HEROES, Great and Small, Inc.: HEROMania

Saturday, November 19, 2011

HEROMania - June, 2011

Gail Montgomery Garland
I am still exhausted, but my heart is full from today!!! I just loved "being in the trenches" and I made a new great friend today!!! HEROES rocks!!!!!

You, Sandra Allen and Ted Buckenham like this.
- Jeanne Alshouse And to Kasey, Bandi and Shawna - what a moving time for me to see you all again - and watching you with the kids was amazing. They got it! Thanks for taking the time to share, and allow us to learn from you.
  June 25 at 10:48pm · · 1
- Kelly Perry I had a wonderful day, too! Seeing everything work out so beautifully even from behind the camera was very moving for me. EVERY PERSON involved Saturday is awesome and I am proud to call each of you friend!
  June 27 at 9:09am ·

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HEROES, Great and Small Inc.

This is the official blog of HEROES, Great & Small, Inc. Our web address is http://www.youareahero.org/, but don't use it. For now, that website will point you to this blog.

HEROES, Great and Small, Inc. began in Rome, GA in 1990. Since then we have grown by leaps and bounds. We hit some hard times as a group and as a TEAM. Sometimes Life's "Stuff" knocks you down. Well, we were knocked down one at a time until there was no one left to do the group, but Shannon and Ted, and then just Ted. Ted, "Mr. Hero" kept the local group alive almost single-handedly for a few years. Sandra was still writing curriculum. Janet, Jeanne, Tina and Shannon had changed jobs. But nobody could actually be on-site to assist with the group. We tried several things to stay afloat, but the manpower just wasn't there, so finally we just went dormant for a few years. The HEROES Team went ahead with training other communities and adding ideas and activities.

HEROES returned to Rome, Georgia, in the Fall of 2009 and the Spring of 2010. We served over 60 kids, tried some new activities and even added our book into the curriculum. Since we began HEROES in 1990, we've come alongside over 1600 kids!

Bad Things Can't Stop the Best Things (The Story of a Hero) is now in print and changing lives! We used the text for several of our activities. The change in the atmosphere after the kids heard the words was palpable...warm, safe, hopeful. Bad Things Can't Stop the Best Things (The Story of a HERO) can be ordered from www.xlibrus.com/bookstore or call 888-4274 ext. 7879.

We have plans or several more books and are making the curriculum e-friendly and available with or without training.

Our messages of hope and strength continue. Bad things can't stop the best things!

WELCOME TO OUR BLOG . . .

Welcome from the Heroes, Great and Small, Inc. Team!

Since 1990, we have walked alongside over 1600 kids who have risen above the horrors of sexual abuse. We have watched in awe at the courage and resilience of these children. The Heroes Team has seen the horrific wounds left by the Tricksters' experiences...the torment, the fear, the confusion, the aloneness. But we have seen things even greater...courage, purity, joy, playfulness, love.

We celebrate the lives and hearts of these children
as precious gifts. We believe that they are a promise of great things to come.

In 20 years, our message has never changed...These amazing human beings are HEROES! We have additional messages now though. Some of them are posted in our HERO Pledge and in our new book, Bad Things Can't Stop the Best Things by Sandra Allen and Shannon Bond.

We're all in this together. Join our journey!
Bad Things Can't Stop the Best Things!

Saturday, November 19, 2011

HEROMania - June, 2011

Gail Montgomery Garland I am still exhausted, but my heart is full from today!!! I just loved "being in the trenches" and I made a new great friend today!!! HEROES rocks!!!!!

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Gail Montgomery Garland
I am still exhausted, but my heart is full from today!!! I just loved "being in the trenches" and I made a new great friend today!!! HEROES rocks!!!!!