Posts Tagged 'Our Town Our Heroes'

And the winner of the special military supporters round of Our Town, Our Heroes is… Megan McDowell! Megan was nominated by her sister, Carrie Gowans, for her work with the Family Readiness Group (FRG) in…

There’s one week left to cast your vote for an inspiring military supporter nominated for the Our Town, Our Heroes program! The current standings are as follows: 1st place – Megan McDowell 2nd place –…

We are excited to announce the newest finalists in the Our Town, Our Heroes program in a special round dedicated to military supporters! Eric, Mark and Megan are all supporting the military and their community,…

And the winner of the third round of Our Town, Our Heroes is … Dawn McNamara! Nominated by Heather Kash, Dawn works tirelessly with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to raise funds for childhood cancer research….

Driving the Midwest was truly honored to recognize military heroes last year – people like Rochelle Crump, who serves a vast community of female veterans through National Women Veterans United, and Donald Pannier, who honors…

This week’s Good Deed of the Week is inspired by Our Town, Our Heroes teacher hero winner Tara Daniher. When we met Tara Daniher last week at the delivery of her Buick Enclave, she mentioned…

  We’re one week into voting for this round’s Our Town, Our Heroes finalists, and the tallies are close! Friends, family, colleagues and supporters for our finalists are turning out in droves to cast votes…

The Driving the Midwest team is excited to announce the launch of the Our Town, Our Heroes  Facebook page! Full of information about new hero finalists, voting standings, recent events around Illinois and much more,…

We are excited to announce the newest finalists in the Our Town, Our Heroes program! Merri, Dawn and Meghan are all making a difference in their communities, whether it’s rallying a community for a pediatric…

Across Illinois, there are individuals whose work is making a difference in the community and inspiring positive change. People like Brian Moody, the first hero winner of 2012, and Tara Daniher, a local teacher hero….