Each month we recognise ordinary people who do so much for others. Please send us your stories of 800 to 1,200 words about extraordinary people who largely go unrecognised, so they can inspire and encourage us all. Email lyn@insightpublishing.com.au or post to Earth Angels @ Insight, PO Box 886, Hamilton QLD 4007.

Earth Angels – May

This is a very personal story of courage, commitment, dedication and lots of love.
When Dick and Judy Hoyt were told that their firstborn son Rick, who was born with cerebral palsy, was a vegetable and should be institutionalised, they cried a bit and then they talked. They knew Rick was smart and eventually convinced a team of engineers to build a custom made computer for him. This allowed him to finish school and go on to university and it was here that he and his dad teamed up to become one invincible force called Team Hoyt.

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Earth Angels – April

Pinky McKay is an Angel who wears a halo for so many mums. She is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, a mummy mentor, infant massage instructor, author and an international keynote speaker. Pinky teaches gentle parenting styles that honour the mothers, as she leaves them happy and confidant with their natural instincts, while she gives respect to the needs of the baby or toddler.

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Earth Angels – March

Kerri Rodley, an earth angel, works tirelessly to raise funds to help in the rescue of China Moon Bears, and in May 2012 she will be joining in a five-day trek along remote and unrestored sections of the Great Wall of China. After the trek she will visit the Animal’s Asia sanctuary at Chengdu, Sichuan Province, where the bears live out their lives freely in a beautiful bamboo forest.

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Earth Angels - February 2012

Pass It Forward Gifts, offer customers the opportunity to join the community to make a difference, as they can enjoy not only the beautiful selection of gifts on the website, but also the satisfaction of doing something good collectively. As the founder of this company Betty’s philosophy is: ‘a simple act of kindness can brighten someone’s day, give them hope and lift their spirit’. 

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Earth Angels - January 2012

In 1994 Frances Carrington registered with Australian Volunteers Abroad to go to Africa, however life took her in another direction altogether and she found herself in the Himalaya Mountains teaching design and tailoring to the newly arrived Tibetan Refugees and this is where her story begins.

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Earth Angels - December

Daniel Flynn decided that the water crisis in third world countries was a real problem that he could not ignore - something had to be done. Along with four other young people, Thankyou Water was created.

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Earth Angels - November

This Earth Angel shares her passion for Huna, nature, crystals, massage and wonderful organic food. Roslyn is a beautiful soul of Aloha Spirit who has helped inspire people’s lives and is one lady who truly walks her talk.

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Earth Angels - October

Masami Sato is one Earth Angel who really is changing the world, one person, one customer, one business at a time while also allowing those people, those customers and those businesses to be part of the giving and to make their own difference in the world.

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Earth Angels - August

Sam and Corinne were backpacking on holidays through West Africa and landed in a town called Benin where they met Bart. He so inspired Sam and Corinne that they opened their hearts and changed the lives of disadvantaged kids on the other side of the world.

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