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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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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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Carnegie hero memorializes act with forearm tattoo

Tattoo memorializes act

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

On the outside of Julie K. Callaghan’s forearm, just above her wrist, a reminder in black ink spells out “50 mph” in slanted script with an arrow extending from 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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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Julie K. Callaghan

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Carnegie Hero Fund President Eric Zahren, left, removes the Carnegie Medal from its case to show recipient, Carnegie Hero Julie K. Callaghan, of Chilliwack, B.C. Zahren presented the medal to …

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Julie K. Callaghan

Julie K. Callaghan

Posted on June 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Julie K. Callaghan attempted to rescue 40-year-old Matthew Jarvis from being struck by a train May 26, 2018, in Chilliwack, B.C. Jarvis was in a motorized wheelchair when its rear …

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