was time to pursue his dream. He moved to Nashville, TN, the nation’s music capital. As fate […]

Jack Mook, 45, has all the qualities you can expect in a hero. He is a veteran of the Gulf War and currently works as a police detective in Pittsburgh. He also volunteers at a local non-profit gym, Steel City Boxing Association, where he coaches and mentors inner-city children. However, he’s heroic deeds stretch beyond […]

Jill Bien didn’t plan to be a hero. She probably thought that she’d never be one. The 48 year old bar tender from Chicago lived what many would call a pretty ordinary life. Just another ordinary day Bien was heading home to Chicago after an evening at the Potawatomi Hotel and Casino playing bingo. She […]

When Gretchen Del Rosario graduated from Vallejo High School in 1986, she decided to pursue her dream and dedicate the rest of her life to helping her community. The third grade teacher does this by helping students in her community appreciate who they are. Her philosophy in teaching her students is to deal with each […]

She wasn’t looking to become famous. She was just a regular mum with a charitable heart. Shannon Buist was making her regular drop off of some toys for donation at a women’s shelter in Park City, UT. She had done this many times before, but on this particular day when she asked the volunteers if […]

Most people taking care of a terminally ill loved one and working full time jobs would not be very cheerful nor would they take the time to help others with seemingly small problems. But that’s not Sherry Albright’s way. Sherry has been working at Trine University, Indiana for more than 13 years now. She scrubs […]