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Hometown Hero Stories

Stories that feature people, who serve other people, their community, or take pride in honoring, restoring, preserving, or celebrating and aspect of American hometown life. In addition to articles that originally appeared in American Profile, there are also original stories and other materials shared by readers."

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Exclaiming and Proclaiming images
A modern-day town crier provides a voice for his community read more
Bringing a B-17 to Life images
Arizona volunteers keep vintage plane airborne read more
Riding and Inspiring images
An ATV enthusiast races to motivate others read more
Clipping Coupons for Soldiers images
Kay MacVey, 83, sits down at her kitchen table in Ames, Iowa, scissors in hand and a waste basket at her knee. read more
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Tribute for my Uncle Roy user story images
"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today." This maxim bombarded me as I recently visited my Uncle Roy & Aunt Miriam in Westminster, MD. I've meant to write a tribute to read more
Teacher or Puppy Raiser user story images
Linda McMahan is an eighth grade science teacher here in Shawnee, Oklahoma, To see her on the street you might wonder about her because she has a dog with her 99% of the time. Linda is paying it forw read more
Chris Rhoda, Higher Ed Information Technology Guru user story images
When you first meet Chris Rhoda [M.B.A, '88], it's all about the business of information technology and services. What else? Rhoda takes his role very seriously of providing the technology to read more
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