DIRECTV will present another new original series on its entertainment channel, The 101 entitled “DIRECTV Hometown Heroes.” The series will be hosted by Joan Lunden, of Good Morning America fame, and will feature customers of DIRECTV who have made a difference in their own hometown community.
The series, set to run 10-espisodes, will feature three DIRECTV customers each week. Stories will focus on people who make a difference in their community through their acts of courage, kindness, and bravery. The human interest series will focus on the motivations and positive effects these heroes have on the communities they live in.
“DIRECTV Hometown Heroes” host Joan Lunden will be joined by show correspondents Dr. Winnie King and Grant Goodeve. Viewers can learn more about the program, and even nominate their own heroes through the show’s website.
The series will begin on Sunday, April 6 at 9 pm ET. It is the the latest addition to The 101 lineup on DIRECTV. Other exclusive programming on the 101 includes the daytime drama Passions and the new series “Supreme Court of Comedy.”
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I would like to submit a “Hometown Hero” her name is Sharon Cohen and she runs a non-profit organization called Figure Skating in Harlem. Figure Skating in Harlem is a educational and skating program which changes the lives of minority girls in harlem one by one through the elite sport of ice skating.
I saw on the 101, people helping people. I need help. I want to know how needy families are paired up with people willing to help them. I need surgery, I can eventually pay, I just can not find a doctor to put me on a payment plan and I have been turned down for state aid at my local health dept. I keep getting turned down because I don’t have the disease required to meet their eligibilities!!!!! Maybe someone can point me towards an agency or a person who would be willing to help me! Thank You, Leslie
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I would like to submit the name of Sue Nedeker who lives on Whidbey Island in Washington state. For more than 5 years she has been making quilts for wounded warriors who come to Madigan hospital at Fort Lewis for rehabilitation or surgery to recover from their physical or emotional wounds. She has delivered over 5500 quilts. For more information please see her website http://www.americanheroquilts.com. Although her website says .com this is a totally non profit venture. She is helped by many quilters in the Northwest to try to ensure that each wounded troop receives a quilt as a thank you for their service to their country. She is not well but gives tirelessly to this cause. I would like to nominate her as a Hometown Hero.
Thank you,
Jan English
PS. Thank you for the show “Hometown Heroes”. I love to hear about the good that people are doing. There are so many stories of good people in this country but the news only focuses on the bad. I hope the show comes to Prime time on one of the big networks so that all people with a TV can enjoy this show.
take a look at our web site to see how our miniature horses VINCE and ELI have become hero’s in nursing homes, hospitals, and special needs schools in the greater new Orleans area.
I would like to submit Mr. Howard C. Jones as a “Home Town hero.”
Mr. Jones founded Opportunities Industrializations Center (OIC) of Wilson in 1972. Today some 37 years later OIC is a multi-service non-profit community-based organization serving individuals and families primarily living in Wilson County as well as through eastern North Carolina with the primary mission of eliminating poverty. OIC of Wilson provides services annually to more than 25,000 economically disadvantage youth and adults and families through more than 24 programs in the areas of employment readiness and referrals, basic skills training and enhancement and health and nutritional services. The agency has a 34 member staff and utilized more than 100 volunteers in it‘s programming efforts. Mr. Jones is a living legend of the Self Help movement and a titan of hope for many in despair. He was the first African American member of Wilson County board of Elections in 1981, first African American Magistrate in the 7th judicial District in Wilson, former Board of Directors Member: BB&T Company, Co-Chair Wilson 2020 community Vision. Mr. Jones is a humble man who often times shy away from attention. Mr. Jones had demonstrated through actions the impact of providing food to the hungry and helping the sick. Mr. Jones has a heart that reaches beyond the stars. Mr. Jones has been instrumental in transforming lives and communities and he has impacted nations with his will to help others.