// C E L E B R A T I N G T H E A M E R I C A N S P I R I T //

D E C E M B E R 2 6 , 2 0 1 0 - J A N U A R Y 1 , 2 0 1 1

facebook.com/americanprofilemagazineSee inside for details.

“”

Acts of KindnessSPECIAL ISSUE

For a neighbor in need, “my house is your house” became more than just an expression

WE’RE ONFACEBOOK!

Heartwarming stories about inspiring gestures of caring

N O R T H E A S T E D I T I O N

ASK AMERICAN PROFILEQ One of my all-time favorite movies is Friendly Persuasion, starring Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire and Anthony Perkins. What year was it made, and is it on DVD? —Beverly Tanyer, Penn, Pa.

Based on the novel by Jessamyn West, Friendly Persuasion was released in 1956 and was nominated for six Oscars, including best picture. The film, about a pacifist family of Indiana Quakers caught in the Civil War, also starred Richard Eyer and a memorable goose named Samantha. It is available on DVD.

* COVER PHOTO BY DAVID MUDD

E-mail us at askap@americanprofile.com or mail to: Ask American Profile, 341 Cool Springs Blvd., Suite 400, Frank-lin, TN 37067. The volume of mail received prohibits us from giving personal replies—through e-mail or other means.

AmericanProfi leAmerican Profile is published by: Publishing Group of America, 341 Cool Springs Blvd., Suite 400, Franklin, Tennessee 37067 Phone: 1-800-720-6323. Mail editorial queries and contributions to Editor, American Profile, 341 Cool Springs Blvd., Suite 400, Franklin, TN 37067. Publishing Group of America, Inc. will not be responsible for unsolicited materials, and cannot guarantee the return of any materials submit-ted to it. ©2010 Publishing Group of America, Inc. American Profile™ is a trademark of Publishing Group of America, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any article, photograph, or other portion of this magazine without the express written permission of Publishing Group of America, Inc. is prohibited.

Send us your questions SAVE $13.91 on Country Gospel Favorites 1 & 2An American Profile Reader Favorite You’ll enjoy 60 inspirational hits sung by your favorite artists on four full-lengthCDs. Listen to What A Friend We Have In Jesus from Pat Boone, Just A Closer Walk With Thee by Willie Nelson & Patsy Cline, and Peace In The Valley by Ray Price. You’ll cherish every one of these 60 unforgettable country gospel standards.Enjoy all four CDs for one low price and your s&h is FREE.

To receive FREE s&h, please call toll FREE (800) 715-6248, go to AmericanProfile.com/store or send $29.99 to American Profile, Dept. COMB, 341 Cool Springs Blvd., Suite 400, Franklin, TN 37067.

e,

TN, IL, GA, NY, AL residents add state sales tax. Please allow 1-3 weeks for delivery. COMB

Q What is Benjamin Bratt of the TV series The Cleaner working on now? —Terri Hein, Fort Madison, Iowa

Bratt, 47, spent the majority of 2010 bringing the movie La Mission, about life in the San Francisco barrio in which he was raised, to cities across America. In addition to starring, he produced the film with his filmmaker brother Peter Bratt and their producing partner, Alpita Patel. If you didn’t catch it in its limited theatrical release, you now can see it on DVD. The father of two also took a break from his film duties to guest star on an episode of Modern Family.

Q Can you tell me what Jaclyn Smith of Charlie’s Angels is up to? —Nancy Bryson, Jacksonville, Fla.

The actress is celebrating the 25th anniversary of her Jaclyn Smith (clothing) Collection with Kmart

stores, an offer she originally turned down. “It has really evolved,” says Smith, 63, who in high school designed her own prom dress. As for memories of playing angelic private eye Kelly Garrett, she says, “Kate [Jackson] had done The Rookies, but Farrah and I were so naïve. Farrah was going, ‘I didn’t know I had to wake up this early.’ We were friends and we stayed friends.”

Q I heard that Pat Benatar has come out with a memoir called Between a Heart and a Rock Place. Is she still touring?—J. Ruddon, Palm Springs, Calif.

Yes and yes. Benatar, 57, says she held off writing the book for a long time because she didn’t think her life was “juicy enough.” She adds that the biggest surprise for readers might be that “I’m more like everybody else than not, and I have an amazing gig. I drive my kids to dance practice and cook dinner every night.” Benatar and her husband of 28 years, Neil Giraldo, who’s also the lead guitarist in her band, have two daughters and homes in Hawaii and Los Angeles, and they continue to tour.

Donate online: www.smiletrain.org or call: 1-800-932-9541

A Healthy Diet During Pregnancy Can Help Prevent Birth Defects And Clefts. According to the U.S. Government, women should take sufficient levels of folic acid (400 micrograms/day)during pregnancy to help prevent neural tube defects and reduce the risk for cleft lip and palate. When folic acid is taken one month before conception and throughout the first trimester, it hasbeen proven to reduce the risk for neural tube defects by 50 to 70 per cent. Be sure to receive proper prenatal care, quit smoking and drinking alcohol and follow your health care provider’sguidelines for foods to avoid during pregnancy. For more information, visit www.SmileTrain.org. The Smile Train is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit recognized by the IRS, and all donations to The Smile Train aretax-deductible in accordance with IRS regulations. © 2010 The Smile Train.

“...one of the most productive charities—dollar for deed—in the world.”—The New York Times

Free cleft surgery which takes aslittle as 45 minutes and costs aslittle as $250, can give desperatechildren not just a new smile –but a new life.

N10121F52NF7Y65

Ming, 6 months, China Shiva, 1 year, India Mot, 13 years, Cambodia

Durgap, 5 years, India Funmi, 8 years, Nigeria Salazar, 5 years, Philippines

Does Your Christmas List Have RoomFor One More Child?

WINNERS OF THE 7TH ANNUAL

For these winning photos and more,

visit americanprofi le.com

Photo Contest

Shoot‘nScore

Grand Prize: Julie McDow,Fulton, MO

Runner Up: Nova Hughes, Bolckow, MO

Runner Up: Marvin Knox, Sutherlin, OR

TIDBITSDid You Know...

ALABAMA—In May, the Talladega County (pop. 80,321) School System became the state’s first to be named a national Energy Star Leader by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The school system reduced its utility costs by $2.3 mil-lion over four years.

ARKANSAS—Since 1957, HotZ golf bags have been manufactured in Pocahontas (pop. 6,518). The company was started by Henry Hotze and sons as a leather saddle tannery in 1864 in St. Louis, Mo. In 1925, the company made its first leather golf bag.

FLORIDA—Three U.S. veterans from three wars climbed to the summit of Africa’s 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro in August. Accomplishing the feat were former Army Staff Sgt. Dan Nevins, 39, of Jacksonville, a double-amputee injured in Iraq; former Army Sgt. Neil Duncan, 27, of Denver, a double-amputee injured in Afghanistan; and former Army Sgt. Kirk Bauer, 62, a Vietnam War amputee from Ellicott City, Md.

GEORGIA—In Boston (pop. 1,417), gourmet brittles and nut candies are made by Dillon Candy Co., a family business that George Dillon started in

1918 in a Brunswick (pop. 15,600) grocery store.KENTUCKY—Headquartered in Lexington, the Phi Gamma Delta men’s social fraternity was founded in 1848 at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pa.LOUISIANA—Basketball Hall of Famer Willis Reed, born in 1942 in Hico, had a sterling career at Grambling (pop. 4,693) State University, where he averaged more than 26 points and 21 rebounds per game during his senior year in 1964, then was drafted by the New York Knicks. MISSISSIPPI—One of the first businesses to offer professional recording technology was Scott Radio Service Co. in Jackson. The company, which closed in the 1970s, was used by Jackson-based Trumpet Record Label for its sessions with blues artists from 1950 to 1952.

SOUTH CAROLINA—After growing a 40-pound cabbage for a school project and feeding 275 people with it, 9-year-old Katie Stagliano, of Summer-ville (pop. 27,752), was inspired to keep gardening to feed the hungry. Katie, now 12, oversees six gardens and has donated thousands of pounds of produce to organizations serving the needy. She calls her project and website Katie’s Krops.

TENNESSEE—At the 1824 Hale Springs Inn in Rogersville (pop. 4,240), three presidential suites are named after U.S. presidents who were guests: Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson and James K. Polk.

VIRGINIA—In the 1600s, settlers brought daffodil bulbs to Gloucester County (pop. 34,780), where the soil and weather proved ideal for the flowers. The county’s nickname is the Daffodil Capital of America.

WEST VIRGINIA—Morgan Spurlock, born in 1970 in Parkersburg (pop. 33,099) and raised in Beckley (pop. 17,254), gained 25 pounds—and fame—when he ate only McDonald’s meals for 30 days and chronicled his diet for his 2004 documentary, Super Size Me.

NORTH CAROLINA—Headquartered in Greensboro, Mack Trucks Inc. is one of North America’s largest manufacturers of heavy-duty hauling vehicles.

✁

RECIPEAmericanProfi le

MAR

K BO

UGHT

ON

PHO

TOG

RAPH

Y/TE

RESA

BLA

CKBU

RN S

TYLI

NG

Vegetable Bean SoupUse no-salt added tomatoes, beans and broth for a healthful alternative to high-sodium soups. Another healthful option: Omit the bacon and saute the vegetables in 2 tablespoons of olive oil.

3 slices bacon, chopped 1 onion, diced 2 celery stalks, diced 2 small carrots, diced 2 zucchini, diced 1 garlic clove, finely diced 1 (14-ounce) can no-salt added

chopped tomatoes, undrained

2 (15-ounce) cans no-salt-added Great Northern beans, drained and rinsed

3 cups low-sodium chicken broth Freshly ground black pepper 6 cups fresh spinach, chopped 1/4 cup grated Parmigiano

Reggiano cheese

1. Place bacon in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook 5 minutes or until al-most crisp. Add onion, celery and carrots; cook 5 minutes. Add zucchini and garlic; cook 3 minutes. Add tomatoes, beans, broth and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Stir in spinach. Ladle into soup bowls and top with grated cheese. Makes 10 cups.

Serves 6.

—Recipe by Relish Chef Jon Ashton

Nutritional facts per (1 2/3-cup) serving: 230 calories, 7g fat, 11g protein, 30g carbohydrates, 10g fiber, 320mg sodium.

Go ahead...take your back-pain lying down. Resting on SpineDok’s™ patentedsystem of curves will gently stretch,

align and relax your entire back.

5 minutes a day is all it takes to: • Enjoy relief from back pain • Loosen chronically tight muscles

in neck & shoulder areas • Develop better posture • Enjoy a better quality of life

What our fans are saying:

“ When I use it regularly I have virtually no painor flare-ups.”

“ Pain, stiff ness and headaches are relieved naturally without drugsor expensive chiropractor visits.”

Relief for the entire back, as well as chronically tight shoulder & neck muscles.SpineDok’s™ unique network of

curves provide a fi rm structure for

safe, gradual, conditioning and pain relief for each of

the three spinal regions. Relaxing on SpineDok™ daily

for just 5 to 10 minutes is all it takes to relieve pain,

reduce stiff ness, increase fl exibility and improve sleep.

Only SpineDok™ combines the top natural methodsfor pain & tension relief.SpineDok™ employs the force of

gravity to provide your upper and

lower back with a gentle, fully

supported stretch. This provides the same benefi ts

as light traction while additionally stimulating and

massaging your acupressure points.

Why customers prefer SpineDok™:• Relaxes upper and lower back • Easy to use/Comfortable• Loosens neck & shoulder muscles • Light, Portable & Well-built • Comes with a Hot/Cold Gel Pad • Natural/Non-invasive

*Call or visit www.spinedok.com for details • Made In U.S.A. US Patent #5,925,003 & U.S Design Patent D-398-399 ©2010 Altrueon, LLC • All rights reserved.

Call today: 800-380-3012or visit: www.spinedok.com/profi le

30 Day Money-Back Satisfaction Guarantee*

25%!

SAVEOVER

Get the SpineDok™ System for only $79.95. Reg $109.99• SpineDok™ • Hot/Cold Gel Pad• Exercise Video

Don’t Miss This Limited Time Off er...Stop Your Back-Pain Today!

BONUS Order in the next 7 days and shipping is FREE! (Save $14.95)

A Better Back for Life

222151_8.375_x_4.875.indd 1 11/22/10 4:17 PM

FREE 4th Box • FREE Deposit Slips • FREE Distinctive Lettering • 50% Off Bank Prices

2ND BOX AS LOW AS

10¢

CIRCLES ISLAND PARADISE LITTLE MISS SUNSHINECIRCLES(4 designs) ST-Z240 • Cover CV240Check Brand: Styles ChecksTM

ISLAND PARADISE(4 designs) CG-P110 • Cover LC110Check Brand: Check Gallery®

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE(4 designs) ST-Z298 • Cover CV298Check Brand: Styles ChecksTM

Simply visit 4checks.com to search over 800 check designs from 10 distinct check brands. Once you’ve found your favorite design, be sure to use the offer code from the order form below to take advantage of the special savings. LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE

(3 designs) LC-9M84 • Cover L9M84Check Brand: LifeChecks®

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE(4 designs) AC-248 • Cover C248Check Brand: Artistic Checks®

CRAYON CUTIES™Available online onlyCheck Brand: Artistic Checks®

IT’S A GIRL THING(4 designs) ST-Z229 • Cover CV229Check Brand: Styles ChecksTM

HEARTS(4 designs) LC-9M83 • Cover L9M83Check Brand: LifeChecks®

PHOTO PRODUCTSAvailable online onlyCheck Brand: Artistic Checks®

LIGHT THE WAY(4 designs) LC-9M77 • Cover L9M77Check Brand: LifeChecks®

SHREK®

(8 designs) ST-Z207 • Cover CV207Check Brand: Styles ChecksTM

HUMMINGBIRDS(4 designs) CG-P55 • Cover LC55Check Brand: Check Gallery®

RIBBON OF HOPE(4 designs) CG-P73 • Cover LRHCheck Brand: Check Gallery®

BASIC BLUE(1 design) AC-101 • Cover LBLNCheck Brand: Artistic Checks®

SECURIGUARD® PARCHMENT(1 design) ST-Z235 • Cover CV235Check Brand: Styles ChecksTM

LSU®

(1 design) ID-9B35 • Cover L9BLSCheck Brand: Identity ChecksTM

VELLUM(1 design) AC-190 • Cover LGRYCheck Brand: Artistic Checks®

PUPPY TALES(4 designs) AC-200 • Cover C200Check Brand: Artistic Checks®

CHERI BLUM’S SPLENDOR(4 designs) AC-218 • Cover C218Check Brand: Artistic Checks®

SPECIAL OFFER for First-time Customers* Offer Ends 12/31/11

Name

Home Phone ( )

E-mail Address (For Shipment Confi rmation)

Check Design# D:Check Design Name:

Check Brand:

Starting Check#:One-Part Checks Duplicate Checks 1 box $6.95 1 box $7.95 2 boxes $13.90 $7.05 2 boxes $15.90 $8.05 4 boxes $27.80 $14.00 4 boxes $31.80 $16.00

Enter check price from chart above $Distinctive Lettering $2.50

Old English Script Elegance $ FREECoordinating Checkbook CoverDesign# __ __ __ __ __ $19.95 ea. $USPS Bulk Shipping Fee $ FREEHandling Fee (Required) $1.95 per box/item $ Faster Printing Service – Get your checks up to 2 business days faster! add $3.75 $ For checks only, we recommend UPS Shipping for faster, trackable service. Checks are shipped together.** add $7.25 $OFFER CODE: Subtotal $MAIL CODE: Sales Tax AR (6%), CO (2.9%) and MD (6%) $ EZShield Check Fraud Protection Program® (Pat. Pend.): add $1.95 for EACH box of checks you order $ Enhance your protection by adding EZShield Identity RestorationSM to your EZShield Protection.(EZShield Check Fraud Protection purchase required) add $6.00 $ TOTAL ENCLOSED $

PHONE: Toll-Free 1-866-923-0451Phone Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:00am to 11:00pm (EST); Sat, 8:30am to 6:00pm (EST); Sun, 10:30am to 7:00pm (EST)

WEB: www.4checks.comFor fi rst-time customer pricing, use the offer code from the order form.

MAIL: ENCLOSE THE FOLLOWING: current voided check or reorder form with any changes indicated

current deposit slip

MAIL TO: 4checksP.O. Box 548Little Rock, AR72203-0548

Se habla español. 2-box minimum andprocessing fee applies.

check payable to: 4checks

completed order form

Shrek Forever After TM & ©2010 DreamWorks Animation, L.L.C. • Strawberry Shortcake™ ©2010 Those Characters from Cleveland Inc. Used under License by Artistic Checks® • Little Miss Sunshine TM & ©2010 THOIP (a Chorion Company). All Rights Reserved. • It’s a Girl Thing ©2009 Debbie Brooks. Light the Way images by Judy Gibson ©Art Trends, LLC., Cookeville, TN. • Crayon Cuties ©2010 Denise Albright. All Rights Reserved.

*The special offer for fi rst-time customers only applies if you are purchasing products from a check brand that you have not purchased from previously. In-plant Rush is not available for Message!Products or Photo Products orders.Please note: Unless you tell us otherwise, we will ship orders to the address we print on the checks. We reserve the right to not process incomplete orders. Please allow 2-3 weeks for regular delivery. **UPS Shipping faster, trackable service is only available in the contiguous U.S. Call for signature delivery service details.

$2 OFF

WHEN YOU ORDERBY PHONE OR WEB!

Use the Offer Code when redeeming byPhone or Web to receive your discount.

www.4checks.com1-866-923-0451

Offer Ends 12/31/11. For fi rst-time customers only. Available on orders placed via Phone or Web. Limit one rebate per order.

OFFER ENDS 12/31/11 INSTANT REBATE

Call now – Toll-Free for Faster Service1-866-923-0451

100% Satisfaction Guarantee

3 Easy Waysto Order

CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTEDBY PHONE OR WEB.

OFFER CODE:

Call now – Toll-Free for Faster Service1-866-923-0451

STYLES SECURIGUARD® CHECKS FEATURE HOLOGRAM SECURITY!

Over 50 schools available online!

YOUR PHOTO HERE!

Find your perfect check fromOVER 800 DESIGNS at 4checks.com!

IMAGES ENHANCED TO SHOW DETAIL.

Guard your checks from unauthorized use up to $25,000 with EZShield Check Fraud ProtectionSM and help restore your identity with EZShield Identity RestorationSM.

To learn more, visit www.EZShield.com.

Protect yourself with

DE0950

Animate Your Family!

FREE4th Box!

FREE4th Box!

FX03

58

4 Bible Verses

DE0950DE0951

Find your perfect check fromOVER 800 DESIGNS at 4checks.com!

IVY(4 designs) ST-Z254 • Cover CV254Check Brand: Styles ChecksTM

PAGE 8 • A M E R I C A N P R O F I L E .CO M

THE SPIRIT OF KINDNESS is alive and well in America, based on dozens of letters from American Profile readers describing the compassionate and generous acts of friends, neighbors, family members and anonymous individuals. Here are a few stories of people whose thoughtful and selfless deeds restore one’s faith in humanity.

Our annual tribute to selfless and compassionate deeds across America

cover story[ ]

// BY TIM GHIANNI

Trading placesWhen Wes Orr, 67, was ordered to stay off his feet for eight weeks

after double-knee surgery last year, his neighbors made him an offer that gives new meaning to the expression “my house is your house.”

Bill and Kim Reynolds own the only single-level ranch house on Hardtack Court in Gahanna, Ohio (pop. 32,636), while Wes and his wife, Bobbi, 67, live in a two-story home with no downstairs bathroom for bathing. Convalescing would be difficult for Wes in his own home, and the cost of building a wheelchair ramp to the front door was estimated at $5,000.

One day, Bill, 49, and Kim, 50, walked across the street to offer a solution.

“They needed to come here, and we needed to go over there,” says Bill, whose wife attends a neighborhood Bible study led by Bobbi. “God definitely had a hand in this—to put them in a position to be willing to accept help and us in a position where we could make that offer.”

A wheelchair ramp built in the Reynolds’ garage cost only $118, and the couples traded houses for what ended up to be 12 weeks during Wes’ recovery.

“It’s a good story about looking out for your fellow man,” says Wes, now walking and sleeping in his own home. “That’s what we’re on this good earth to do.”

Dorian’s hatsPeggy Arrington, 55, doesn’t like shots or needles. So when the

Jacksonville, Fla., woman was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, the treatment and tests terrified her almost as much as the disease.

// From left: Bill and Kim Reynolds welcomed neighbors Wes and Bobbi Orr into their single-story home while Wes recovered from double knee surgery.

DAVI

D M

UDD

AMER ICANPROFILE .COM • PAGE 9

(Continued on page 10)

That was before friend Dorian Eng, 55, unveiled her hat trick.

While Peggy’s husband, Steve, accompanied her to chemotherapy treatments, Dorian volunteered to take her friend to follow-up visits for blood tests and shots.

“What nobody knew is that I have an extreme fear of doctors, needles, hospitals and anything in connection with them,” Peggy says. “When I finally let out my deep, dark secret, Dorian devised a plan to distract me every time I had to face an injection or a blood test.”

On their first visit, as an anxious Peggy sat down to wait for her blood to be drawn, Dorian pulled a hat out of her handbag and plopped it onto her head.

“It was the silliest thing I had ever seen—kind of like a black aviator hat with big, blue spikes coming out all over it,” Peggy recalls. “Before I knew it, the blood test was over, and I had laughed through it.”

About a dozen different hats—from Mickey Mouse ears to a pink-feathered tiara—were unveiled at subsequent visits, just before the needles pierced Peggy.

Dorian says it was a privilege to use the fine art of distraction to help her friend during a challenging period. “It was a gift to me, really,” Dorian says. “I really got to love Peggy during that time.”

From Peggy’s point of view, Dorian wears a constant halo. “If there are truly angels on Earth, Dorian is one of them,” she says.

// Dorian Eng (left) wore silly hats to distract Peggy Arrington during cancer treatments.

COUR

TESY

OF

DO

UGLA

S J.

ENG

(Continued from page 9)

PAGE 10 • AMER ICANPROFILE .COM

Giving a liftAs she does most every afternoon, Nancy

Pease, 53, met the school bus along a busy two-lane highway in Grass Valley, Calif. (pop. 10,922), to pick up her daughter Johanna, 14, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair.

Pease was aware that her daughter was getting both older and bigger, but on this particular spring day, she felt desperate as she struggled to lift Johanna into her Chevrolet Tahoe.

“The bus had left and I was trying to get her into the back seat. Instead, she missed the seat and started to fall to the ground,” Pease remembers.

Just then, a passing motorist turned her car around on the highway and pulled up beside Pease’s SUV. A smiling woman emerged and offered to help. “The two of us then lifted my daughter into the Tahoe,” Pease says. “I discovered she is a home health care worker, and she said she works with people like my daughter every day.”

Pease never got the woman’s name, but she’s grateful every day for her help and that of other Good Samaritans. “Sometimes I tell people there are little angels out there who help families like us,” she says.

// Nancy Pease and her daughter, Johanna, are grateful for the help of an anonymous Good Samaritan.

Humanity on the highwayAnn Marie Rezelman, 53, felt helpless—and a

bit embarrassed—when her turquoise Mercury Tracer, nicknamed “Grasshopper,” died in steamy rush hour traffic one hot summer afternoon in Springfield, Va. (pop. 30,417).

“I stood under a puny umbrella on the concrete median strip and waited for the tow truck,” recalls Rezelman, a government contract worker who lives in Warrenton, Va., about 40 miles from where her vehicle stalled. “Each time the light changed, I was face-to-face with a total stranger. A few asked if help had been called, and others were emphatic about how I had inconvenienced them.”

The first act of kindness came from a truckload of construction workers who pulled up behind her car and, like a pit crew at a racing track, moved her disabled vehicle out of the line of traffic. “They piled out, pushed my car out of the travel lane, then jumped back in and roared away when the light changed,” she says.

The second kind gesture came from “a beautiful woman who smiled at me and simply handed me a bottle of cold water.” The bottle had the name “BETSY” written on it in a blue marker, and Rezelman quickly downed the water in the

Blowing kissesThe tearful family of Senior Airman Adam J. Hicks, 24,

gazed through the terminal window at Raleigh-Durham (N.C.) International Airport to watch his jet leave the gate, knowing that they wouldn’t see the Kuwait-bound serviceman for the next six months.

Only minutes earlier inside the terminal, Adam had hugged his wife, Charla, 24, and their daughters, Gracie, 3, Emma, 2, and 5-month-old Ava, along with his parents, grandmother and Charla’s parents.

“The girls were crying. We all were crying,” recalls the airman’s mother, Susan Hicks, 47, of Sidney, Ohio, describing how they watched Adam disappear down the terminal ramp into the Delta Air Lines aircraft.

They rushed to a large airport window in hopes of catching one more peek. But with no dad in sight, the children began to wave instead to the crew in the cockpit, who waved back. Minutes later, the cockpit window opened to reveal their dad, smiling and extending his head and right arm out of the window with one more memorable farewell. Turns out that the pilot had summoned the uniformed passenger to the front of the aircraft on the intercom.

“We had tears in our hearts,” says the airman’s mom, recalling the unexpected act of kindness by the crew of Delta Flight 1591, en route to Atlanta on Oct. 13, 2009.

Adam says initially he was confused when the pilot ordered him to step into

who waved back. o

d

the cockpit. Then he saw his family waving and rushed to the cockpit window.

“I must have blown at least 50 kisses,” says Adam, now based at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, N.C. (pop.

39,043). “I thought of it at least once a day while I was in Kuwait.”

// Senior Airman Adam J. Hicks (above) waves a serendipitous goodbye to his family after a tearful parting (left) at the airport terminal.

PHO

TOS

COUR

TESY

OF

SUSA

N HI

CKS

COUR

TESY

OF

NANC

Y PE

ASE

// Neil Starke gets daily phone calls from friends and neighbors who check in on the 90-year-old widower.

// Ann Marie Rezelman says her faith in humanity is renewed.

ORDERS MUST BE RECEIVED WITHIN 15 DAYS

Special Offer for New Customers Only

Card No. Exp. Date _______ /_______

America’s Favorite Coin Source • TRUSTED SINCE 1945

Name _________________________________________________

Address______________________________________Apt#______

City __________________________ State _____ Zip __________

E-Mail _________________________________________________

Please print your complete name and address clearly

Dept. 9WD4011309 Mt. Eustis RoadLittleton NH 03561-3737

Please send me 2009 Lincoln Cent P&D Roll Sets for ONLY $4.95 each (limit 1) –

regularly $14.95 to 19.95 each, plus Free Shipping and extra savings if I buy all four sets. Also send my FREE Collectors Guide to Lincoln Cents (one per customer, please).

❐YES!✓

ate /

Method of payment:❏ Check payable to

Littleton Coin Co. ❏ VISA ❏ MasterCard ❏ American Express ❏ Discover Network

Description (Limit 1 of each set) Item Price TOTAL

❐ Birthplace P&D Set $4.95❐ Formative Years P&D Set $4.95❐ Professional Life P&D Set $4.95❐ Presidency P&D Set $4.95OR BUY ALL 4 & SAVE MORE! $16.95

Shipping & Handling

Please send coupon with payment to:

FREE!Merchandise TOTAL $

FREE Gift!wwhhwww eenn yyooyyyy uu oorrddrrrr eedddd rr wwiiwww tthhttt iinniii 1155 ddaaddd yyaa ssyyy

Get Littleton’s exclusive, full-color Collectors Guide to Lincoln Head Centsabsolutely FREE!

45-Day Money Back Guarantee of Satisfaction

©20

10 L

CC

, LL

C

Mail coupon today or order online at: www.LittletonCoin.com/specials

One-Year-Only Designs from both Philadelphia & Denver Mints!

Four special designs, each minted for 3months only, celebrated the 100thanniversary of the Lincoln cent in 2009 –and honored four major phases inAbraham Lincoln’s life! Featuring thelowest mintages in decades, these one-

year cents are in great demand amongcollectors, and will never be minted again.

Big Savings on P&D Roll Sets!You can now get Uncirculated P&D Roll Sets,containing 50 Philadelphia Mint coins and 50

Denver Mint coins of each special design – Birthplace,Formative Years, Professional Life, and Presidency.You’ll SAVE 66 to 75% off the regular prices, plus FreeShipping, and you’ll save even more when you buy all4 sets! Plus, order within 15 days and get Littleton’sCollectors Guide to Lincoln Cents FREE!

You’ll also receive our fully illustrated catalog, plusother fascinating selections from our Free ExaminationCoins-on-Approval Service, from which you maypurchase any or none of the coins – return balance in 15 days – with option to cancel at any time. Don’tdelay, order your P&D roll sets today!

Get Complete Uncirculated Roll Sets of

100th Anniversary Lincoln Cents50-Coin Rolls from each Mint!

Limit One Roll Set per Design

sweltering heat.Rezelman’s car could not

be repaired, but her faith in humanity was renewed that day through two simple deeds from complete strangers. She donated Grasshopper to a program that teaches high school students how to repair cars and sells the restored vehicles at affordable prices to low-income workers.

“We’re all in this together,” she says.

Phone a friendNeil Starke, 90, of Wautoma, Wis. (pop.

1,312), says he isn’t fooled.Every morning, the phone rings at the

retired Oshkosh fire captain’s house, and one of his neighbors or friends is calling with a question or some bit of local news of the day.

“They’ll ask things like ‘What did you have for breakfast?’ Or they’ll call when they are on their way to work to say ‘just wanting to make sure you didn’t oversleep.’ In reality, they are making sure I’m all right. It’s a wonderful feeling that they care,” Starke says of the daily calls from

Randy and Becky Gramse, Jon Barthel and others that began after the death of Gladys, his wife of 57 years, in 2002.

Starke describes himself as “a widower, living alone in a rural area, not in the best of health, but independent.” He loves daily interaction and visits nursing home residents to cheer them up.

“People are always talking about how good heaven is,” says Starke, preparing to sample a strawberry pie delivered by neighbor Donna Goldsmith. “I feel like I’ve had a little heaven here on Earth.” ★

Tell us about those good deedsHas someone performed an unexpected act of kindness for you lately? American Profile would like to hear stories about the compassionate acts that readers have experienced in the last year. Mail a brief letter describing the event, along with your full name, address and tele-phone number, to: Acts of Kindness, c/o American Profile, 341 Cool Springs Blvd., Suite 400, Franklin, TN 37067.

Read more heartwarming stories from our readers at www.americanprofile.com/actsofkindness2010

PHO

TOS

BY N

ICK

BERA

RD

COUR

TESY

OF

ANN

MAR

IE R

EZEL

MAN

Find out why it could cost you your life savings — it’s no joke!

� Never pay full price for a hotel room. Know who to call and what to ask, and you’ll get up to 50% off.

� Want your bank to pay you more? The 7 ques-tions they hope you never ask!

� Medicare will pay — 100%. Don’t bypass these free services!

� Seniors: How a small investment of your time could totally eliminate your property taxes.

� Cut your car insurance costs by as much as 50%! Become an insurance insider.

� Save hundreds on your energy bill ... with a spray can!

� Your living will: Three things you must include.� The perks of being a senior: Discounts on planes,

trains, and buses. Plus, airline discounts up to 70% off!

� Coupon-users’ secret that could save you hundreds! (Manufacturers don’t want you to know this one!)

� Save money every month for the rest of your life! It’s easier than you think.

� The best days to shop — you’ll chuckle at the spendthrifts who shop on other days.

� Over 65? Three common medical services you should never ever pay for!

� Pssst. Want to know a secret? How about a score of tax-saving secrets for seniors that you’ll never hear from the government!

� Warning signs that someone has stolen your identity. 4 eye-opening clues.

� Are you missing out on free money? If you’re not doing this, then you are!

� The most important documents you need to pro-tect your estate. Why a will is simply not enough!

� How to get discounted dental work, even if in-surance and Medicare won’t cover it!

� Don’t fall into Medicare gap ... Best bridge for retiree coverage is not PPO or HMO.

� Earn money. There are many jobs that can be done in the comfort of your home. All it takes is your computer.

� Medical overcharge: The hospital is not sup-posed to charge you for this. So if you see it on your bill, demand it be removed!

� Cut your prescription medicine cost in half with this clever (and perfectly legal) trick.

� Why you should always buy produce on Saturdays.� All kinds of free stuff! Surf to the Web site

where real folks give the skinny on freebies and coupons for just about everything.

� Who says it’s too expensive to travel? Where to fi nd exotic vacations with luxury accommodations for less than $50 a day!

� How to fi nd the best car, at the best price. And best of all? No car payment!

� 10 tips for making your home irresistible to buyers.� Freeze out credit fraud! A great way to block

criminals from ruining your good credit.� How to make money as a mystery shopper.� 10 home insurance discounts you must ask your

agent about!

Learn all these amazing secrets and more. To or-der a copy, just return this notice with your name and address and a check for $9.99 plus $3.00 ship-ping and handling to: FC&A, Dept. NR-3382, 103 Clover Green, Peachtree City, GA 30269. We will send you a copy of Retiring Well on a Poor Man’s Budget.

You get a no-time-limit guarantee of satis-faction or your money back.

You must cut out and return this coupon with your order. Copies will not be accepted!

IMPORTANT — FREE GIFT OFFEREXPIRES FEBRUARY 1, 2011

All orders mailed by February 1, 2011 will receive a free gift, 101 Ways to Slash Your Spend-ing, guaranteed. Order right away! ©FC&A 2010

(By Frank K. Wood)If you want to enjoy a carefree retirement, get

all the senior discounts you’re entitled to, make the most of Social Security, reduce your medi-cal costs, and slash your taxes, you need Retiring Well on a Poor Man’s Budget, an informative new book just released to the public by FC&A Pub-lishing® in Peachtree City, Georgia.

You’ll be amazed at how you can trim your grocery bill without buying less food, grow your savings like crazy, prevent identity theft, and much more!

The authors provide many helpful tips with full explanations.� Upgrade your monthly Social Security check to

a higher amount. � Would you like to have the power company pay

you? Who wouldn’t! � Get free medical testing — MRI, x-ray, blood

work!� If you’d like to speak to a real person, press “1.”

How to get the human touch!� How a simple trust can take 50% of your estate

out of the government’s hands.� Stolen identity can destroy your life! The #1 way

to put the freeze on ID thieves!� How to avoid paying taxes on Social Security

benefi ts. � Prescription eyeglasses for just 8 bucks? You

bet! No matter where you live. � Could you really cut your grocery bill in half?

Yes ... if you know these sneaky secrets.� The simple tip that will keep most cars on the

road for 200,000 miles!� By law, you’re entitled to a “benefi ts checkup.”

It’s free (you’ve already paid for it)!� A nickel-and-dime approach to successful retire-

ment! Where to go for senior discounts, bargains, and money-saving services.

� When you should never write checks with a pen!

5 things you should never buy at the dollar store!

5 documents you should always destroy!

“What You Should NEVER Put in Your Will!”

5 of the biggest fi nancial mistakes you can make!

NR 8.375 x 9.75 #NR-3382.indd 1 11/23/10 4:33 PM