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Congratulations to the individuals below for being chosen by our panel of sponsors as each month's Highlighted Hero! We salute each and every one of you for being caring people of integrity who make a difference in the lives of those in your community.

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Hero of the Month



Name of Hero:	Jerry Grimes
Tell us about what makes this person a Hero?:	I’m writing in regards to the everyday hero contest. We live in a subdivision that takes pride in our homes and yards etc. This is about one of our neighbors, whose over 70 years of age Jerry Grimes. This man is a selfless, caring extra ordinary person. He does for others expecting nothing in return. There are several elderly people whose lawns he mows etc. After hurricane Matthew, he strolled across the street with chainsaw in tow. In a couple of days, an 80 foot Pine tree which had fallen on our house was gone. We had gotten estimates of over $1500 to remove it. He refused any pay and I had to beg him to take a pre-paid gas card! After that, he and I dug for over a week to get the stump out of the ground. He removed it with his truck without doing any more damage to our yard. Now, for the past 4 to 6 months, he has been caring a disabled lady whose husband died a few years ago. He takes her to the doctor, drugstore, grocery store, etc. She has a bad hip and walks bent over. She uses a walker, but she bends over with elbows on the hand rail, against doctors’ orders. Jerry had a plan. He gathered us scrap metal, old bicycle parts including the hand brakes. He bought some PVC pipe, cut and shaped it to use as elbows rest. His invention is taller than the store bought walker. So she has to stand up fully erect as the doctor ordered. On an average day he spends 6 to 8 hours a day for caring for her, purely out of the goodness of his heart. In my eyes, he is more than an everyday hero. Thank you.

Hero of the Month



Name of Hero:	Tommy Cramer
Tell us about what makes this person a Hero?:	Albert "Tommy" Cramer is one of the best people I know. He works as a child and adolescent therapist, and he is tireless in his pursuit of social justice for all his patients. He has worked in the mental health field for years and has a knack for seeing gaps in services offered to lower income families. He believes in providing high-quality care for everyone in the community so much so that in addition to working full time, he started a nonprofit (www.excelsiorffw.org) that provides low-cost or free services for families seeking psychoeducational seminars on parenting skills, special education advocacy, and social skills for youth. I work with Tommy, and my favorite thing to hear children yell "Mr. Tommy!!!!" when they check in for their appointments. Tommy truly is a hero!
City:	Savannah

Hero of the Month



Name of Hero:	Shelia Dudley
Tell us about what makes this person a Hero?:	27th Annual Ranger Hall of Fame Inducts Former 1/75 Ranger Secretary - My Mom A first for the Ranger Hall of Fame, Ms. Shelia Bowen Dudley was inducted as an honorary member to the Ranger Hall of Fame. The ceremony was part of the weeklong activities, July 8-13 2019, pduring the 2019 Ranger Rendezvous, Fort Benning, Georgia. During this period, Rangers past and present gather to celebrate the traditions and accomplishments of the 75th Ranger Regiment. Mrs Dudley, the first female selectee, served over twenty eight years of service with the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment in Savannah, Georgia. Ms. Dudley has been a liaison between families and battalion soldiers while deployed. She also worked tirelessly as the lead during construction of the 1st Battalion Memorial at Hunter Army Airfield. Under her guidance, memorial fundraising reached $700,000 in just over five years. The memorial was completed and dedicated in 2007. During her career as 1st Battalion secretary, Ms. Dudley received many awards including "Volunteer of the Year" by the United States Special Operations Command in 1995. She was also the first woman to receive the selection of Honorary Member of the Regiment (1999) and was acknowledged as Honorary Gold Star Mother in 2002. Additional awards include "Commanders Award for Civilian Service" and "Civilian of the Year" for Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield for the years 2002-2003. In 2007, she was awarded "The Order of Saint Maurice". Dudley was named "Special Operations Command Civilian" for 2014 and received a Lifetime Achievement award through the Charles Pimble USASOC Award in 2015. Ms. Shelia Dudley is currently retired and resides in Savannah, Georgia. She continues her commitment to the 1/75th Ranger Regiment and Gold Star families through volunteer work as a board member of the Sua Sponte Foundation and as project coordinator for the proposed 75th Ranger Regiment Memorial, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Hero of the Month



Name of Hero:	Ashley Clark
Tell us about what makes this person a Hero?:	I would like to nominate Ashley Clark. She has created a Financial literacy program targeted towards our youth, but is beneficial to adults as well. Her programs offers classes, flashcards, workbooks and a plethora of other items that are beneficial to teaching this important subject to our children which should be mandated in all of our school systems. Her program is called Sense 2 Cents; it can be easily found on Facebook with links to upcoming classes, events, and how to purchase items as well.

Hero of the Month

Name of Hero:

Lisa Stewart

Tell us about what makes this person a Hero?:

Lisa has work for Pineland CSB-Wayne Counseling Center in Jesup for 26 years as a case manager. She helps her individuals tirelessly with medication assistance programs, find affordable housing options, locate local resources in the community to fill huge voids in their lives. She has been in the corner of WCC's individuals for years and advocates for those suffering from a mental illness symptoms. Lisa is always kind, caring and really takes on the concerns of the people she is trying to help on a day to day basis. She is often the face of Wayne Counseling Center because she has been with their program for so may years and offers comfort to those who seek it. If Lisa is in your corner, she will put her all into helping you in any way she can not simply because that is her job but it is her heart too. Lisa has an awesome sense of humor when the time warrants it, she also has a way to keeps others going in times of need. Lisa is overall an awesome asset to the community and the people. She has a heart bigger than most and enjoys educating others about the struggles of a mental illnesses in effort to create a community of people who understand and not judge those affected. Lisa is up front, honest and tell it like it is kind of person who advocates for the needs of the people. She is an everyday hero that goes unrecognized by most simply because she provides help to those who needs it in a quiet everyday manor.

Hero of the Month

Name of Hero:	Byron "Sacho" Jones
Tell us about what makes this person a Hero?:	Sacho is retired from the city of Savannah, he took care of the cities greenery. Even retired he still mows, weed eats, and blows our yard and 2 other elderly neighbors around the way. He often checks in on our neighbor Mrs. Ann across the street who is 90 something!! he cares for her yard and the cats. He gets up everymorning and walk and you can often see him picking up the trash people have carelessly littered along the way. After I'm done reading my paper I give it to him every day and he takes it to a couple ladies up the road. He is a great neighbor and even lets our dogs out when we go on vacation. He gets out an plays ball or what ever with my son some days. You can find Sacho on nice days chilling in his back yard with the radio going listening to the oldies, waving & joking at everyone who passes by. Treemont park neighborhood is so lucky to have a great neighbor! (I don't know if he has an email address so I put mine)
City:	Savannah
State:	GA

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