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  Everyday Freedom Heroes
An Everyday Freedom Hero is an individual or group that takes action to protect or extend freedom.
Freedom Heroes come from all walks of life and may affect any form of freedom including race, gender, religion, speech, press, educational, social and/or economic issues.
When assigned to write paper on the hero of her choice, Gillian chose Harriet Tubman - one of the most memorable freedom heroes in history.
www.freedomcenter.org /exhibits/freedom-heroes.html   (657 words)

  
  NCCS: Programs - Everyday Heroes - Everyday Heroes Testify Before Congress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
NCCS salutes the "everyday heroes" who have given so much in this long war against cancer.
Everyday heroes are cancer survivors, families, friends and caregivers serving on the "front lines" whether it is a laboratory or a patient's bedside.
NCCS salutes all the everyday heroes who tell their stories and remind us of their struggles and triumphs over cancer to whom we dedicate our work.
www.canceradvocacy.org /programs/heroes   (124 words)

  
 11.09.2005 - Introducing Berkeley's 'Everyday Heroes'
Starting Nov. 14, from Monday to Friday the NewsCenter home page will feature a different "Hero of the Day," with the person's name, department, and a brief description of why he or she was chosen.
In soliciting "unsung heroes," what the 2005 UC Undergraduate Experience Survey team has created is a cast of "Everyday Heroes." Because, it turns out, it's the little things that make one a hero.
Here's to our everyday heroes: May you continue to remind students that even a behemoth like Berkeley has a human face.
www.berkeley.edu /news/berkeleyan/2005/11/09_heroes.shtml   (736 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Everyday Heroes: Extraordinary Dogs Among Us: Books: Sherry Bennett Warshauer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
In Everyday Heroes: Extraordinary Dogs Among Us, photographer Mary Bloom and author Sherry Bennett Warshauer tell the remarkable stories of service dogs who are guides, healers, therapists, and, in many cases, the bridge to a normal, fulfilling life for many patients and owners.
Everyday Heroes was shot as a photo essay by the talented professional photographer Mary Bloom.
"Everyday Heroes" is filled with wonderful true stories of Guiding Eyes for the Blind's special creatures; those who have become successful guide dogs for the blind, and those who decided on a career change, be it drug sniffing, assistance, or therapy dogs.
www.amazon.com /Everyday-Heroes-Extraordinary-Dogs-Among/dp/0876056087   (1145 words)

  
 Gulfnews: Everyday Heroes
A 63-year-old Pakistani gardener wins a Dubai Government Excellence Programme Award for never missing work in 27 years.
The 'unsung hero' says he is happy living a simple life.
His philosophy is simple - look at the sunny side of life
www.gulfnews.com /indepth/everydayheroes/index.html   (169 words)

  
 Everyday Heroes Make a Difference in California
They are Heroes, and they are part of a growing number of KP California physicians and staff being honored by their coworkers and regional leadership as part of the Everyday Heroes program.
Everyday Heroes are honored in a number of ways, which can include: coverage in local newsletters and on the Intranet portal, InsideKP; a pin with a special logo design; and a certificate signed by regional leadership.
Everyday Heroes is a simple idea with a strong impact: the more we know about the good work being done by KP physicians and staff, the better the work will become.
xnet.kp.org /permanentejournal/spring03/exTOC.html   (2002 words)

  
 Everyday Heroes
Everyday Heroes takes a behind-the-headlines look at a diverse group of young adults who give a year of their lives through a San Francisco area AmeriCorps program to tutor and mentor needy kids.
Everyday Heroes is an excellent resource for use in the areas of service-learning, civic engagement, race and diversity, communicating common ground, student affairs and youth development, among others.
Everyday Heroes is available in both the 109-minute original version, and a new 59-minute version, edited specifically for broadcast on public television.
www.newday.com /films/EverydayHeroes.html   (303 words)

  
 Everyday Heroes
Everyday Heroes tries to capture America's workers epic response to the attacks of September 11th.
These men and women don't think of themselves as heroes.
But what these working men and women did - and continue to do - in the face of an unprecedented tragedy is undeniably heroic.
www.everydayheroes.tv   (76 words)

  
 Everyday Heroes - Nomination
A philosopher, Bob Dylan, once said, "I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom." Most people tend to think of heroes as those who do astonishing feats of strength or courage.
Heroes, as Dylan observed, are those who realize the great responsibility which goes along with living in a free society.
In their own way, they are the everyday heroes who have an enormous, positive impact on our community.
redcrosssenecacounty.org /rules.htm   (349 words)

  
 2006 Pontiac G6 GTP, 2006 Mazdaspeed 6, 2006 Acura TSX, 2006 Honda Accord EX V-6, 2006 Volkswagen Jetta GLI - ...
Everyday Heroes: When one car has to do it all.
Ownership of a car with four doors needn't mean the end of fun-to-drive, and to support this proposition we present this field of five sub-$30,000 sports sedans that are just the ticket, able to deliver speed with a soupçon of luxury, too.
The other everyday heroes are new for '06 in varying degrees, and only one of them—the Jetta GLI—has gone through our battery of instrumented tests (October 2005).
www.caranddriver.com /comparisons/10515/everyday-heroes.html   (857 words)

  
 Heroes In Our Midst :: Nationwide Outreach Program Will Honor Everyday Heroes
Heroes In Our Midst is designed to encourage people to recognize and express their appreciation of the everyday heroes in their communities by sending greeting cards or written notes acknowledging their contributions.
Through the program, Heroes In Our Midst and its partners hope to inspire America's citizen heroes to continue their efforts and to motivate others to become involved as a mentor, volunteer or other everyday hero in their communities.
The Heroes In Our Midst events will take place each month in the cities where the hero resides, and they will be honored with the Heroes In Our Midst Medal of Honor, a personalized bronze medallion for service to their community.
sev.prnewswire.com /charity/20060125/CLTU52324012006-1.html   (696 words)

  
 Everyday Heroes Index
A hero is someone who has done something beyond what is expected to benefit the life of someone else.
And you are most definitely a hero if you refuse to keep a secret about somebody who is in danger of hurting himself or of being hurt by someone else.
I also see heroes in the form of caring volunteers, some of them teen-agers, and in the form of devoted parents — who sometimes seem to find a superhuman energy in themselves that they didn't even know they had.
www.blackraptor.net /m7fic-26/heroes/index.htm   (370 words)

  
 purevolume™ | Everyday Heroes (pa)
Everyday Heroes is a very young band of three members from 15-16 years of age.
ATTENTION: Everyday Heroes is looking to do a 4 week summer of '06 tour.
Everyday Heroes (pa) hasn't posted any shows yet.
www.purevolume.com /everydayheroespa   (162 words)

  
 Reader's Digest: People: Everyday Heroes
In these amazing hero stories, everyday people rise to the challenge when calamity strikes -- be it a roadside emergency, a burglary next door, even a sudden shark attack.
RD announces "The Dad" is their 2007 Hero of the Year.
How one heroic doctor is helping her hurricane-ravaged town get back on the map.
www.rd.com /channel/everyday-heroes   (951 words)

  
 Magic City Morning Star: Honoring Maine's Everyday Heroes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
In Maine, we are blessed to have a state filled with countless everyday heroes who devote their lives to helping others and to making our cities, towns, and neighborhoods better places to live.
The dictionary defines a hero as a person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life; or a person noted for special achievement in a particular field.
I define "hero" as any person who goes out of his or her way to improve the lives of the people and communities in which they live.
magic-city-news.com /article_4937.shtml   (1290 words)

  
 Everyday Heroes: Voices of Adult Learners
Whether you figured it out or not, my everyday hero is my mother, and I wouldn't trade her for all the land in the world.
y four children are everyday heroes to me because it takes a lot of courage to make it without the mother you love, but my children, somehow, found the strength to go on with their lives.
She is a great hero in so many ways; she loves to read; she writes poems; she is studying to be a nurse, as well.
avenue.org /adulted/v00/eh.html   (14697 words)

  
 Arthur . Parents & Teachers . Everyday Heroes | PBS Kids
Help your children understand what a hero is, and let them create awards for the heroes in their lives.
Discuss heroism: We can all name famous heroes, but there are many unrecognized everyday heroes.
Ask your children if they'd like to present the awards to their everyday heroes.
pbskids.org /arthur/parentsteachers/activities/acts/everyday_heroes.html?cat=development   (205 words)

  
 Chrysler Group Salutes 'Everyday Heroes' at the Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Jeep brand has long been described as rugged, ready and heroic, and the theme for the new float soon became "Everyday Heroes" -- a salute to the heroes that communities see every day.
Jeep recognizes heroes such as police and firemen for their strength and courage.
Chrysler Group plans to utilize the "Everyday Heroes" float throughout the year at various dealer and community events.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2005/11/23/149201.html   (445 words)

  
 Everyday Heroes profiles of some of our heroic neighbors
Everyday Heroes profiles of some of our heroic neighbors
A school for children with special needs continues to thrive 35 years after being founded by a woman who recognized a void in special needs programs.
Eyewitness News wants to pay tribute these Connecticut residents, whether they do a good deed for an individual, for the community or for people in need.
www.wfsb.com /everydayheroes   (202 words)

  
 Welcome to Mrs. Lowe's Class
The dictionary says that a hero is: a person noted for feats of courage and nobility of purpose.
I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that makes you want to believe that there still exists a right and wrong, that decency will somehow triumph in the end.
schoolweb.missouri.edu /poplarbluff.k12.mo.us/lowe/webquest.html   (778 words)

  
 Learning to Give - Lesson Plan - Everyday Heroes Then and Now
Using their individual selections of local heroes and philanthropists, the learners will create an anthology of narratives to be donated to the elementary or middle school library.
Tell them that their railroad ticket to leave the room is to write two paragraphs: one about an everyday hero and one about a local philanthropist.
They should include in each paragraph their definition of hero and/or philanthropist and give a specific example of why they consider this person to be a philanthropist or hero.
www.learningtogive.org /lessons/unit132/lesson3.html   (1380 words)

  
 Everyday Heroes, Part 1: Hallmarks of a Hero
We could all agree that there are lots of people who are heroes and whose stories are recounted in the Bible.
When we look at those people, one of the common threads we see in their lives is that they all started out as ordinary, everyday people.
In fact, one way we could define the concept of hero is to say that heroes are ordinary people who allow God to use them to have an extraordinary impact on others.
www.willowcreek.com /productsb.asp?invtid=PR02678   (256 words)

  
 Everyday heroes
Like Benjamin Martin, the main character in the historical fiction The Patriot, which inspired the creation of Your1voice, many of them experienced a deep inner conflict between their personal values, which cherish peace, and life, and the need to take action in the face a horrible situation.
You probably have a personal relationship with a hero like one of these men, and may not even be aware of it.
The World war II Heroes link is outside Your1voice, use the back button on your browser to return.
www.your1voice.com /everyday_heros.htm   (279 words)

  
 CityBeat: Everyday Heroes (2002-08-29)
He recruits a writer's help: Together they craft tributes to everyday men doing their jobs.
"Everyday in Cincinnati I hear about things that are wrong with us, all the races, and we're all just horrible people who need intervention.
But there is this unlikely woman who is brought to do something astonishing to help, because it's all she can do.
www.citybeat.com /2002-08-29/onstage.shtml   (1098 words)

  
 NIE: Everyday Heroes
I am proud to live in a community where the local newspaper rekindles the spirit of giving by honoring Everyday Heroes, passing on their legacy and inspiring others to join, city-by-city and county-by -county.
Everyday Heroes Awards program seeks to honor the unsung heroes in Hudson County.
The nominations are reviewed by a panel of judges that includes Journal editors and executives, the presidents of Hudson County's four colleges, and Joan Quigley, vice president for external affairs with the Bon Secours New Jersey Health System.
www.thejerseyjournal.com /nie_heroes.htm   (632 words)

  
 The Hudson Reporter - Everyday heroesMiddle School students paint mural of heroes
Many of the kids listed their parents as heroes, and others - moved by the events surrounding the Sept. 11 tragedy - listed police and firefighters.
Bania said she was particularly moved by the heroic rescue efforts and the teams of workers seeking survivors in the rubble later.
Tran Tran, a student deeply involved in the painting project, said her father was her hero.
www.hudsonreporter.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=4518156&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523584&rfi=8   (533 words)

  
 New Milford Times - Hospital honoring 'Everyday Heroes'
At a sold-out dinner and dance tomorrow, New Milford Hospital will honor "Everyday Heroes" in the first of what is planned to be an annual salute.
This year's honorees include a surgeon, a nurse and a nurse assistant, a paramedic, a social worker, two longtime hospital supporters and the Roxbury EMS and LifeStar teams that helped to save the life of a Roxbury boy who suffered severe head injuries when he fell from a tree.
"Honoring Our Heroes," which is the title of tomorrow's event, will be hosted by Denis Leary, the creator and star of the FX TV series, "Rescue Me," and his wife Ann, author of "An Innocent, A Broad." The Learys are residents of Roxbury and members of the New Milford Hospital Foundation's Young Ambassadors group.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=15431050&BRD=1655&PAG=461&dept_id=13091&rfi=6   (408 words)

  
 The Jeff Pulver Blog: Announcing "The Everyday Heroes" Project: (A Summer Project for New Media Enthusiasts)
Join our "Everyday Heroes Project" and help provide a voice to the people who are part of your everyday lives, but until now have been silent.
I have a hero in my life who literally saved my life when a particularly devastating accidental shooting occured.
Posted by: Doug Mohney at June 26, 2007 10:24 PM This is a great meme to start, Jeff - caught it on Facebook and I'll blog it.
pulverblog.pulver.com /archives/007146.html   (950 words)

  
 purevolume™ | everyday heroes
everyday heroes played their heart out for 3 years.
All songs, lyrics and pictures © 2005 everyday heroes.
You must be logged in as a “LISTENER” to have favorite artists.
www.purevolume.com /everydayheroes   (60 words)

  
 Armenian Diaspora - Red Cross honors Central Mass. 'Everyday Heroes'
"Everyday Heroes," and the professional heroes of Central Mass.
were the heroes whose names don't usually appear in the newspaper.
The "Everyday Heroes" that were recognized at the ceremony were:
www.armeniandiaspora.com /archive/10889.html   (921 words)

  
 Archetypes & Everyday Heroes
(In fact, her “Six Heroic Archetypes” have stong similarities to the Seven Knightly Virtues.) In this interview with journalist Michael Toms, she reminds us that chivalrous heroes, courageous quests and noble archetypes are just as vital and dynamic today as they were at the dawn of human civilization.
Particularly pertinent is the adventurous quality of the Hero — the ability to ride out and face the unknown, to re-invent yourself, to answer a new call.
Joseph Campbell said to follow your bliss, and many people misunderstand that to mean that the Hero’s journey is about narcissism and just doing whatever you feel like doing.
www.chivalrytoday.com /Essays/Pearson/Pearson-Carol.html   (2307 words)

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