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When it comes to solving a sometimes dangerous problem on the roads, Maine's Kathy Freund is driven. Thanks to her tireless efforts, so are the senior citizens her Independent Transportation Network serves. ITN provides volunteer drivers so seniors with diminished reflexes or eyesight can still get around, without having to get behind the wheel themselves.
Home when commended: North America, US, Maine Home now: North America, US, Maine Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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The members of the Friendly Supper Club of Montgomery AL faced severe public disapproval to establish social contact between black and white families, meeting regularly to eat and talk so that integration would be part of their private lives as well as their public lives.
Home when commended: North America, US, Alabama Home now: North America, US, Alabama Gender: G (group) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Barbara Fruchter of Philadelphia PA, appalled by the abuse she saw as a volunteer in juvenile prisons, put aside her own academic career to work 17-hour days lobbying authorities and writing a new juvenile justice code that she saw pushed through into state law.
Home when commended: North America, US, Pennsylvania Home now: North America, US, Pennsylvania Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Katherine Homer Fryer of New York NY gave up her musical career to found the Fryer Research Center to provide holistic treatments for illnesses like the schizophrenia that caused her daughter's suicide.
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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Linda and Millard Fuller of Americus GA gave up their personal wealth to found Habitat for Humanity, which successfully combines volunteer labor and donated goods to create affordable housing for low-income families around the world.
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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Millard and Linda Fuller of Americus GA gave up their personal wealth to found Habitat for Humanity, which successfully combines volunteer labor and donated goods to create affordable housing for low-income families around the world.
Home when commended: North America, US, Georgia Home now: North America, US, Georgia Gender: C (couple) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Millard and Linda Fuller of Americus GA gave up their personal wealth to found Habitat for Humanity, which successfully combines volunteer labor and donated goods to create affordable housing for low-income families around the world.
Home when commended: North America, US, Georgia Home now: North America, US, Georgia Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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From time to time, Ann Medlock, this Project's founder, does a brief but inspiring email called Heads Up. You can check out past copies here. They're so good (and so free) we bet you'll join the Heads Up circle and send them on to friends & family.
For further wit & wisdom from Ann, check out her speeches, radio commentaries and OpEds.