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Our world is in trouble but with your help we can change it - one link, one person, one community at a time. Learn inspirational core values from recognized champions in our Hall of Fame. In the Your Winners™ sections discover people just like you that are working towards making the world a better place to live. Join our online community in the Action Center and gain access to the tools you need to effectively organize and build a winning movement for change. Working together, we can make a difference.

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Business, Hall Of Fame »

[10 Mar 2013 | 62 Comments]
Celebrity Interview: Ray Kroc, Founder of McDonald’s

At age 52, when most people look toward retirement, Ray Kroc began McDonald’s, a big company that has remained the # 1 restaurant chain in the world for about half a century. Via his McDonald’s franchises, it is believed that he probably made multimillionaires of more people in a shorter time than any other person in modern history. In 1974, he purchased the San Diego Padres baseball franchise. He was, and his estate continues to be, a major philanthropist via the Kroc Foundation and the Ronald McDonald Children’s Fund.

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Reader's Choice, Winning Benefactors »

[1 Jun 2012 | 2 Comments]
Readers’ Choice: Madeline Robinson: Founder of Wheelchairs 4 Kids

It takes an extraordinary person to see beyond an impossible situation and to visualize amazing possibilities. That is exactly what Madeline Robinson of Tarpon Springs, Florida chose to do.
Robinson, no stranger to caring for the needs of others, is a loving wife and a doting mother and grandmother. Following in the footsteps of her humanitarian mother, Robinson became a Jaycee with the Junior Chamber of Commerce at the age of 21. This is where she learned to organize events for charities and held many positions in her 18 years of …

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Reader's Choice, Winning Benefactors »

[8 May 2012 | 5 Comments]
Readers’ Choice: Laurie Willmott at Spirit Therapies – The Healing Power of Horses

Originally from Minnesota, Laurie grew up with a strong love for horses and children. She did not have her own horse until she was an adult but she had a dream that someday, somehow, she would be able to combine these two passions in such a way as to make a positive impact on the world.

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Winners Against The Odds, Winning Benefactors »

[31 Mar 2012 | 14 Comments]
Bonny Diver — From Cancer Victim to Caregiver

Although never one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Bonny Diver’s horse gave her the best gift of all—the gift of a second chance at life. Bonny Diver is a well-known radio personality in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 2003, she fell off her horse and broke her shoulder. While inspecting the damage, she happened to discover a robin’s egg-sized lump on her breast. “It put me in shock because every woman is warned about a “lump.” That means cancer, and cancer means death.”

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Reader's Choice, Winners Against The Odds »

[5 Mar 2012 | 10 Comments]
Readers Choice: Yogesh Pathak – Miracle Survivor Wages War on Cancer

Yogesh Pathak and his daughter Jhanavi are trying to make a substantial difference for those facing cancer. Both know first-hand how emotionally, physically and financially draining a cancer diagnosis is for both the patient and the caregiver. Born out of a teenage daughter’s love for her father and a father’s resolve to beat the odds, Jhanavi and Yogesh have created the soon-to-be 501(c)3 non-profit, The War on Cancer Foundation.

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Winning Citizens »

[17 Jan 2012 | 26 Comments]
Petty Officer 2nd Class Leon Doniphan — Without Hesitation

Petty Officer 2nd Class Leon Doniphan, a food service specialist aboard Cutter Alert in Astoria, Ore., poses for a photo in front of a Large Navigation Buoy on the Columbia River in Astoria. Doniphan swam to the aid of a young girl who was nearly swept underneath the buoy in September 2011. His actions most likely saved her life.

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Reader's Choice, Winners Against The Odds, Winning Youths »

[25 Dec 2011 | 44 Comments]
Readers Choice: Terry the Unstoppable

 

The morning of August 23rd, 2010 started as a beautiful summer day.  Terry’s mom, Terry, and Terry’s little sister Alayna were in Ohio visiting family and were only twenty minutes into their six hour drive back to their home in West Virginia when they collided head-on with another vehicle at fifty-five miles-per-hour.
After surgeries on Terry’s spleen, spine, and abdomen, Terry was in the ICU room of Toledo’s Children’s Hospital for over a week before he was told that he was now paralyzed from the waist down.   Terry went through shock …

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Winning Pet »

[12 Nov 2011 | 17 Comments]
Winning Pet: Bling Bling

We had to let Bling Bling, a member of our family that we love more than we can express, die this week because of a brain tumor. She was only 7. It was sudden and unexpected, but she passed surrounded by our love and she knew we all were there. Although paralyzed, she was able to raise her head when we came into her hospital room. She kissed our hands. She tracked each of our voices with her eyes, a slight motion of her head toward each voice as we told her we loved her and said goodbye.

We miss her so much. Get your bed, Bling Bling, get your bed and rest in peace forever in our hearts. We Love You.

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Reader's Choice, Winning Grandmother »

[11 Nov 2011 | 20 Comments]
Readers Choice: My Grandmother

Close your eyes.  Now imagine someone who has touched your life so deeply that you know in your heart your world would never be the same without that person.  Think of someone who has enriched your life, brought peace to your heart, and understanding to your soul.  For me, this story is about admiration for that person, my Grandmother, Lola Jane.  I am so thankful to have the opportunity to honor her and share this with others.
My grandmother has always been my guardian angel, a precious gift that protects, teaches, …

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Art & Literature, Hall Of Fame, Winners Within »

[10 Nov 2011 | 11 Comments]
Edward Field’s Choice – My Best Poems

His first book, “Standup Friend with Me” (Grove press, 1962) won the Lamont Award. It has been through numerous printings. He wrote the narration for the documentary film, “To Be Alive” which played at Johnson’s Wax Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair and won an Academy award. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship. His poems have appeared in many of the leading and underground magazines, as well as in numerous anthologies and textbooks. He has given poetry readings in hundreds of colleges around the country.Once in front of a fireplace in Carlsbad, California, his face glowing from the fire, happy like a small boy’s on Christmas, he told me, “I won’t mind when I die; I’ve been given so much. I have lived such a full life.”

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