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    • Latest Award Announcements
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      • Two-time Carnegie Medal recipients
    • Search Heroes
    • Resources for Heroes & Families
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News
Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

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2019 in review: 73 awards made, more than $786K dispersed in grants

2019 in review

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

2019 was a relatively quiet year for the Hero Fund compared to the previous year’s excitement of our 10,000th medal awarded. But 2019 was nonetheless a landmark year as the …

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Overheard: Impulse 60

March awardees

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

When you see this little round face screaming, that’s something you just can’t leave. I don’t think there’s a human in the world that would not jump out and grab …

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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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Van L. Anderson

Van L. Anderson

Posted on June 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Van L. Anderson, 54, a paving equipment operator of Chattanooga, Tenn., on Feb. 17, 2018, rescued 3-year-old Hazel Baldschun from the effects of a hazardous acid, after a semi-truck containing …

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