HeroTown prologue

Secret Origin: A young couple driving from the East coast to California to start a family and anew life. The woman is in the third tri-mester of her pregnancy and after many hours on the road the car brakes down near Zanesville, Ohio. They use their last coins to fix the car and the man drops his pregnant girlfriend in Columbus to receive proper medical care and support while he sets up a home in California.

The women has a healthy red-haired son she names Christopher and moves in with family through Catholic Social Services. The women waits to be contacted by her betrothed and waits and waits...

With a heavy heart, the woman puts the infant for adoption because she feels that she does not have the means to provide for the child. After a short time in foster care the boy is adopted by a couple who live in Columbus, Ohio.

SuperPowers :The boy named Chistopher grows up to be Community Action Hero David Yorka who attends school in Columbus at The Ohio State University. David spends the next two decades working in homeless shelters, housing projects, and developing a fascination with Career Formation and a passion for innovative solutions to eradicating poverty.

David unwraps his gift with the help of many wise mentors and associates. David utilizes his superpowers of vision, insight, compassion and creativity to work with others seeking to unwrap their gift. "SUPER POWERS ACTIVATE"

A Heroes Welcome
"In 1492 --( Christopher) Columbus sailed the ocean blue" That grade school ditty and a few cracks on his later career is the extent of knowledge that many Columbus, Ohio residents have of our namesake. I open the "HeroTown" series with a link to additional information on this courageous, visionary ( and very flawed) super hero.

For his secret origins turn in the direction of good history books that paint a picture of a complex individual. Now it is time for the Columbus super heroes to share how they discovered their superpowers and describe an important guide, teacher, guru who acted as a mentor.
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Heroes Journey 2.0
I have been talking with native heroes about their stories. I am excited to see
Passionate Users doing an interesting take on hero talk and superstories.

Creating Passionate Users: Where there's passion, there are stories

Hero Towns
Columbus , Ohio is my current favorite Hero Town. Having kids lead me to a T.V. Hero Town that features the musical stylings of "They Might Be Giants"
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TV Critic Reviews "Higglytown Heroes"

" we can be heroes..."
Monday February 20th is Hometown Hero kickoff --every day will feature a local (or adopted Columbus, Ohio Hero) Each page includes a secret origin, identity and personal powers.

Check out http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/ an interesting feature on innovation, globalization and heroic attitude.