The personal injury law firm of Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen will celebrate all 100 hundred winners of its Hometown Heroes award on August 25, 2010 at a Flying Squirrels baseball game at The Diamond in Richmond, Virginia. Firemen, policemen, foster parents, disability advocates, and other heroes from around the Commonwealth will be highlighted throughout the evening, including fireworks in their honor.
Nominations for Allen and Allen?s 100 Hometown Heroes award were accepted from April 19, 2010 to May 7, 2010. The public was asked to complete a nomination form in honor of their favorite local community leader. The law firm, which is celebrating its centennial anniversary, received an overwhelming response, including nominees who have made an impact in their neighborhoods in a variety of ways throughout Virginia.
?As we celebrate our 100 hundred year anniversary we feel there?s no better time to honor the real heroes in our community ? those that give back to their locality in their own way, no matter how large or small,? said Douglas A. Barry, President of Allen and Allen. ?Our firm was founded on service, so it?s appropriate that we mark this milestone by celebrating others that give back.?
Barry, who will throw the ceremonial first pitch at The Diamond on August 25th, has joined other representatives from Allen and Allen at a series of events taking place throughout the summer featuring the 100 Hometown Heroes in Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Petersburg, and Greater Metro Richmond.
?Over the summer we?ve had the pleasure to get to know ? and be inspired by -- these impressive Virginians,? said Barry. ?We?ve celebrated at the Heritage Festival in Fredericksburg, Fridays After Five in Charlottesville, and numerous Flying Squirrels baseball games where an All Star from each region was selected to throw the first pitch.?
The culmination of the 100 Hometown Heroes events will take place at The Diamond on August 25, 2010, with a grand finale featuring the personal stories of each hero and their everyday acts of heroism.
?Allen & Allen has had the pleasure of working alongside hometown heroes for the past 100 years and now it?s time to celebrate with them,? said R. Clayton Allen, Partner. ?We invite the public to join us at The Diamond to witness firsthand heroes that we have right here in our community. Now is the time to say thank you.?
To learn more about the 100 Hometown Heroes, visit http://www.allenandallen.com/hometown-heroes.html
Examples of the 100 heroes who will be recognized include:
Linwood L. Alford: Through his self-funded nonprofit, Open Door Resource Center, Richmond-born Linwood cares for individuals with HIV/AIDS while focusing on the special needs community and disabled veterans.
Ram Bhagat: Ram, an award-winning chemistry teacher at Open High School, is the founder of Drums No Guns, a youth initiative that promotes cultural diversity and a peaceful community and teaches non-violent alternatives to conflict.
Chad Bonadonna: Chad wrote Good Grief: A Child?s Grieving Process at the age of 11, in response to his father?s cancer diagnosis and similar experiences of other children who helped care for their sick parents, with proceeds benefiting Bon Secours? Hospice.
Harry Bowen: Since the 1980s, Harry has taken the State?s premier wheelchair basketball program, the Charlottesville Cardinals, from very humble beginnings to a nationally ranked and recognized program that demonstrates just how much people with disabilities can achieve.
Robert Campbell: Neighbors know Robert as ?Mister Soup,? a Vietnam veteran who gives back to the community by doing everything from shoveling snow and organizing neighborhood learning activities for kids to transporting Hurricane Katrina evacuees and leading fundraising initiatives for the NAACP.
Gary Glover: Gary, owner of Puritan Cleaners, has helped clothe and feed hundreds of Virginians for more than 25 years through community initiatives such as Coats for Kids, 100,000 Meals for Kids in Central Virginia, Great Bears for Kids in Danger, Puritan?s Pledge of Allegiance and Thank You Patriot.
Timothy Longo: Timothy, who has served since 2001 as the chief of police in Charlottesville, is a recipient of the Police Commissioner?s Award of Excellence, a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Virginia Chiefs of Police Association, and he serves on the Board of Directors for Special Olympics Virginia.
Solomon Miles: An accomplished musician with a disability and a sought-after front man for numerous bands, Solomon is known for using his musical talents and infectious personality to educate the community about diversity and disabilities.
Nicole Muller: At 16 she is the founder of Neighbors-4-Neighbors, a national food drive that in less than six months collected more than 25,000 pounds of food and $ 2,300 from 30 participating states, raising awareness of the issue of hunger.
Tony H. Pham: A refugee from Vietnam who was the first person in his family to attend college, Tony volunteers as the president of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association, the VSB?s District Disciplinary Committee, Virginia Asian Foundation?s Legislative Summit and is a board member of the Virginia Asian Advisory Board.
Capt. Harvey Street Powers: Harvey, who has been with the Richmond Police Department for 17 years, is known for making his community a safer place and for the respect that he has for the citizens he serves.
Debra Ruh: Inspired by her daughter, Sara Ruh, Debra created a one-of-a-kind telecommuting model that allows people with disabilities ? including veterans ? to work in high-level positions within the IT profession from home.
Fernando Sabino de Jesus: During a sunny day at Belle Isle in Richmond last summer, Fernando jumped in the James River to save a drowning man, following him through the rapids and successfully performing CPR after he pulled the unconscious man to shore.
Dr. Gymama Slaughter: Gymama, a professor at Virginia State University, has championed regional efforts to encourage local minority middle and high school students to study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through her RAPME program, which has educated more than 3,900 minority students ? of whom 95 percent attend college.
Martha Slay: After learning her child?s diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy, Martha created FightSMA, a nonprofit organization with 19 chapters across the country that have raised millions of research dollars.
Sgt. Michael Talley: Michael teaches thousands of inner-city children how to rise above their circumstances through anti-gang, anti-drug and anti-bullying classes.
Pastor Paul E. Walters: Paul, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, created ?gentle worship,? a shorter service with quiet, familiar songs for children with autism who do not like loud noises and puppets to capture the attention of a diverse congregation.
?Gilly? the Dog (Honorable Mention): Gilly is a 35-pound Spitz with quite a ?tail? to tell. He saved the lives of Ronnie and wheelchair-bound Marsha Stratton by barking and pulling back the bed covers to alert them to a house fire in 2008.
About the Firm:
Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen is one of the oldest and largest law firms in Virginia limiting its practice to personal injury. In business for 100 years, the firm currently has 22 attorneys who handle death cases as well as personal injury cases involving motor vehicle accidents, tractor trailer accidents, brain injury, medical malpractice, product liability and more. Allen & Allen has eight offices located throughout Virginia in Richmond, Petersburg, Fredericksburg, Mechanicsville, Short Pump, Chesterfield County, Garrisonville, and Charlottesville.
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