| Show Mhwh and the NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE scouted the country for people who are making their neighborhoods a better place to live roster of volunteers who made this year's squad Meet the PARADE i7nyr all-st- ar AfteivSchool Hdp Grimes By David hss Shirley nmsque Dock Ha end other students ulftL La af wvm novnowom os uis lenm Community Cantor In Texas Oliver Relin fujaa OR HER MANY tireless efforts to improve her ule that would exhaust even an NFL athlete She drives single mothers to work runs a food pantry and shuttles impoverished Texas neighbor- - hood Shirley Grimes has seniors to doctors’ appoint- merits She also oversees an been chosen the national winner rtf' the first annual PARADENFL Community Quarterback Award a volunteer-recognitio- after-scho- feeds the students the snack that may be their only meal of n the evening before driving some of them home Why press so hard? Tm a person who just has to help” she says "Until the last child is taken care of I can’t afford program launched last fall in PARADE Thousands of our readers and NFL fans nominated local heroes who do critical volunteer work Grimes tops a list of 33 winners— one from each of the NFL’s 32 regions and (me selection from a rethink about skxving down” ' “at-larg- e” non-NF- L Each of the 33 winners of the PARADENFL community Each will receive $10000 for his or her chanty (See box) While working in the cafeteria of the elementary school in Tamina a small Community community 32 miles north of Houston Shirley Grimes 51 witnessed the A Safe Hawn From Abuse and Nedtct DrNpp(lnHloaiMdUdricWoftlMCmNamy v f Ax the national winner Grimes will receive an addi- tional 525000 from the NFL for die center and rickets co tody’s Super BowL “People consider football players he- roes but it’s people like Shir-lewho are America’s real chanqriotis” says the Hoii y Quarterback Award will receive $10000 for his or her charity she decided to quit poverty and hunger Ms Phoenix looks Aria in Manha on Porter M the her job and convertchildren there flicting mciilivt dbvetor offers comfort So o younj patiented her father's nailer Without local government to fight for them Tamina’s 500 families inro the Tamina Community Center often lack basic services such as sewers or running Today Grinwperuides her aging vro to state deuh ofbet father seven years ago at 5 am etety morning then embarks on a sched- water After the af- program and ol OurAli-StarTea- ton Texans’ star quarterback David Carr Tm in awe of what she’s accomplished : m The selfless feats of the ochermemben of our Dr Kipp Chariton 67 of Scottsdale Ariz has beenquiedy changing dwhves of the dry's diildien for neariy c winning teamaie equally fABC M awe-inspiri-ng FniUAlt 12004 PAXAOC |
