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Delaine Zody

Delaine Zody

By Karen M. Sughrue | Apr 13, 2015

I am one of 20 school resource chaplains who work through the Fresno Police Department. Two days a week I work with first graders at an inner city elementary school. I eat lunch with them, join them on the playground and read them stories in their classrooms to help...
Marilyn Price

Marilyn Price

By Karen M. Sughrue | Apr 13, 2015

I pioneered the use of the mountain bike as a perfect vehicle to impart lessons in personal responsibility, achievement and environmental awareness through the development of practical skills and the simple act of having fun. I had loved bicycling all my life and...
Sheila Arrington

Sheila Arrington

By Karen M. Sughrue | Apr 13, 2015

In 1999 at the age of 50, I founded Aneurysm Outreach Inc. (now AAAneurysm Outreach), the nation’s only nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing people and resources to eliminate the devastation to families resulting from undiagnosed abdominal aortic...
Priscilla Turgon

Priscilla Turgon

By Karen M. Sughrue | Apr 13, 2015

In July 2013, I created the New Start re-entry program to guide offenders transitioning out of state and federal correctional institutions and equip them with the skills to successfully re-enter the workforce and contribute positively to their families and...
Rita Collins

Rita Collins

By Media Coverage | Apr 6, 2015

For years I worked in education, part of that time overseas, and at the age of 60, I returned to Montana. I found a part-time job working for a nonprofit, but I was interested in becoming more involved with the community, especially with a group of older women whom I...
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