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02-05-2025
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Remarkable Women: Celebrating the Portland community's inspiring women
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Each March, for Women's History Month, KOIN 6 News and Nexstar invite a group of community-minded women to a luncheon in downtown Portland. These Remarkable Women are nominated based on their everyday actions that reflect purpose and a can-do spirit, and we bring these inspiring community members together to lift up their great work and accomplishments. Interim Cowlitz Police Chief allegedly sexually abused a minor before apparent suicide KOIN has been honoring remarkable women in the area since 2020, sharing their stories on TV. However, as we've emerged from the pandemic – in the last two years we've gotten to bring them together so they can meet in person, make connections and find ways to do good together. 'I'm just floored by all of the women around me and all of the remarkable things that they are doing in the community,' said Rachel Mackenzlee Yee, a 2025 remarkable women nominee. 'I'm just so inspired today, spending this time around these women.' Another body discovered floating in the Willamette River near Terminal 4 Rachel is a one-eyed role model. She's created the Fun Eye Fund – to help people in need get special prosthetic eyes. 'I've always thought that there's so many stories that people really don't know what different people are doing all the time,' Cheryl Bickle, the 2025 Remarkable Women winner. 'So it was really good to hear that people can have an idea and then they go forward.' Cheryl has devoted her life to teaching for the past 35 years, creating a place of learning for Portland's homeless and transient children. Driver involved in 2024 fatal motorcycle crash arrested, accused of manslaughter We recently sent Cheryl to Hollywood to be celebrated at a national level for Remarkable Women 2025. 'It was pretty amazing. Everybody was friendly. I met some people and we've sent each other a few emails,' she said. 'It was really nice at 78–it was a really big event.' Learn more about their full stories, along with two other honorees this year – Tiffany Slottke, who heads up the St. Johns Food Share and Becky Berger who opened Griffin's Place for people with developmental disabilities and took over the family business after the loss of her husband. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- General
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The winner of Remarkable Women 2025 is…
HONOLULU (KHON2) — For the past month, KHON2 has been highlighting Hawaiʻi's remarkable women, celebrating the impact of the islands' fabulous wāhine. The winner of Remarkable Women 2025 is a woman who has made it her personal mission to find loving homes for orphaned children. Maui dog makes an unlikely friend — a whale Kristine Altwies, a proud mother of six, says being a mother has been her greatest joy. 'I can't imagine my life without my children,' Altwies said. 'When you have the ability to adopt a child, it's a gift.' The gift is adoption is one she knows very well. Altwies transformed and expanded international adoption in the islands, reaching China for the first time, and helping countless children and families along the way. Our remarkable woman has placed over 1,000 orphaned children from China, Russia and Africa with loving families in Hawaiʻi and across the her work, Altwies has traveled the world visiting orphanages and setting up programs supporting local communities and keiki. 'That's what drives me, is the awareness that we have opportunities in life and if we take them, we're enriched,' she said. Altwies and her husband, Bruce Chen, adopted a girl from China 15 years ago, and adopted two other children when their adoptions with other families did not come to fruition. 'In each case, it felt like it needed to happen,' Altwies said. 'And I really believe that each child came to our family for a reason and it's a mutually supportive and mutually rewarding reason.' Download the free KHON2 app for iOS or Android to stay informed on the latest news As international adoptions slowed, Alties shifted her attention to family health. She now heads the nonprofit Pono Roots Counseling Center, which provides counseling services for keiki, adults, couples and families. 'I felt that our unique awareness of trauma and adoption,' she said. 'I really got to see what it takes to be a family and what it takes to be a great parent.' Altwies credits her own parents for raising her in a home that was always open to friends, and strangers, who needed a place to stay, which taught her to open her own door and adopt a philosophy of open arms. 'I absolutely think that sense of connectivity impaced me and the idea that if you have anything at all, you share it,' Altwies said. 'You share your love, you share your talents, you share your energy.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
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How 28/22 News surprised Remarkable Woman 2025 Winner
WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — All throughout March, 28/22 News featured Remarkable Women, and on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m., we revealed this year's winner of our Remarkable Women contest. Lisa Urbanski is the co-founder of Brighter Journeys, a group that helps families with children with special needs. Lisa was under the weather on Tuesday and joined us by telephone, so her family and friends were in the PA live! Studio for the presentation. A few weeks ago, it was 28/22 News Anchor Candice Kelly who broke the news that Lisa had won. Congratulations to Remarkable Women 2025 Winner Lisa Urbanski As Lisa walks down the hall to a conference room, little does she know her friends and family have been keeping a big secret from her. She thinks she's being interviewed for an upcoming event honoring her friend, John Graham. But in reality, the honor is going to her for her tireless devotion to her non-profit Brighter Journeys, advocating for all children with special needs and their families in NEPA. Humble and not easily duped, Lisa is shocked as more than a dozen family and friends pulled one over on her in an epic way to announce she is our remarkable woman for 2025. Yet, after all the hugs, balloons, flowers, and cake, it still takes a moment, for this moment, to sink in. Lisa will now head to Los Angeles to represent 28/22 News at the Remarkable Women gathering. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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02-04-2025
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Here's the winner of Remarkable Women 2025
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Throughout the month of March, 22News introduced you to a few women who inspire, lead, and forge the way for other women in the community. Remarkable Women is part of a nationwide Nexstar Media initiative to honor the influence that women have had on public policy, social progress, and the quality of life. Remarkable Women 2025 nominees 22News would like to congratulate Nicole Coakley on winning this year's Remarkable Women initiative! Nicole will travel to Los Angeles to be part of the national 2025 Remarkable Women Show, and a $1,000 donation will also be made to the charity of her choice. Mass Appeal host Kayla Hevey officially announced the winner on 22News at 5:30 p.m. You can watch the announcement in the video player above. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Health
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Retired nurse's mission: CURE bears bring comfort to childhood cancer patients
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — March is Women's History Month, and News 8 is highlighting all the women in our community doing remarkable things. Tuesday, we introduce to you one woman working to bring awareness to childhood cancer, one teddy bear at a time. Meet Lynne Stiefler! 'It's a tangible reminder to families that they're not fighting cancer alone. And that there's other people that care and I think that's an important message,' Steifler, a retired pediatric oncology nurse, told News 8. Stiefler runs CURE Bears for Hope and Love – through which she gives children fighting cancer teddy bears for comfort. It's not an official non-profit, but she's been doing this pretty much full-time since 2013. 'Kids – when they're going through treatment are just so remarkable, you know? They're not like adults,' she said. Steifler retired in 2010 after working as a pediatric oncology nurse for nearly 30 years, but she missed working with the kids. So, she quickly started working with organizations like Camp Good Days and Cure Childhood Cancer, but she doesn't get help or discounts to buy her bears. For that, she collects bottles and cans with her husband. 'We, I think, last month returned probably 1500 cans and bottles. So, it adds up,' she explained. Steifler shaved her head for the first time in 2008 in solidarity with children fighting cancer. Since then she's done it over a dozen times. 'It's always bothered me that there's not enough done for childhood cancer awareness and in October you have tons of stuff for breast cancer awareness,' she said. Golden Apple Award: Congratulations to Chiquita Graham! Steifler hopes to keep spreading awareness for childhood cancer while providing comfort for kids fighting it with her teddy bears. Retired nurse's mission: CURE bears bring comfort to childhood cancer patients Rochester's Remarkable Women: Meet them in March Remarkable Women 2025 nominations And Nexstar's 2024 Remarkable Women winner is… Blog: Remarkable Women surprised by Jennifer Hudson Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
