For more than ten years, WETA's Hometown Heroes project has honored Washington-area individuals whose work and volunteer efforts benefit the Greater Washington area. Each individual is recognized with a televised profile.
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WETA Hometown Heroes:2005
2005 Hometown Heroes
2005
Bill White
WETA Hometown Hero November 2005. Bill White is the Co-Founder of the Arlington Ridge Neighbors After-School Volunteer Tutoring Program, a volunteer program at Oakridge Elementary School aimed at improving student academic achievement in reading and mathematics.
2005
Ervin C. Owens
WETA Hometown Hero October 2005. Ervin C. Owens is the founder and chief executive of the Cabel Foundation Inc., an organization dedicated to helping underserved youth achieve financial literacy.
2005
Anna Lugo Schmitz
WETA Hometown Hero September 2005. Ana Lugo Schmitz is the site coordinator for Linkages to Learning, an organization that provides special support to low income and immigrant students and parents at Summit Hall Elementary School in Washington, DC.
2005
Jim Clager
WETA Hometown Hero July 2005. Jim Clager is the Network Administrator for Computer Community Outreach and Education (C.O.R.E.), an organization that offers basic computer skills training to Northern Virginia residents.
2005
Kwelismith
WETA Hometown Hero June 2005. Kwelismith is an author, interdisciplinary performance artist, musician and teacher at the Children's Studio School in Washington, DC.
2005
Brigitta Dai
WETA Hometown Hero May 2005. Brigitta Dai is the Tutoring Program Director at the Chinese American Parents and Students Association in Montgomery County, Maryland.
2005
Karin Walser
WETA Hometown Hero April 2005. Karin Walser is the founder of Horton's Kids, an outreach group that provides tutoring programs and educational outings for the children of Anacostia's Wellington Park housing project.
2005
Willis Thomas
WETA Hometown Hero February 2005. Willis Thomas is the tennis director at the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation, an organization which helps underprivileged youth of D.C. succeed - both athletically and academically.
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