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"A Hero In My Life" Finalists Have Been Chosen!

July 05, 2007 06:29 PM EDT
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The top ten finalists for the "A Hero In My Life" writing contest have been chosen!

Here are the top 10 entries in alphabetical order:

One Grand Prize Winner to receive an all expense paid trip to Washington D.C.

Three Runners-up finalists will each receive a copy of Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Dutyby Nick Del Calzo

Stay tuned! The winners will be announced before Monday, July 16th.

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Comments: 26

Congratulations to all of the top ten people good luck to you all Grants'
The hero in my life is my Father in Heaven than my dad than my husband in that order. thanks for sharing this with us all. good job well done friends.
Bonnie D. Jul 5, 2007, 7:04pm EDT
Congratulations to the Top 10!
Norma S. Jul 5, 2007, 7:40pm EDT
Congratulations to you all! nj
Jamie C. Jul 5, 2007, 7:45pm EDT
This was a wonderful tribute to many heros. I'm proud to be one of the top ten finalists. Thank you for sponsoring this contest and allowing me to pay tribute to my friend, Raeanna. Somewhere, she's smiling.
Eric I. Jul 5, 2007, 7:53pm EDT
I echo Jamie! Many thanks to Gather and the Support Veterans Group for giving an outlet to all of us to share our stories of the Heroes in our lives!
Pat S. Jul 5, 2007, 7:56pm EDT
Congratulations to all of you, and especially Jamie! And to all of you, thank you for sharing your heros with us!
Audrey F. Jul 5, 2007, 8:13pm EDT
Congratulations to the top ten finalists! :)
Randy- Being true to myself Jul 5, 2007, 8:35pm EDT
Thank you for the honor of being a finalist. Thank you for the opportunity to share my hero to everyone. Congratulations to all of the finalists.
Kathryn E. Jul 5, 2007, 8:38pm EDT
Congrats to the 10 finalists
Congratulation everyone! You are all winners as far as I am concerned!
Thank you so much! I am so honored just to be one of the finalists. I too am grateful for the opportunity to share my Father-In-Law with all of you! He is such an inspirational person that he just lights up the room when he walks in.

Thank you all
God Bless!
Ron B. Jul 5, 2007, 9:12pm EDT
I enjoyed them all.
Susan K. Jul 5, 2007, 9:56pm EDT
these are wonderful!
Amy Kent Jul 5, 2007, 10:04pm EDT
Wow, I'm so honored to have been chosen as a finalist - it's so exciting. This was the first story I ever posted on Gather - thank you for the wonderful reception! Amy K.
Patti C. Jul 5, 2007, 10:16pm EDT
Congrats all!
Catherine A. Jul 5, 2007, 10:36pm EDT
Congratulations to all top 10 finalists.

Catherine A.
crystal g. Jul 6, 2007, 2:26am EDT
I thank God for my Son Anthony and for the wonderful new friends on Gather. Thank you for selecting me as one of your finalist. Your compassion is heartfelt...Crystal G.
Luna Rushdi Jul 6, 2007, 3:23am EDT
Congratulations to all the top 10 finalists! Good luck to all of you for the future.
Susan *. Jul 6, 2007, 9:03am EDT
CONGRATS to the finalists! I am so pleased to see this contest generated so much response and look forward to checking out all the finalists as well! Good luck folks.....you're all winners as far as I'm concerned!~ :-D
Gisela S. Jul 6, 2007, 11:59am EDT
I know what I'm reading at lunch today!
It's hard to choose one from these many great articles.
Thanks for sharing the finalists.
I am going to have to reread them and think it over.
Sandra T. Jul 7, 2007, 9:43pm EDT
Thank you very much for choosing me as a finalist. Congrats to all the other finalists, and good luck! The articles blew me away!
Alessandra R. Jul 8, 2007, 1:14pm EDT
I can't even describe my reaction to being one of the finalists. It's mildly possible that there was a happy dance involved. Thank you so much!
Tracey W. Jul 9, 2007, 8:44am EDT
Congradulations all and good luck!
Virgil W. Jul 23, 2007, 7:18pm EDT
way cool i am excited to see which one wins!

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