About+Hometown+Heroes+Wiki

=Hometown Heroes=

This wiki was created as a group project for IUPUI's School of Library and Information Science High Tech Learning class. The goal of this site is to give people across the United States, and even across the world, the opportunity to share the often unknown, frequently unsung heroes who work within our hometown communities every day. Some of these heroes are known as authors, business owners, or activists. Others would perhaps never be noticed without the actions of neighbors who have noticed their contributions to the community.

The Hometown Heroes team communicated via Oncourse messaging and forums, personal emails, the wikispace discussion forum, and a chat on Windows Live. The topic of Hometown Heroes appealed to all of us and allowed us the opportunity to highlight our hometowns and the local heroes.

Each member contributed information about their hometown and at least one local hero.

The Hometown Heroes project team includes: Da'Vian Smith (Anthony Woods, Jessie Baker, Kevin Johnson, Sacramento) Lashonda Stewart (54th Volunteer Infantry, Birdseye, John Gibson) Mindy Worman (About Hometown Heroes, The Lightners, Ligonier) Nan Wingrove (The Shreiners, Valparaiso, Walt Reiner) Shelly Smith (Greencastle, Helen Knauer, Hometown Heroes Resources, @Welcome)

Those of us who created this site invite you, the reader, to become part of this movement to create pages that showcase your own hometown and the wonderful people who give so much to their communities.