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Everyday Heroes: Tom Davis customizes chairs for patients
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Feb 3, 2012 at 10:58 PM PDT
Tom Davis is an in-home physical therapist who not only helps his patients regain mobility but spends his own time and money to keep them safe.

Everyday Heroes: Books Make It Better
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Jan 27, 2012 at 8:10 PM PDT
We want to introduce you to Jen Barth – a local mother who discovered the power of children's books – and how she hopes to turn a family project into a nationwide effort.
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Jan 27, 2012 at 5:57 PM PDT

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Jan 27, 2012 at 5:52 PM PDT
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Everyday Heroes: Crafts for hospital patients
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Jan 13, 2012 at 11:20 PM PDT
Each week Jackie Simonski visits expectant mothers who are on bed rest at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center and taps into their artistic side.

Everyday Heroes: One world, one voice
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Jan 7, 2012 at 12:27 PM PDT
A career musician left Los Angeles and moved his family to Portland, where they're focusing on sharing the gift of music throughout the world.

Everyday Heroes: Forever Friends - All Saints School
Dec 30, 2011 at 11:42 PM PDT
A group of local sixth graders take some time out to read and play with kids who live at Providence Child Center. And in a heart-warming exchange between the two groups the children realize they have more in common than they think.

Year in Review: Heroes and villains who died in 2011
Dec 28, 2011 at 11:46 AM PDT
Perhaps the most notable deaths of 2011 were two men who lived and died by the sword: Osama bin Laden and Moammar Gadhafi.

Everyday Heroes: Boy with cancer gives gifts to others
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Dec 23, 2011 at 9:35 PM PDT
The spirit of the season teaches us to help one another – to take better care of our neighbors, because, after all, it is better to give than to receive. Matthew Bacon, 13, in Vancouver is doing just that.

Everyday Heroes: Missionaries for the homeless
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Dec 16, 2011 at 10:24 PM PDT
For Dick Akins and his wife, Ann, it all started four years ago. Driving down Burnside they saw all the homeless men huddled along the streets and under the bridge.

Heart of a champion: Lake O dedicates title to inspirational leader
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Dec 12, 2011 at 11:06 AM PDT

Lake Oswego High School finally won its first football championship over the weekend and then handed the trophy to Jeff Young, an honorary coach living with Lou Gehrig's disease. Young has helped teach the Lakers what it means to be a champion by writing motivational messages to the team every...more week for the past decade and this title is for him.
Our Previous Stories on Jeff Young'He's a huge part of what we do here'Jeff Young earns recognition as an Everyday Hero
Lake Oswego

Everyday Heroes: The Dictionary Project
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Dec 12, 2011 at 10:23 AM PDT

Three local rotary clubs have come together to give a group of third graders a gift that they hope will stay with them forever - the gift of learning. KATU's Steve Dunn reports.
Clackamas, Milwaukie

Putting smiles on the faces of kids stuck in hospitals
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Dec 12, 2011 at 10:22 AM PDT

In our latest Everyday Heroes segment we meet a young lady who isn't letting her own disabilities stop her from helping others. KATU's Steve Dunn reports on 'Andie's Smiles.'
Southwest Portland

Everyday Heroes: The Dictionary Project
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Dec 12, 2011 at 10:20 AM PDT
Three local rotary clubs have come together to give a group of third graders a gift that they hope will stay with them forever - the gift of learning. KATU's Steve Dunn reports.

Everyday Heroes: Putting smiles on the faces of kids stuck in hospitals
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Dec 12, 2011 at 10:13 AM PDT
In our latest Everyday Heroes segment we meet a young lady who isn't letting her own disabilities stop her from helping others. KATU's Steve Dunn reports on 'Andie's Smiles.'