Giraffe Heroes Database
When Amy Cada was a 15-year-old in Downer's Corner IL, she volunteered at a local charity and was turned away as "too young." So she started KidzServ, a nonprofit organization in which all the volunteers are kids. Cada raises money, travels extensively to do workshops and speeches, and created web sites and publications, all making the point that kids are great volunteers.
Home when commended: North America, US, Illinois Home now: North America, US, Virginia Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Bill Cahill of Carmel NY and his neighbor, Jim Baker, were personally slapped with a $64 million suit for conspiracy when they led a citizens' group trying to stop a developer from building 2,000 houses in their small town. Cahill and Baker, who used their own funds to fight the suit, lost their appeal. But reform candidates galvanized by the controversy won control of town government, and the developer made substantial changes and reductions.
Home when commended: North America, US, New York Home now: North America, US, New York Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Michael Caire of West Monroe LA has two careers—he’s an obstetrician-gynecologist but he’s risked his practice for years by devoting so much of his time to protecting the Tensas River Wildlife Refuge and an ancient Indian mound site, and to saving the endangered Louisiana black bear.
Home when commended: North America, US, Louisiana Home now: North America, US, Louisiana Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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When her brother was injured on the job, Patricia Callaghan challenged what she described as inefficiency and corruption in British Columbia’s Worker’s Compensation Board. She formed the Canadian Injured Worker’s Society to counsel, make referrals, provide financial assistance and improve the quality of life for BC residents who are injured on the job.
Home when commended: North America, Canada, British Columbia Home now: North America, Canada, British Columbia Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Pat Callair of Columbia SC has been a civil rights activist since she was 14, risking her life to help end racial segregation. As co-director of the Southern Women's Project of Grassroots Leadership, Callair works to form voting and lobbying alliances across economic and racial divides.
Home when commended: North America, US, South Carolina Home now: North America, US, North Carolina Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Michael Callen, a founder of the AIDS advocacy movement, was a champion of people with AIDS for more than a decade. His book, Surviving AIDS explored the reasons why he and other long-term survivors had beaten the odds. He was ostracized by many in the gay community for advocating monogamy.
Home when commended: North America, US, New York Home now: North America, US, California Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Angie Camacho, Paloma Camacho, Sarah Cardona, Fernando Becerra, Annette Martinez, Dana Page, Horacio Romero, Rosalinda Ugalde, Raul Velasquez and Alejandro Velasquez are leaders of Earth Niños at the Humphreys School in East Los Angeles. Giving up endless hours of their own time and braving the ridicule of other kids, these 6th-graders planted more than 100 trees at their school and at Occidental College, beautified their neighborhood by planting flowers, picked up tons of litter on their school grounds and around the neighborhood, and led Los Angeles' Unified School District in starting an aluminum recycling project.
Home when commended: North America, US, California Home now: North America, US, California Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Paloma Camacho, Angie Camacho, Sarah Cardona, Fernando Becerra, Annette Martinez, Dana Page, Horacio Romero, Rosalinda Ugalde, Raul Velasquez and Alejandro Velasquez are leaders of Earth Niños at the Humphreys School in East Los Angeles. Giving up endless hours of their own time and braving the ridicule of other kids, these 6th-graders planted more than 100 trees at their school and at Occidental College, beautified their neighborhood by planting flowers, picked up tons of litter on their school grounds and around the neighborhood, and led Los Angeles' Unified School District in starting an aluminum recycling project.
Home when commended: North America, US, California Home now: North America, US, California Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Trish and Will Cambron of Loretto KY adopted a young boy knowing he had a rare and incurable disease, and have cared for him with love and the support he needs.
Home when commended: North America, US, Kentucky Home now: North America, US, Kentucky Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Will and Trish Cambron of Loretto KY adopted a young boy knowing he had a rare and incurable disease, and have cared for him with love and the support he needs.
Home when commended: North America, US, Kentucky Home now: North America, US, Kentucky Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Will and Trish Cambron of Loretto KY adopted a young boy knowing he had a rare and incurable disease, and have cared for him with love and the support he needs.
Home when commended: North America, US, Kentucky Home now: North America, US, Kentucky Gender: C (couple) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Margarethe Cammermeyer earned a Bronze Star in Vietnam and citation as Nurse of the Year by the Office of Veterans' Affairs. After 27 years of service in the Army, Colonel Cammermeyer was asked if she were a lesbian. Her truthful answer ended her stellar career. She went on to champion others who want to serve in the armed forces no matter what their sexual orientation.
Home when commended: North America, US, Washington Home now: North America, US, Washington Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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T. Colin Campbell, Joan Egner, and Robert Ascher, three highly respected Cornell University professors, put their careers and research at risk to support a graduate student's claim that one of their fellow professors had plagiarized her work. The professors challenged the university and the colleague who was accused of benefiting financially from the student's stolen research. The trio has been rewarded with character attacks, intimidation and threats to their own research funding.
Home when commended: North America, US, New York Home now: North America, US, New York Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Ruth Campopiano, a veteran teacher, was concerned that few top students chose teaching as a career. She put her own time and money to work on the problem, starting Project Recruit, a campaign to enlist first-rate students in this important work.
Home when commended: North America, US, New Jersey Home now: North America, US, New Jersey Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Alberta Canada of Tacoma WA has been a laser beam of hope in that city's toughest, most dangerous neighborhood. Choosing, despite being educated and middle-class, to live on a block with frequent drive-by shootings, Canada fights for better housing and education, and mentors kids on getting up and out of this destructive environment.
Home when commended: North America, US, Washington Home now: North America, US, Washington Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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