Giraffe Heroes Database
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Former Hollywood costume designer Martine Colette founded Wildlife Waystation, the largest animal holding facility in the US. At Waystation there are often as many as 800 maimed, aged or simply unwanted wild or exotic animals enjoying a safe, comfortable home while Colette searches for homes for them in zoos or wildlife parks. Working on the tiniest of budgets, Colette takes no compensation for herself.
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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Sam Colella was a shy 7-year-old when he came up with the idea of having a “Disco Party for Peace,” a fundraiser to support kids in war-torn parts of the world. Sam sacrificed a year of playtime and made public appearances in order to produce the Party—which earned more than $15,000 for children in Iraq, Liberia, and Sudan and initiated a peace movement at his school that is still raising funds for the children of war.
Home when commended: North America, US, Washington Home now: North America, US, Washington Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Pest control inspector Dan Columbus of Glendale AZ blew the whistle on the State Board charged with monitoring the pesticide business. Risking his career, he proved the Board was not only negligent in their duties, but corrupt as well. Thanks to Columbus, there's a new Pest Control Board in Arizona, and customers are being protected.
Home when commended: North America, US, Arizona Home now: North America, US, Arizona Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Scott Commons of Dallas TX is a retired engineer who has totally devoted his life to his program to bring the therapeutic value of gardening to people who are physically, mentally or economically disadvantaged. Commons works at a Deaf Action center, senior adult day care centers, nursing homes, children’s playgrounds and at the VA hospital.
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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Lyndon Comstock left a secure job to start the Community Capital Bank in Brooklyn NY. The CCB funds affordable housing for low and moderate income people and makes loans to small businesses in poor neighborhoods. Known as "Mr. Goodbank," Comstock insists that CCB take only a modest return on its money, rather than going for maximum profits without regard for social damage.
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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Ann Connor and her husband, Reverend A.B. Short, have been sharing their Atlanta home with street people since 1982. In 1988 they started Cafe 458, a restaurant where the menu is enticing, the waiters friendly, the food free, and only the homeless can get reservations.
Home when commended: North America, US, Georgia Home now: North America, US, Georgia Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Amy Conrad is one of a group of teenaged single mothers who give speeches to their peers, urging them not to make "untimely choices" about sex. Describing their own lives to show how difficult it is to be a teen raising a child, the girls of the School-Age Parent Speakers Bureau remind their peers that sex can have serious consequences. (See also Tara Boomsma, Debbie Brewer, Liz Beal, Sherry Gradel, Heather Lee, June Loomis, Joell Pick, Kim Posthuma, Amanda Pritchard, and Becky Winker)
Home when commended: North America, US, Wisconsin Home now: North America, US, Wisconsin Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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For decades Mary Louise Cook of Harvey Cedars NJ has been the round-the-clock volunteer voice of home for offshore fishing boats. Known as "Sand Dollar," Cook uses her ham radio to provide help and friendship—talking boats through fog, relaying storm warnings, finding medical help and telling fishermen news of their families.
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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L.C. Coonse of Granite Falls NC, a chemistry teacher, fought a solitary battle to close down a toxic waste incinerator that was releasing harmful chemicals and making people sick. After getting it shut down, he went on to work on its cleanup.
Home when commended: North America, US, North Carolina Home now: North America, US, North Carolina Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Ed Cooper of Roxbury MA, started Boston Urban Gardens in 1974, lobbying the city to provide land where people in poor neighborhoods could grow food for the body and flowers for the soul. He went on to oversee 120 BUGs in the city, helping people eat better and providing bright spots in communities that have too few.
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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Mary Jo Copeland of Minneapolis MN devotes all her waking hours to the street people at the shelter she founded in 1985. Five hundred volunteers help her provide hot meals, clothing, showers, legal and medical assistance, travel expenses and emotional support to 10,000 people each month.
Home when commended: North America, US, Minnesota Home now: North America, US, Minnesota Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Peter Coppelman of Alexandria VA graduated from law school in 1968, one of many young attorneys planning altruistic careers. Coppelman actually did it, spending the next 40 years forgoing the enormously profitable options open to him, working instead for causes he believes in.
Home when commended: North America, US, Virginia Home now: North America, US, Virginia Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Toni Cordell, formerly of Edmond OK, rollerskated across the country to promote Operation Mainstream, a national literacy program. Cordell, a television producer who could barely read herself before enrolling in the program, came out as a former illiterate, gave up her job and used all her savings in her campaign to encourage illiterate people to seek help as she had.
Home when commended: North America, US, Oklahoma Home now: North America, US, North Carolina Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Corner and Randy Kehler, Betsy Betsy Corner and Randy Kehler of Colrain MA have an unwavering personal commitment to nonviolence and to ending the arms race. Decades ago the couple began refusing to pay federal taxes; instead, they’ve given the money to peace groups. The IRS seized their bank accounts and took ownership of their house..
Home when commended: North America, US, Massachusetts Home now: North America, US, Massachusetts Gender: C (couple) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Betsy Corner and Randy Kehler of Colrain MA have an unwavering personal commitment to nonviolence and to ending the arms race. Decades ago the couple began refusing to pay federal taxes; instead, they’ve given the money to peace groups. The IRS seized their bank accounts and took ownership of their house.
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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