The Hero Effect
The Hero Effect is an uplifting docu-series that tells the stories of ordinary individuals who are making extraordinary differences in their communities. Each episode is shot on location in different communities across the country, celebrating everyday heroes that facilitate beneficial, life-changing impact on the people around them.
- 2016-2017
- 1 season
- OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network
- Reality
The Hero Effect is an uplifting docu-series that tells the stories of ordinary individuals who are making extraordinary differences in their communities. Each episode is shot on location in different communities across the country, celebrating everyday heroes that facilitate beneficial, life-changing impact on the people around them.
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2016 - 2017
Episode 1
Katie's Krops
17-year-old Katie Stagliano started this organization to teach kids about growing vegetables and providing those crops to disadvantaged populations to help fight hunger.
Episode 2
Cafe Momentum
Sat, Dec 10, 2016
Chef Chad Houser created this Dallas-based restaurant and culinary training facility to transform the lives of at-risk youth who have spent time in juvenile facilities.
Episode 3
Cheyenne River Youth Project
Project leader Julie Garreau works with young people from poverty stricken Native American families in the Eagle Buttle, SD, community to create services that foster healthy choices and life practices.
Episode 4
Rising Tide
Sat, Apr 8, 2017
Founded by John and Tom D'Eri, Rising Tide Carwash hires individuals with autism and teaches them job skills to help them on a path towards independent living.
Episode 5
More Too Life
Sat, Jan 14, 2017
Brook Bello used her story of survival as a way to reach out to other victims of human trafficking to help them heal and restore their own lives.
Episode 6
Mission United
Sat, Nov 12, 2016
Mission United is a critical program supporting United States military veterans and their families as they re-acclimate to civilian life.
Episode 7
Mary's Center
Sat, Feb 11, 2017
As a nurse recognizing the need for medical care that serves all populations, Maria Gomez founded Mary's Center to provide health care, education and social services to individuals whose needs too often go unmet.
Episode 8
Raising Readers
Sat, Mar 11, 2017
Carolyn Jons leads the effort to help improve language and literacy development in children, and nurture healthy family relationships.
Episode 9
Treehouse
Sat, May 13, 2017
The Treehouse Foundation is building inter-generational Treehouse Communities where families adopting children from foster care live next door to older Americans who act as "honorary grandparents".
Episode 10
Indo Jax
Sat, Aug 12, 2017
Jack Viorel leads this organization, which empowers disadvantaged, medically fragile and special needs children by exposing them to the ocean environment and teaching them to surf.
