Everyday Heroes: 50 Americans Changing the World One Nonprofit at a Time
IPPY 2012 Outstanding Book of the Year, Most Likely to Save the Planet (Independent Publisher Book Awards)Nautilus 2012 Gold Grand Winner, General AdultForeword Reviews 2012 Book of the Year Finalist, Social Sciences"Passion and persistence (and success) are the watchwords that writer  Katrina Fried and photographer Paul Mobley (American Farmer: Portraits  from the Heartland) capture on every page as they celebrate these  dedicated agents of change. Everyday Heroes will serve to inspire  readers to have faith, hope and new kinds of charity."—JOHN McFARLAND, Shelf Awareness, November 16, 2012“The social entrepreneurs profiled in Everyday Heroes demonstrate extraordinary passion and purpose in their pursuit of social change. Each story of courage, resilience and progress serves as a clinical shot of optimism for all those who dare to dream of a brighter future for all.” –Rahm Kanani, The Common Good, Forbes"When the bottom fell out of the economy in 2008, Katrina Fried sought  an antidote to the anxiety that spread across America. She wanted to  feel inspired. As an editor at Welcome Books, Ms. Fried produces lavish coffee-table  books on subjects like fashion, cooking, and small-town living. She  decided to use her expertise to create that inspiration, and make it  beautiful to behold. The result isEveryday Heroes: 50 Americans Changing the World One Nonprofit at a Time,  a glossy salute to 50 founders of charities throughout the nation, and  one that its creators hope will bring more attention and support to  worthy causes."—  CAROLINE BERMUDEZ, The Chronicle of Philanthropy"There is no shortage of problems in the world. The good news is that each problem represents a potential opportunity for an enterprising individual with a good idea and the drive to rally others in a quest for solutions.  This book is filed with solutions to more problems than you can shake a stick at.  It will not only leave you with deep respect for the individuals profiled but will give you path toward getting more involved with your own community, and perhaps spark new solutions to issues you care about."–  Nick Aster, Founder & Publisher, TriplePundit.com“The handout has been replaced by the handshake,” says Katrina Fried, writer ofEveryday Heroes. “Today’s nonprofit reformers are interested in creating meaningful equal partnerships to empower communities and individuals to raise themselves out of poverty.” The 50 social entrepreneurs interviewed in this book are using their passions, backgrounds, and skills to change other peoples’ lives by encouraging them and giving them the opportunity to change them themselves. Susan Burton rehabilitated herself from drugs after her release from prison and started A New Way of Life to provide support services and housing for other formerly incarcerated women; Dean Kamen founded FIRST robotics to encourage teens to develop a love for and to hone their skills in the maths and sciences, as well as in teamwork, cooperation, and innovation; and Enid Borden, president of Meals on Wheels, has committed her organization to ending senior hunger by the year 2020. With beautiful photographs and inspiring narratives,Everyday Heroesoffers philanthropists—as well as the regular people hoping to become one—an abundance of novel ideas from people who are on the cutting-edge of social entrepreneurship. –Kimber Bilby, Staff Pick, ForeWord This Week/Foreword Reviews, 9/20/12.This thoughtful and visually compelling coffee table book belongs not  only in homes, but also in  nonprofit lobbies and school libraries.  Readers will be encouraged to enter into or expand their  own  involvement in nonprofit endeavors and, more than a few will be inspired  to turn their dreams  into reality by founding a nonprofit.—GREG KINCAID, SoWhatFaith.com, November 15, 2012I'm a huge fan of Charity: Water so I picked up this book just to have a  quick look at how Scott Harrison started a non-profit that has provided  clean drinking water for over 2.7 million people in developing  countries. His story is completely fascinating to me so I decided to get  this book out and read the whole thing. The people in this book are  completely amazing. The subtitle pretty much tells you what this book is  about but it's incredible to read about how everyday people can make a  difference. A big difference. Everyday Heroes features stories of people  selflessly working to improve the lives of others their stories are a  necessary reminder that everyone can and should contribute to bettering  the world. We can't do everything, but we can do something.—Laura, Auckland Libraries Blog, November 28, 2012I have rarely seen the chronicling of nonprofit leaders in such harmony between informative journalism, heart felt story-telling and beautiful imagery. This book truly tells the whole story of the wonderful lives, endeavors and struggles of extraordinary human beings.-BRAHM AHMADI - Oakland, CAFounder of People's Groceryand currently CEO of People's Community MarketEveryday Heroes is a beautiful collection of stories that will lift you up, inspire you and remind you that with passion and purpose, anything is possible.  -LINDSAY AVNER - Chicago, ILFounder of Bright PinkThe profiles in Everyday Heroes will inspire readers to action.  I know the profiles inspired me!-CHARLES BEST - New York, NYFounder / CEO of DonorsChoose.orgWhen the wonderful folks at Welcome Books called to interview me for this book, I was incredulous and honored. Through it I have come to realize that there really are at least 49 heroes changing the world one nonprofit at a time. I would love to sit down with each and every one of them and pick their brains about how I can raise my nonprofit to the high standards they have met and then do what all of us in the nonprofit world need to do: share the word that we are all in this together, and we have a shared responsibility to make a difference in a small piece of the world.-ENID BORDEN - Alexandria, VAFormer President / CEO of Meals on Wheels Association of AmericaCurrent President and CEO,  The National Foundation to End Senior Hunger.Everyday Heroes is the type of book that inspires me. It demonstrates that there are people of all backgrounds, in countless cities around the world, working every single day to improve the lives of others.-ADAM BRAUN - New York, NYFounder / Executive Director of Pencils of Promise Elated to be included in “Everyday Heroes.” The book documents and highlights in graphic photographs and descriptive text the importance of intergenerational leadership in advancing a wide range of social movements. It also shines a spotlight on groundbreaking work happening under the national media radar.-DR. ROBERT D. BULLARD - Houston, TXDean, Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs, TSUThe Everyday Heroes book I received is so inspiring. When I read the stories I realized the how many people are making such gallant efforts to create a better world. The wonderful fact is everyday day people are actually succeeding in so many ways. Bravo to Everyday Heroes!-SUSAN BURTON - Los Angeles, CAFounder / Executive Director of A New Way of Life Reentry ProjectI fear that we live in a world where people are more in love with the idea of changing the world instead of actually changing the world. Ideas don't change the world but rather, people living out their ideas are changing the world. Everyday Heroes is a beautiful book about everyday people doing their small part to change to world - and in all case - being changed themselves.-EUGENE CHO - Seattle, WAFounder / President of One Day's Wages“Everyday Heroes” embodies all that our country needs right now....hope, courage, inspiration, and voices of change. It's an honor to be a part of it at any capacity and I flip through the pages anytime I need to be reminded of all that is good in our country and world.-TARYN DAVIS - Austin, TXFounder / Executive Director of American Widow ProjectIt is a beautiful book that captures in words and pictures the humanism and love that is present in the world. In these difficult and uncertain times, I feel hope when I see in these pages the wonderful work being done to create a better future. I am grateful Everyday Heroes has been published because I believe it could inspire thousands more to become agents of positive change. -MICHAEL DIMOCK - San Francisco, CAPresident of Roots of ChangeWhat an honor to be included in this important project - alongside so many of my own personal heroes. Thank you, Welcome Books, for bringing our stories to life so that they might inspire generations of heroes to come.-ABIGAIL FALIK - Oakland, CAFounder / CEO Global Citizen YearThis book tells the very moving personal stories of 50 "everyday heroes". I am deeply honored to be included among them. These reflections on the power within each "hero" symbolize the love, warmth, sensitivity and human concern that is potentially at the core of every human being.-HAROLD P. FREEMAN, M.D. - New York, NYFounder of The Harold P. Freeman Patient Navigation InstituteThis is a great tribute to the men and women who are in the community bringing change and making a difference in other people lives. This book as gotting to the core of people who are in the trenches doing the work that helps change the way we see the world.   - RAYMOND GANT - Philadelphia, PACo-Founder / President of The Ray of Hope ProjectWhen I was first asked to be part of Everyday Heroes I was totally surprised in that I don’t think of myself as a he...