Congratulations to our September Hometown Hero, Ashley Gregg. In 2018, Ashley’s son Deany passed away from brain cancer at the age of 7. Through that pain came purpose. For the last nine months, Ashley has been working at The James as a patient care associate and...
Congratulations to our August Hometown Hero, Mick Yinger. Mick retired from the Columbus Division of Police where he spent 21 years. After the line-of-duty deaths of two Westerville police officers in February 2018, Mick saw the need for an organization to help all...
Congratulations to our July Hometown Hero, Sexton Towns. Sexton is a 12-year, 2nd generation firefighter with the Columbus Fire Department. Sexton is the youngest Captain in Ohio and helps train Columbus fire cadets and recruits and is helping to write the next...
Congratulations to our May Hometown Hero, Erin Focht. Erin is a teacher at Westerville South and is consistently excellent in everything she does. Every single day Erin develops and implements individualized lesson plans for her students based on their personal goals....
Congratulations to our March Hometown Hero, Sharon Link. Sharon is a true servant of the Westfall community. She works tirelessly as a high school special education teacher, collaborating with others to improve access for her students. She volunteers with the...
Congratulations to our February Hometown Heroes Kay Werk and Lt. Geroge Wallce. Kay is widely known among Columbus firefighters. She was inducted into the OSU College of Social Work Hall of Fame for her work helping to develop the division’s critical incident stress...
