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Meet Joshua Jahn. His wife and two small children were struck and killed by a drunk driver in 2008. He's spent most of the past two decades speaking to DUI convicts and getting them to rethink their decisions.
Shaw Local
Thank You, Everyday Heroes
A tribute to everyday heroes
Morris Herald News/Shaw Local News Network
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How Shirley Kiss’ phone tree grew into countywide lifeline providing thousands of services each year
We Care of Grundy County has been the place to turn to for those in need in Grundy County since 1979, but it got its start as a phone tree.
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Founded in 1979 officially, Operation St. Nick has been a staple of Grundy County since the early 80s, relying entirely on funding from its annual Christmas radio auction.
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It's been a little over a year since the Grundy Eunoia Wellness Center opened in Mazon, and they have been kept busy.
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Dave DiVincenzo’s friendship with Santa Claus is actually quite a bit newer than most folks would believe. He wouldn’t have called himself a Christmas person at all.
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When Wendy Briley’s husband, Ken, became the Grundy County Sheriff in 2019, she looked around and realized the county didn’t have a Shop with a Cop program.
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Jeff Vogen has been announcing sporting events at Morris Community High School for more than 20 years
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A group of Gardner South-Wilmington Students began the Student Assistance Fund in 2017, a fund available to those in need that's been kept up ever since.
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Angela Roudis, a sixth-to eighth-grade teacher in the Cross-Categorical program at Coal City Middle School, said she’s worked with Gina Pens the last four years and called her “an amazing person who always puts others before herself.”