STRUGGLE FOR MY FIRST JOB..
This was the time when last 2 months left for my final semester of MBA but due to the recession time there was not much campus recruitment. I got the job but that was for different city so was unable to go there. Hence, I decided to search job in same city where I used to live. First I randomly sent my resume to...
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KAREN WARNER
Karen is passionate and hopeful. She has big dreams and even bigger goals.
She is an organic farmer who started from nothing but a desire and an ethic of hard work and now, five years later she farms 70 acres certified organic. She is someone who sees that in everything we do we have a choice to make and that...
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CARE EVERYONE
I was just 13 when my mother left this world. It was a time when I didn't even know the meaning of relations and the impact of loosing someone close to heart. Like anyone else, I also love my mother so much. Still remember I was so young and every afternoon used to play with other children in my playground. Just...
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SHELIZA KASSAM
Sheliza's inspiration to give back to her community and become a leader in today’s society is based on the challenges that she has personally experienced. At the age five, she began volunteering in her mosque, as service was highly valued in her Muslim faith and family. Additionally, she joined Girl Guides of...
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DANIELLE JOHNSON
Danielle Johnson is a special ed teacher at Tigard Tualatin School district, specifically Tigard High School, but she is so much more. I believe she should be recognized for all she does above and beyond ANY job description. I will give you only a couple of examples (although there are so many I could share)...
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ANNABELLE BROWN
She is 68 years old but moved like a 30 years old, she put up a foundation who help public schools in their CHARACTER EDUCATION since 2008. Together with so many Volunteers we go to school and teach values. Last year, somebody from Department of Education see the changes and requested us to go Nationwide, with...
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VALERIE ROACH
My hero is my mom Valerie. She has not only had but raised me and my 6 brothers and sisters. I.am the youngest and heading to college in the fall and thought she should be given recognition for that accomplishment that took her 30 years. While dpending her time instilling good values and morals into all of us she...
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KYLEE BLISS
Kylee Bliss was an athlete. She was always active, inside or out, and most often with a ball of some kind in her hand. Kylee decided to focus on basketball in high school. After leading the team her freshman season, she suffered a concussion the first night of basketball tryouts her sophomore year. Unfortunately...
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ELENA MCFADDEN
My hero is not only a unique and genuine human being she is a volunteer. She spends all of her spare time volunteering for the Red Cross and for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. She does this because she cares about others and just wants to help. She thrives off helping others and I truly believe that if she...
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LEARNING TO THRIVE
“Learning to Thrive”
I was slumped over the passenger's seat, weaving to the car's sudden swerves and turns as if I were on some sailboat fighting a stormy sea. Nausea gripped my throat. My body was too heavy, my arms anchored to the leather seat. The car was speeding out of control. My eyelids flickered...
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KURT SATHERLIE
It is my distinct pleasure to nominate Kurt Satherlie as a hero in my life, and as a hero in the life of the countless people who he touches every day.
I have known Kurt since 1986. He was a Police Detective at the time. He dated and married my college friend and room-mate. Over the years, he responded to...
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RACHEL NAOMI REMEN
- Long-term survivor of Crohn's disease
- Pioneer in body/soul health connection, and proponent of mystery over mastery
- Doctor, counselor, author, speaker
- Noted for many words of wisdom, including:
"Fixing and helping create a distance between people, but we cannot serve at a distance. We can only serve...
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KAITLIN STANLEY
My hero is my old babysitter, Kaitlin. She graduated from Ball State University. I sometimes still see her, but it is hard because she lives far away. She hasn't just helped me, but she has helped my cousins. One time she was babysitting my 4 cousins, my sister and I. She still was able to make cookies for us!...
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KALIEK ALLAH
A lot of times my boyfriend, Kaliek, places his dreams of becoming an r&b singer, actor, etc, on the back burner. He would love to do a "Value Tv Commercial," for your company. Please view, Kaliek Allah: on facebook, and/ or youtube. Thank you!!!
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DOLORES CAPIIERLLIE
I'd like to introduce you to my grandma I call her nonna. Her name is Dolores and she is from Falconara,Italy.She came to the U.S when she was fourteen years old to have a better life. She went to beauty school and was a hairdresser for thirty years. When I was a baby,she had a brain tumor and they had to perform...
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NICHOLAS ROZMUS
My hero is definitely my brother Nicholas. The reason he is my hero is because he shows so many virtues. One of the virtues he always shows is helpfulness. An example of him showing helpfulness is when he helps me with my work. He helps me by working out the problem. He doesn't just tell me the answer....
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COREY MCNULTY
My hero is my older brother Corey McNulty. Corey shows many virtues. One virtue is perseverance. Last year, he didn't make it to be in a very special group for singing, called madrigals, he kept on trying. Instead of just giving up, Corey asked the director what he should work on for the audition the next year....
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JOSEPH SCHAGER
My hero is my dad, Joseph Schager, is truly my hero,because he helps me in every way possible, in my homework,with my frustrating siblings, and makes me feel loved.My dad is very thoughtful and very funny. He is always so joyful. My dad is very caring, and lovable,no matter how annoying that person is he is...
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HERON RODRIGUEZ
My hero has always been my father. He has been supporting the school, giving money to the church, which is donated to the poor ,and working everyday from early in the morning and late at night. By going to work early in the morning, well that is just remarkable . He goes to early mass. This shows me that we...
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BEATRICE CATARELLO
My mom Beatrice inspirers me because she help me with my homework when I have hard things on it. My mom has helped me with everything and she packs my backpack. my mom changed the world by
donating money to the poor and in the basket at church. my mom cares for me by helping me when I fall down and...
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CAROLINE CIVANTOS
My hero is my older sister Caroline. She is truly a hero because she helps me when I don't understand my homework and buys things for me when I don't have the money.
My sister has been on her high school poms team since freshmen year and loves it. This year when she found out there was no poms team she...
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DIANE WALL
My mom Diane Wall is my hero because she helps me with a lot of things. One time I had to clean my room and sort out my clothes and she helped me. She also helps me with my homework. She also is my hero because she doesn't give up on anything. All the time she is working for hours and hours or almost the whole...
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MARIA ERNESTINA PALOS
My grandmother was the holiest person I've ever known and she is my hero. She was born on November 7, 1933 in Monterrey, Mexico. She was the second of eleven children. When she was in school the girls had to learn how to sew. Her sewing was beautiful. The back of embroidery never looks that good. The back of...
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FLORENCE AUSTRUMS
My hero is my awesome mom, Florence Austrums because she packs my snack and lunch when I am not awake early enough to pack my own. We always have to wake up early and get dressed so if I sleep in then all she does is wake me up and tells me that she is leaving and so that rushes me a lot, just by those words we...
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KELLY CASSIDY
My mom, Kelly Cassidy, is a woman full of character. When I need help my mom is there to help me. Being a lawyer she could work downtown and make lots of money, but she cares more about my brothers, my sister, and I being brought up right than she does making money. She is always willing to led a hand. Every...
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ANGELA CIVANTOS
My hero is Angela Civantos. She has always been a good friend since kindergarten. I feel like I can tell her anything. She's like my second sister because I can truly be myself around her, but when I'm with people younger or older than me I can't . She has made my life and me more virtuous by making me see...
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DEBBIE COOOPERRIDER
Debbie is my Daughter, I had her when I was 15, she has overcome amazing things in her life. She testified against her biological father at age 6 for sexually abusing her, She lived with night terrors and other psychological results. She lived through the chronic illness and hospitalizations of my middle son her...
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THE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT
One day, during our biology class our teacher conducted a flower arrangement competition. There were five groups who competed and the materials used are weeds, leaves and anything you can pick in the garden.
The toughest thing about being the leader of group one is that we are not artistic and our vase is tall...
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AALIYAH HAUGHTON
Aaliyah was more than a woman. She was a daughter, sister, lover, and dear friend. She had great talents that the world only experienced for a short amount of time. She proved herself throughout her career, plus she was a new take to R & B music. Throughout her life, she taught me something that I will never...
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MISTAKES I MADE
I was always doing the right thing as a kid. I was active in sports and I was just a great kid to be around. However, my life changed for the worse when I started smoking pot. I was a junior in high school when I started and i instantly became hooked. I smoked pot basically every single day my Senior year of high...
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BUCKY FULLER
Unfortunately, Bucky Fuller is no longer with us. But nevertheless, he is my hero. He set out to see what one man could do to make the world a better place, and over his 80+ years on "Spaceship Earth" he DID make the world a better place, and offered everyone a blueprint so we could all carry on his work....
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LISA MCMILLAN
Lisa McMillan has been providing the elderly and students at Jefferson Davis College in Brewton, Alabama, free lunches for the past 3 years. It began when she discovered that students on campus were hungry when 2 young men came into her restaurant and purchased a package of cookies for 1.00 and the 2 sat down and...
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DEPRESSION SUCKS.
i have depressed for a while now. ive had suicidal thoughts and actions. until a girl at my school who was considered popular started to talk to me. it was really weird. usually nobody wants to talk to me. i found out she was going through the same thing as me. i have clean from self harm ever since.
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