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CANTON – The Canton Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution recognized its 2021 class of Everyday American Heroes in a ceremony on April 7 at the LaPizzaria restaurant.
Now in its 13th year, the Canton Chapter DAR Everyday American Heroes program recognizes local citizens who do their best to give back to help others and the community. Past Regent Audrey Morrison is the committee chair.
This year s Heroes include:
John Huntsman, a teacher at Crenshaw Middle School, who is making desks and distributing them to students who have no private space to do homework.
Jac Compton, a senior at Central Catholic High School, while in the hospital with COVID-19, saw a need for a means of communication between patients and loved ones. He saw a small heart-shaped device, which records messages and is held in the palm of one s hand and is squeezed to hear the recorded message.
have tried to help her, but she continues to shut them out. do you think your mom is worried about you? i know she is. this is not how things were supposed to turn out. claire was a girl on track who had a lot of potential. how did you do in school? i graduated high school national honor society. i did really well in school. school was like my number one priority. did you play sports or anything? yeah. i was a softball player for five years. i was a cheerleader for nine years. it s like everything i picked up i was always good at. so i figured i could be anything i wanted to be when i grew up. just 15 months ago, claire was introduced to heroin by an ex-boyfriend. i had no idea what addiction was. i was experienced with club drugs, but never thought that i would ever be a heroin addict. you ve done a lot of things
claire tells that me her parents live nearby and they have tried to help her, but she continues to shut them out. do you think your mom is worried about you? i know she is. this is not how things were supposed to turn out. claire was a girl on track who had a lot of potential. how did you do in school? i graduated high school national honor society. i did really well in school. school was like my number one priority. did you play sports or anything? yeah. i was a softball player for five years. i was a cheerleader for nine years. it s like everything i picked up i was always good at. so i figured i could be anything i wanted to be when i grew up. just 15 months ago, claire was introduced to heroin by an ex-boyfriend. i had no idea what addiction was. i was experienced with club drugs, but never thought that i would ever be a heroin addict.
shut them out. do you think your mom is worried about you? i know she is. this is not how things were supposed to turn out. claire was a girl on track who had a lot of potential. how did you do in school? i graduated high school national honor society. i did really well in school. school was my number one priority. did you play sports or anything? yeah, i was a softball player for five years. i was a cheerleader for nine years. it s like everything i picked up i was always good at. i figured i could be anything i wanted to be when i grew up. 15 months ago claire was introduced to heroin by an ex boyfriend. i had no idea what addiction was. i was experienced with club drugs but never thought that i would ever be a heroin addict. you have done a lot of things that you regret in the 15 months you have been addicted to heroin? oh, yeah.