vie, 2 may 2025
Did you hear the one about the single mom who not only overcame her addiction, but found a way to keep her family together and her kids out of the foster care system? SPOILER ALERT-she also found a way to keep LOTS of other families together; and now, she's working full-time for the organization that saved her life and her family.
vie, 30 may 2025
Steve came home from the wars battered and broken. Countless jumps from airplanes had compressed his spine, and a battlefield injury cost him an eye. At his lowest point, desperate for some kind of emotional relief, he started working with an old forge, hammering chunks of metal into something useful. The work provided a kind of relief he couldn't get from traditional therapy, and soon, Steve was hooked. So, he opened his forge to veterans in distress and built a community. When Mike Rowe met him, 22,000 vets had come through Black Horse Forge-many as battered and broken as he once was. As May 2025, there have been zero suicides.
vie, 13 jun 2025
Judaline is a plumber, working out of Local Union #1 in Long Island City, the oldest plumber's union in the country. But she's more than a 4'9" firecracker with a ten-foot personality from Trinidad and Tobago, determined to be the best plumber in America-she's also the force behind Tools and Tiaras, a non-profit that exposes young girls to the opportunities in the trades while showing them just how far a person can go with a decent work ethic and the mastery of a useful skill.
vie, 11 jul 2025
Rusty takes in thousands of bikes every year, fixes them up, and gives them away to folks who need them most: veterans, foster kids, the homeless, and low-income families. Each one leaves with a ride, a lock, and working lights. More importantly, they leave with dignity and a shot at getting where they need to go. It's grease, grit, and goodwill-no frills, no salary, just heart.