Uncommon Heroes

It is an unfortunate and widespread problem where the elderly and/or disabled are left alone with no one to help, yet they are still expected to uphold to the city standards with their home and property. It is important for the neighborhoods to maintain their community, but what happens to those who can no longer manage their homes? Uncommon Heroes is a book of inspiring stories of homeowners in desperate situations who needed help with the upkeep of their home and about the community uniting around them.

It is an unfortunate and widespread problem where the elderly and/or disabled are left alone with no one to help, yet they are still expected to uphold to the city standards with their home and property. It is important for the neighborhoods to maintain their community, but what happens to those who can no longer manage their homes? Uncommon Heroes is a book of inspiring stories of homeowners in desperate situations who needed help with the upkeep of their home and about the community uniting around them.

As the Co-Founder and COO of CommUNITY Affects, a nonprofit organization, Dianne Higdon is on the forefront of uniting neighbors and businesses as a Community Impact Strategist. After many years of researching strategies of how a community can reach out to neighborhoods, Dianne and her husband Wes, founded Community Affects. They train and coach organizations to bring churches, city organizations, local government and citizens together to help homeowners in their own communities. Through training and coaching, Community Affects helps to make building unity a smoother and enjoyable process. Dianne and her husband Wes have been married for ten years and enjoy working and traveling together.