Giraffe Heroes Database
Letter "C"
Entries beginning with "C"
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When they retired to what could have been a life of ease, Faye and Frank Clarke of Long Beach CA instead founded the Educate the Children Foundation, distributing tons of technology, books, furniture and supplies to poor and rural schools.
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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When they retired to what could have been a life of ease, Faye and Frank Clarke of Long Beach CA instead founded the Educate the Children Foundation, distributing tons of technology, books, furniture and supplies to poor and rural schools.
Home when commended: North America, US, California Home now: North America, US, California Gender: C (couple) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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When they retired to what could have been a life of ease, Frank and Faye Clarke of Long Beach CA instead founded the Educate the Children Foundation, distributing tons of technology, books, furniture and supplies to poor and rural schools.
Home when commended: North America, US, California Home now: North America, US, California Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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After personally blocking an herbicide truck that was about to spray her town’s favorite blackberry patch, artist Patty Clary of Arcata CA dedicated herself to getting a state-wide moratorium on roadside herbicide spraying. Clary founded Californians for Alternatives to Toxics and worked eight mostly unpaid years as the nonprofit’s director.
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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Jim and Karen Claus of Sherwood OR lost their home, four businesses, $1.5 million, and were repeatedly threatened when they took on powerful California water, land and farming interests to expose the ecological calamity of Kesterton Wildlife Refuge. The Clauses kept pushing until the federal government spent $85 million to clean up Kesterton.
Home when commended: North America, US, California Home now: North America, US, Oregon Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Jim and Karen Claus of Sherwood OR lost their home, four businesses, $1.5 million, and were repeatedly threatened when they took on powerful California water, land and farming interests to expose the ecological calamity of Kesterton Wildlife Refuge. The Clauses kept pushing until the federal government spent $85 million to clean up Kesterton.
Home when commended: North America, US, California Home now: North America, US, Oregon Gender: C (couple) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Karen and Jim Claus of Sherwood OR lost their home, four businesses, $1.5 million, and were repeatedly threatened when they took on powerful California water, land and farming interests to expose the ecological calamity of Kesterton Wildlife Refuge. The Clauses kept pushing until the federal government spent $85 million to clean up Kesterton.
Home when commended: North America, US, California Home now: North America, US, Oregon Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Physician Charlie Clements went into rebel-held territory in El Salvador to treat civilian casualties. During the Vietnam war, Clements, then an Air Force pilot, responded to the US bombing of Cambodia by refusing to fly any more missions.
Home when commended: North America, US, Massachusetts Home now: North America, US, Massachusetts Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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When a huge poultry processing corporation abruptly cancelled a contract to buy chickens from Mary Clouse’s farm, Clouse braved threats and bankruptcy to organize the National Poultry Growers Association, a nonprofit that champions the almost 50,000 contract growers in the U.S.
Home when commended: North America, US, North Carolina Home now: North America, US, North Carolina Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Honey Coatsworth of Malibu CA went against local public opinion to start a thrift store in the affluent town. Coatsworth's operation aids fire victims and donates all its profits to impoverished migrant laborers and local charities.
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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Steve Cockerham of Grand Island NE, a USDA meat inspector, blew the whistle on filthy and diseased meat shipments despite orders to look away. After his actions brought about a return to higher inspection standards, Cockerham started a campaign to educate the public and health care givers about the symptoms of illness caused by tainted food.
Home when commended: North America, US, Nebraska Home now: North America, US, Nebraska Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Amber Coffman of Glen Burnie MD devotes all her afterschool and weekend time and much of her meagre resources to an array of projects to help the poor. For a program she created, Happy Helpers for the Homeless, she recruits and organizes kids to help her make and deliver lunches to hungry street people each week.
Home when commended: North America, US, Maryland Home now: North America, US, Maryland Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Audrey Cohen of New York NY gave up a lucrative career to start training programs for women in leadership, management and para-professional positions. Though fellow educators have sometimes resisted her pioneering ideas, Cohen's innovations have affected schools nationwide. At Cohen's College for Human Services, classwork is linked to service in the community.
Home when commended: North America, US, New York Home now: North America, US, New York Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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West Point graduate Peter Cole uncovered a massive theft of Army combat equipment, only to find himself threatened with a court martial. He persevered despite massive resistance by superior officers. Investigators uncovered Army-wide fraud that had cost the taxpayers over 118 million dollars; Cole was involuntarily discharged. He then spent years advocating for whistleblower protection laws.
Home when commended: North America, US, Texas Home now: North America, US, Texas Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Suzanne Cole of Boston MA lost her job as a social worker for continuing to assist her Victim Services Agency client, Karen Straw, when Straw's status changed from battered wife to indicted husband-killer. Cole got a free lawyer for Straw, who was acquitted; Cole went on to law school.
Home when commended: North America, US, Massachusetts Home now: North America, US, Massachusetts Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Educator John Coleman of Chester VT led other men's lives for a week or a month—being homeless, a prisoner, a trash collector—then writing and speaking about his experiences, so others could understand what he'd learned. Coleman's often dangerous work brought changes in public policy and private attitudes.
Home when commended: North America, US, Vermont Home now: North America, US, Vermont Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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