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Where Do You Find Heroes?

Carol Buckley trained her own elephant and traveled with circuses until realizing captivity is cruel to elephants. In 1995 she co-founded the Elephant Sanctuary – 112 acres in rural Tennessee. Operating on private donations and corporate sponsorships, it’s now 2,700 acres – the largest natural refuge of its kind in the U.S. It’s home to Tara, who lived in the back of a truck at a tire store; Shirley, who performed in a circus until a broken leg put her in the freak show; and 13 other rescue elephants. The Elephant Sanctuary doesn’t allow visitors – hoping these elephants can forget.

Jose Hernandez, 47, worked with his family every summer in the California fields. In the 1960’s and 1970’s he picked beets, cucumbers and tomatoes 7 days a week. At the end of the day his father would tell him to remember how he felt because if he didn’t do well in school, that was his future. Although Hernandez didn’t learn English until age 12, he went on to get a master’s degree in electrical engineering. However, as an astronaut aboard the space shuttle Discovery on its 2009 STS-128 mission, ex-migrant worker Jose Hernandez surpassed his parents’ highest expectations.

Faith Coleman, nurse practitioner and mother of 6, was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2003. Because she didn’t have health insurance, she had to mortgage her house to pay $35,000 in medical bills. After recovering in 2004 she partnered with a doctor treating the indigent and established Flagler County Free Clinic – Flagler County having the highest unemployment rate in Florida. The clinic opened in 2005. By 2009 more than 6,700 patients had been treated. Contributions help fund the clinic. Doctors donate their building to the clinic on weekends and volunteer to see patients. For the uninsured to be treated it helps to have “Faith”.

Joe Hunter became a trucker 4 days after he returned from serving in Vietnam. Frustrated by not finding churches where he could park an 18-wheeler when on the road, he decided to take church to the truckers. Inside a white trailer with a red neon cross on top, there’s prayer, hymns and a short sermon – no collection plate. Rev. Hunter has been a truck stop chaplain since 1981 and now has offices at 74 truck stops in 29 states with about 500 chaplains working with him – many who are volunteers from local churches. For truckers Hunter is a godsend.

About the Author

Knight Pierce Hirst has written for television, newspapers and greeting cards. Now she writes a 400-word blog three times a week. KNIGHT WATCH, a second look at what makes life interesting, takes only seconds to read at http://knightwatch.typepad.com