Who Is Your Hero?

Do you have a personal hero? Tell us about them. It doesn’t have to be perfect to make a difference in someone else’s life.

Your Everyday Hero: Helen C A.

Helen has dedicated her life to serving humanity. She is a founding member of the Halfway House Movement, which now has six refuges across the city and of the St. Paul Area Development Corporation (SPADC), an all-volunteer, charitable organization. She is a former National "Social Worker of the Year" and Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work Fellow/University of Louisville. SPADC has programs for after school tutoring and for seniors. The program has four project elements: Collaborative, Inter-Generational, Historical and Tangible. The SPADC is working with an university and is linking persons of different generations while recording the history of neighborhoods. Because of all that she has done in her life's journey to show the way to a more abundant life for all the citizens Helen is my hero. She is still on the path, striving toward the mark, despite being a diabetic amputee. She never quits trying to make a better life for her community.

Story was submitted anonymously