Everyday
Heroes is a collection of stories as told to David Griffin.
The collection deals with ordinary people and their attempts
to achieve, but it also shows how these people lived their
lives, the things that inspired them, the setbacks they endured,
and the emotions of the time.
Everyday Heroes started in a community radio station,
Stereo 974 in the heart of Melbourne’s western suburbs.
David Griffin conducted an hour-long interview program called
Heroes.
The interviews were structured around a broad range of people,
including sporting professionals, actors, politicians, coaches,
authors, photographers, doctors, journalists and even local
businesspeople. It was these stories, each unique, and fascinating
in different ways, that form the basis of this book. Some
of the individuals are well known whilst others are not. Some
of the interviewees are wealthy whilst most are not, some
are young, some are older, but what they all have in common
is a desire to achieve a dream and live a life they thought
to be correct.
Chapter
titles
Charlie Booth - Professional Athlete and champion of Life
Lee Troop - Athlete
Peter Larkins - Olympian, Physician, Media Personality
Peter Ring - Top Gun Instructor
John Forbes - Charity Worker
Aneeka Williams - Boxing Judge
Jeremy Kewley - Actor
David Metzenthen - Author
Diana Williams - Entrepreneur
Bob Taylor - Radio DJ
Marie Wilson - Musician
Jon Anderson - Journalist
Kylie Coombe - Sportwswoman
Dave Russell - Former World Champion Boxer
Rodney Eade - AFL Football Coach
In
life’s journey we encounter many difficulties, but the
persistence, passion, determination, focus and opportunity
of the subjects in this book are inspiring. Everyday Heroes
tells the story of Australians striving to achieve. The stories
are about individuals that would consider themselves to be
just ordinary people, like you and me.
The
Everyday Heroes Project
David Griffin set out to illustrate positive role models for
teenagers. “I wanted the stories in the book to be a
learning experience for teenagers. I wanted them to be able
to read each of the stories and identify with the fact that
it wasn’t easy for any of the subjects to achieve what
they wanted to achieve.”
Copies
of Everyday Heroes have been distributed to High School students
with extremely positive results. A series of interview programs
have been developed to complement the book and a publishing
project has been created that will enable the students to
develop their own Heroes book and raise money for the school
community.
Proceeds
from the sale of Everyday Heroes is being donated to Open
Family Australia. Everyday Heroes has been David Griffin’s
passion and it was always intended to somehow help kids achieve
a dream.
This
has been achieved with Open Family Australia; giving the street
kids a chance at enjoying a better life. This philosophy is
closely aligned with the thoughts and aspirations of this
book.
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