Washington-based philanthropist John Shimers new Angels Among Us project seeks to recognize the human angels among us who give selflessly of themselves by telling their stories through videos aired on TV.
He has already presented his Angel on Earth award to five human angels in the United States and Canada, and hes calling on communities, non-profits and individuals to nominate more via the Angels Among Us website.
If you want people to be their best, or just better than they are, you need to shine a light on what that looks like. People tend to become what they see, says Shimer, a director of the charitable corporation Fortune Family Foundation and author of Turn Right at the Dancing Cow, (http://www.dancingcowbook.com), the story of his first human angel, Maggie Josiah of Seattle, who launched a vocational school in the bush of Uganda.
Shimers non-profit Angels Among Us project has built momentum in recent months. He has been reaching out to communities across North America in search of stories about local residents who selflessly give of themselves for others.
Among the human angels recognized thus far are:
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