Hometown Hero - Page 3

Hometown Heroes are people who serve other people, their community, and take pride in honoring, restoring, preserving, or celebrating an aspect of American hometown life, be it their work, passion, or pastime.

MY nephew the Coach

shared by dorisyank

I just wanted to tell you about my husbands nephew. I want you to write the story. Sam Sirianni who died with a very rare deaseace. He was coach at Ft. Myers high school for over thirty years. He

first appeared: 3/14/2008

Inspiring Confidence

shared by ladder

I was a clumsy unco-ordinated teenager. I seemed to think I could play basketball in my early teen years particularly because of my height. In my junior year of high school I was suddenly confronted

first appeared: 3/11/2008

Dream All You Can Be

shared by Sharon Pierce

This story starts at the level prior to High School in Fort Bragg, Calif, where Dennis L. Jones grew up. He played Basketball, Football and Baseball, he played Basketball and Baseball all four years

first appeared: 3/10/2008

Share Your Encouraging Coach Story

Do you have a story about a coach that that encouraged you to be all you can be? Share it with the American Profile community here.

first appeared: 3/9/2008

Marching to Remember

by Cheryl A. Fallstead

Participants brave the elements during the 18th annual Bataan Memorial Death March

first appeared: 3/9/2008

Crusading for Bike Safety

by Sheryl Kayne

For kids on bicycles, riding the streets is a lot safer than it used to be in Stamford, Conn., thanks to Glenn and Peggy Coppola.

first appeared: 2/24/2008

Providing Hope through Charity

by Susan Palmquist

A tractor-trailer backs up to a 20,000-square-foot warehouse in St. Louis Park, Minn. (pop. 44,126).

first appeared: 2/17/2008

A grandson writes about his 90 year old grandparents, Bridge Building

shared by lsmithtwin

Bridge BuildingPosted by zangoceoblog on October 22, 2007I spent the weekend in Southern Oregon with my kids visiting my aunt and uncle, cousins and nephews but mainly my Grandparents. My Father

first appeared: 2/7/2008

Donating Locks of Love

by Cynthia Elyce Rubin

After researching companies that make custom hairpieces, Coffman asked a local hospital to donate office space, and Locks of Love was born in 1997.

first appeared: 2/3/2008

Have a Heart - Give a Buck; 16 year old celebrates special birthday by raising money for charity

shared by suek

http://www.reporterherald.com/print.asp?ID=14473Publish Date: 1/22/2008 Reporter-HeraldLoveland, CO Finding a cure one dollar at a timeLoveland High sophomore wants to raise money to helpfind a cure

first appeared: 2/2/2008

Prescription for a Dying Town

by Marti Attoun

Closed. Closed. Closed. The signs hang in the storefronts of one business after another in Picher, Okla., a former lead and zinc mining center...

first appeared: 1/27/2008

Sharing a Love of Learning

by Vicki Cox

Alferd Williams, 69, joins two dozen first-graders huddled around teacher Alesia Hamilton's rocking chair at Edison Elementary School in St. Joseph, Mo.

first appeared: 1/13/2008

2008 - A Year of Milestones

shared by Diane Nebel

2008 is a year of milestones for the Nation, Eastern Washington, the Rosalia High School Concert Band and a Rosalia retired couple Here's the storyStory in full will be downloaded as per directio

first appeared: 1/10/2008

Online Angels Charity

shared by Terri Adams

Dear Editor,

first appeared: 1/9/2008

Knitting with Love

by Jodi Webb

Denise Dee of Sag Harbor, N.Y. (pop. 2,313), learned how to crochet during her summer 2001 break as a high school guidance counselor

first appeared: 12/30/2007

Adapting Bikes for the Disabled

by Karen Karvonen

Some 30 years ago, Hal Honeyman opened a store to sell bikes.

first appeared: 12/23/2007

Keeping His Hometown Healthy

by Naomi Seldin

There are clocks in Dr. Bob Paeglow's office, but he isn't watching them. He's carefully examining a patient.

first appeared: 12/16/2007

Caroling for a Cause

by Susan Palmquist

The voices of young and old singing Christmas carols break the silence on a cold December evening in St. Paul, Minn.

first appeared: 12/9/2007

A Feel for Reading

by Kristen Tribe

When Eric and Leslie Ligon learned in 1997 that their 2-month-old son, Ethan, was blind, they were devastated.

first appeared: 11/11/2007

Teaching Clover and the Kids

by Beverly Burmeier

Makena Mailer, 4, loves the greeting he gets each morning at The Greenwood School, in Oak Hill, Texas.

first appeared: 11/4/2007

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