Today's Hero Blog

The first person who ever showed any real interest in me and who took the time to get involved in my life was my homeroom teacher in my first year of high school, Mrs. Samantha Royce. She changed my life.
I grew up in a rundown fifth floor apartment in Philadelphia, the daughter of Polish immigrants [...]

My father, Charles Monelle, is my hero. Dad has always stood by me and accepted me for what I am, even though we are worlds apart.
My Dad was an All State football star in high school, he served in the Marines and was decorated for bravery, and then he became a State Trooper. He loves [...]

When I was a young man, a chance encounter brought me into contact with a man who changed my life, and I will forevermore be grateful to him.
I grew up in a tough neighborhood in New York City and had no purpose in life beyond hanging out with my friends and getting into mischief. I had [...]

Growing up in the poverty stricken Robert Taylor housing projects on Chicago’s south side, I was exposed to everything from alcoholism to drug abuse to violence from a very early age. But thanks to my mother, I grew up without falling victim to the problems that so many of my peers did.
My mother was widowed [...]