DirecTV will bring “DIRECTV Hometown Heroes” to be hosted by Joan Lunden, Hometown Heroes will feature about the customers of DirecTV who make a remarkable difference in their community. The Hometown Heroes will run ten episodes on original entertainment channel, The 101 from Sunday April 6 at 9 PM ET in high-definition. Each episode will run for 30 minutes and will bring three exceptional members of the DIRECTV community from across America into focus and will explore their lives and motivation.
Carolyn Blashek, Dr. Bob and Greg Porter, all are DirecTV customers who engage themselves and inspirational to people in their activities. Carolyn Blashek provide care packages to soldiers, Dr. Bob, give medical care for those who are in need and Greg Porter, provide thousands of meals a day to relief workers and victims of the hurricane.
“We have an incredible opportunity through The 101 to shine a spotlight on the inspirational people who make up the DIRECTV community,” said Eric Shanks, executive vice president of DIRECTV Entertainment. “We consider our customers part of a unique family and this program will give every member of the DIRECTV family a chance to connect with each other as well as inspire them to give back to their community and make a difference. And there is no one better to tell these stories to America than Joan Lunden.”
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We would like to be considered for the Hometown Heroes program. We make quilts for our wounded service personnel who served in Iraq or Afghanistan. Our local group, that I am chairman of, has distributed over 70 quilts in the last two years. We now have weekly and monthly workshops for the public to assist us. We constructed 61 quilt tops in 60 days. I also volunteer with the Long Beach high school students to help them earn their community srvice hours to graduate by teaching them to make quilts to support our troops. Baarbara Winkler 562.925.7673
Watched the show (Jan.11)for the first time and thoroughly enjoyed it. We were happy to see Joan Lunden again, she makes a great host.
Keep up the good work!!!!
As a member of the Big Apple Chorus, we too are giving the “Good Apple” award to some of our local heroes at our Silver Anniversary Unity Spectacular Show on Feb.28, 2009 in Manhattan.
If you need more heroes, we can give you some.