In this episode of Everyday Heroes, Jodi talks to Alex Ford, marketing and communications manager for Jobs for Life, an organization devoted to bringing the poor out of poverty by helping them find stable jobs. Please check out their website for more information: jobsforlife.org

In this fun episode, Jodi speaks with Mark Carr, the founder of Healthy Kids Outside, about the role all adults have to help get kids outside. Learn more about how Mark is helping in this initiative at riverworksdiscovery.org

On this episode of Everyday Heroes, Jodi speaks to Edgar County Watchdog founders John Kraft and Kirk Allen about how they are keeping their local officials in check. Visit their website at edgarcountywatchdogs.com

It is National School Choice week and on today's episode of Everyday Heroes, Jodi speaks with some representatives who are doing their part to ensure that all kids, especially those within our nation's inner cities, are not locked in bad schools, but instead have choices and opportunities through education. We hear from Colin Sharkey, the Executive Vice President of the Association of American Educators as he discusses what they are doing to assist teacher's, but also on the value of school choice. Next, we hear from David Hardy who is the CEO and co-founder of an all-boys 6-12 charter school in Philadelphia called the Boys Latin of Philadelphia Charter, and he shares their great success stories. Visit them at their websites: aaeteachers.org and boyslatin.org