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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

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The Heroic Age

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Jewels Phraner

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A New Century of Heroes to be released July 1

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Jewels Phraner

The Hero Fund is proud to announce the July 1, 2023 release of A New Century of Heroes (280 pages • 978-1-4930-7096-1 • $39.95 • Hardback • Lyons Press) – …

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Overheard: Impulse 61

overheard 61

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

I’m a big girl. I’m a strong woman. It didn’t matter at the time. — Vickie Tillman, Carnegie Medal awardee #10000, referencing bruises she sustained while helping rescue a police …

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Overheard: Impulse 59

March awardees

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

It was just instinct. God led the way. — Vickie Tillman, Carnegie Medal awardee #10000 I thank God for allowing me to be in that position and not allowing me …

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Overheard: Impulse 58

March awardees

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

I think we all wonder if we witnessed such a brutal situation, what we would do. Well that’s been answered for Mr. Ireland. He stepped up and did the right …

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2018 in review: 71 awards made, more than $845,000 given in grants

2018 in review

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

By Sybil P. Veeder, Chair, Executive Committee Carnegie Hero Fund Commission 2018 was an eventful year for the Commission. The organization awarded and celebrated its 10,000th Carnegie Medal for heroism, …

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Two new videos on Hero Fund’s YouTube channel

YouTube

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Two new videos were recently posted on the Carnegie Hero Fund’s YouTube channel — one showing highlights from the June 2018 Power of One event and a second, The Heroic Age, …

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Overheard: Impulse 55

overheard 57

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

I said, “We gotta go,” grabbed her arm, and we dashed off.  —John Paul Hollyfield, Carnegie Medal awardee #9962, who saved a 6-year-old girl from being crushed by a falling …

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Event gathers 300, celebrating 10,000 heroes

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

On the evening of June 12, 2018, more than a decade after the centennial celebration of the founding of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission by Andrew Carnegie, 275 invited guests …

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Board notes: ‘Unsuccessful’ rescues are also deserving of the Carnegie Medal

unsuccessful rescues

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

The summer 2018 issue of imPULSE brims with stories of the 10,000th and 10,001st Carnegie Medal awards, covering the rescuers, their rescues, and the joyful ceremony at which Vickie Tillman and …

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The Power of One: A celebration of Andrew Carnegie and his 10,000 heroes

Power of One

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

     

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Vickie Tillman

Vickie Tillman

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Vickie Tillman helped to rescue Billy A. Aime from assault, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 19, 2017. Aime, 44, police corporal, was arresting a man beside his police car in a …

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