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Angelena Kearney-Dunlap, Warrenton, North Carolina. Winning Citizen: Angelena is a tireless servant to the Warrenton, NC community. She serves the community, its youth, her church and the county in her position as Clerk to the Board of Commissioners. She has excelled in every endeavor and maintains a kind and pure spirit that is an example to all. Angelena was a child of integration, yet she bears no grudges; she has always loved traveling; she started a travel agency. She desired to work as a missionary; she is Chairperson of the Missionary Board and she makes an annual trip to serve in South America. She is the “go-to-girl.” By Charlotte Kelly

Dino Gaudio, Wake Forest University, North Carolina, Winning Coach: The community just lost its head basketball coach, Skip Prosser at age 56 because of an unexpected heart attack. In the three weeks since the tragedy, the community has rallied around his former assistant, who has since been given the head coaches job. Gaudio, a cancer survivor, had been with Coach Prosser for over 25 years and felt a little hesitant about taking the job at first, but knows that the team and other members of the Wake Forest staff need his leadership and guidance to help them all overcome the loss of the much-revered Prosser. Gaudio’s presence and leadership should help a great deal in the grieving process. By Marc Pruitt

Emmanuel “Manny” Ohonme, Kannapolis, North Carolina. Winning Samaritan: Around 1980 this Nigerian boy got his first shoes. He excelled in sports. Offered a scholarship in the USA to play basketball, he attended University of North Carolina. After graduation, he got an executive position. But Manny couldn’t forget the shoeless kids back home. He founded Samaritan’s Feet which distributes free shoes around the world. By Arlene Showalter

Jock Brandis, Wilmington, North Carolina, Winning Benefactor: Founder of the Full Belly Project and one of the Universal Nut Sheller’s inventors, and his passion for helping others is evident. The Full Belly Project Ltd is a non-profit organization based out of Wilmington, North Carolina, which designs labor-saving devices to improve the lives of people in developing countries. At present one of their primary objectives is to increase the cost effectiveness of peanut agriculture as a means of sustainable development in those countries, through the development of affordable appropriate technology which they place in the public domain. There are an estimated half billion people across the globe in over 100 countries, primarily in the equatorial regions and particularly in Africa, dependent upon peanuts as a primary source of protein. By LJ Bottjer (aka Mona)

Pansy Wallace, Raleigh-Durham North Carolina, Winner against the Odds: She is a baby boomer whose high expectations for her life were thwarted by the reality of love members returning from the war with incurable diseases which caused her family to deal with never ending medical expenses. Added to this was an unpredictable economy that forced her to relocate and start anew. Despite her disappointments she pressed on, in a job without a lot of glory and stay true to what she believed to be the most important — loving people. She made a success out of her life. This past summer, she built a brand new brick home. She is the story of the every day person making a difference. By Daura Drumgoole

Terrance Evins, Oxford, North Carolina, Winning Athlete/Educator: Owner and head instructor of King Tiger Academy of North Charlotte, he has taken the world of martial arts by storm. In a sport where African-American role models aren’t plentiful, Evins didn’t let that stop him from achieving and thriving. Educated at East Carolina University, Evins has a BS in Psychology/Child Development. The former collegiate, state and national champion in forms and sparring has received multiple honors since beginning in the world of Tae Kwon Do martial arts. Since that time Evin’s accomplishments continued: State Director for the Philippine Martial Arts Alliance, Hall of Fame Speaker Award through Amerinational Service 2007 and Action Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductee for Excellence in Teaching 2007. In September 2007, Evins successfully completed the rigorous Ultimate Black Belt Challenge. Under Evins leadership, King Tiger Academy has received honors such as: Top 10 School Award for US and Canada through Amerinational Service 2006 and 2007 consecutively, produced several local, state, national and international champions. By John Burton, Jr.

Terry Rodwell, Raleigh, North Carolina. Winning Humanitarian: Terry Rodwell touches people’s lives everyday. This man works with developmentally disabled children and adolescents. These children have limited mobility, have limited functionality, and have limited lives. Terry does not get recognized for his work, no one has given him any awards or recognition. Terry Rodwell is an ordinary man living an ordinary life with struggles and hardships like any other. Yet, when he goes to work, he is someone’s hero and someone’s savior. By Lanya S. Savage