Top Stories

Nominate A 7Everyday Hero

Do you know someone making a difference in the community? Nominate them! More
What Makes A Hero?

Volunteer Helps Babies 1 Stitch At A Time

7Everyday Hero Nina Nakyama welcomes new babies by knitting for them. More

Hero Helps Women Escape Dangers In Sudan

7 Everyday Hero Micklina Peter Kenyi is considered a lifesaver by the women she helps move to America from Sudan. More

Volunteer Offers Comfort To Patients

7 Everyday Hero Jo Hoffman has logged more than 20,000 hours of volunteering at North Colorado Medical Center More

Volunteer Inspires Others At Animal Shelter

7 Everyday Hero Courtney Whitfield has volunteered every Friday for the last nine years at the Adams County Animal Shelter. More

Couple Starts Soup Kitchen For The 'Average Joe'

After years of volunteering in soup kitchens and shelters, the Birkys opened their own kitchen to serve the public. More

Students Learn Hands-On About the Constitution

7 Everyday Hero Les Volpe gives up his time to help students learn about the Constitution. More

Volunteer Organizes Holiday Dinner

7 Everyday Hero Terry Tucker organizes a holiday dinner every year for dozens of homeless men in Denver. More

Bringing Christmas To Everyone At Warren Village

7 Everyday Hero Jay Longmire has made sure families at Warren Village have had a Christmas for the last 21 years. More

Volunteers Help Stock Santa Claus Shop

Marilyn Birchenall and Carol Robinson collect dolls to add to the Arapahoe Santa Claus Shop every year. More

Volunteer Keeps Denver Church Food Bank Running

Mary McCarron helps the food bank at the Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church to feed hundreds of people every month. More

Volunteer Drums Up Support For Families

7Everyday Hero Jocelyn Miller not only helps families at her family education center but she also has created a drum line at East High School. More

Volunteer Helps Seniors At Littleton Recreation Center

7 Everyday Hero Joanne Szeibert is there to help everyone who walks into the Douglas H. Buck Community Recreation Center. More

Couple Raise Dog To Help The Blind

Caroline and Bill Wriston have spent 13 years raising guide dogs for the blind. More

Volunteer Encourages Students To Pursue Medical Careers

7Everyday Hero Dr. Pete Baker helps students decide on career choices in high school. More

Volunteer Teaches Student Chinese Traditions

7 Everyday Hero Phong Vo teaches students the ancient art of lion and dragon dancing. More

Exceptional Volunteer Helps Make Quilts Despite Failing Eyesight

Thelma Huntington spends hours of her own time sewing gifts for people she does not know, and she does it all with out being able to see. More
Video

Homemade Bags Go 'From 1 Breast Cancer Survivor To Another'

Gloria Frender and Linda Boden get together once a month with other cancer survivors to sew bags for breast cancer patients. More

Volunteer Gives State Capitol Tours

Carol Keller has been volunteering her time at the state Capitol since 1985 teaching students about the building. More

Volunteer Brightens Up Bingo Night

Mary Carr lends a helping hand every Wednesday night for bingo at the Life Care Center in Littleton. More

DPS Program Helps Students Through College Application Process

Enrolling in college and applying for financial aid can be so overwhelming that many students feel they need a Ph.D. just to fill out all the forms. But in the Denver Public System, students are enjoying the process. More

Women Bring Hope To Parkinson's Patients

Valerie Graham and Kate Kelsall help those going through deep brain stimulation. More

Volunteer Helps E.R. Run Smoothly

Sara Varney is a retired teacher who wanted to help at the hospital and has been volunteering over 20 years. More

Man Walks To Help Others

7Everyday hero organizes walk to help people with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. More

Everyday Hero Is Saving Wild Cats

Mike Russo traps cats and brings them in to be fixed. More

Everyday Hero Makes Scottish Fairytale Come To Life

7Everyday Hero has volunteered 27 years, putting in hundreds of unpaid hours for Longmont's Theatre Co. More

Cancer Survivor Makes A Difference

7Everyday Hero Candace Gordon organizes Estes Park's Relay For Life. More

Everyday Hero Is Teaching Good Character

Bob Powell started Character Fort Collins when he saw most challenges in life were character related issues. More

August 2, 2009: Heroes Make People Smile with Music

Heroes use music to connect people where other forms of communication might fail. More

Volunteer Turns Food Program Into Family Care Ministry

When times are tough area churches often step in to help struggling families make ends meet. At the Peace with Christ Lutheran Church in Aurora the help is in the form of food. More

Hero Makes Dance Community For Children With Special Needs

The dance community is on the move.

July 12, 2009: Volunteer Uses Outdoor Activities to Beat Addiction

More
Beating alcohol and drug addiction isn't easy, but Colorado is full of paths to recovery: bike paths; hiking trails; and ski slopes.

July 5, 2009: Hero Provides a Free Lunch

Chemotherapy treatments are no fun, but patients here at the Kaiser Permanente Oncology Department in Denver have reason to look forward to their visits.

June 28, 2009: Hero Helps Creatures Get Back Into Wild

Paul Lavell volunteers at the Greenwood Rehabilitation Center.

June 21, 2009: Aviation Enthusiast Shares Love Of The Skies

Everyone in Granby knows the town's brush with aviation fame, thanks to "Penny the Pilot." More

June 14, 2009: Teenage Choir Gets Big Boost From Volunteer

For more than 40 years, the Singing Youth of Denver has pleased audiences and enriched lives. More

June 7, 2009: Tiny Mementos For Grieving Families

When a baby dies, a family's life is turned upside down. More

May 31, 2009: Volunteer Keeps Bolder Boulder On Track

It takes a village to put on the Bolder Boulder. More

May 24, 2009: A Millionaire's Pampering For Deserving Women

It's a pampering fit for a millionaire. But it's free of charge for some deserving women. More

May 17, 2009: Resolving Conflict

Life is full of conflict, and how you deal with it, often determines how successful you become. More

May 10, 2009: Dedicated To Animals

Dozens of animals are getting a second chance, thanks to this week’s 7Everyday Hero. More

May 3, 2009: 35 Years Of Serving The Community

This week's 7Everyday Hero has been a cop for 35 years. And he has never been paid for it. More

April 26, 2009: Former Hospice Client Uses Art To Help Heal

Rudy Ludemann came to Hospice of Saint John in 2006 with congestive heart failure. Doctors had told him there was nothing more they could do. More

April 19, 2009: Keeping Kids Out Of Trouble

Bored, unsupervised kids often start trouble. But this week’s 7Everyday Hero is doing something about it. More

April 12, 2009: Colorado Woman Helps Abused And Neglected Children

More than one million children are abused and neglected each year in the United States. 9,000 of them live in Colorado. More

Thank You Frame de Art II

Thank you Frame de Art for donating the framing for our 7Everyday Hero certificates. More

7 Everyday Hero

Top Stories

Headlines

News Survey

Sponsored Links

E-Mail News