Us. For the next 30 minutes, youll meet some amazing people who go above and beyond to make the bay area a better place to live and as youll see in our first story, that includes under the bay, in this case monterrey bay. Bill shepherd fell in love with scuba diving after his first dive a few years ago. And the san jose man will go to Great Lengths to protect that world he loves. To the people of Pacific Grove, so used to so many beautiful sight, it had to be one of the stranger ones theyve seen in quite some time. As strange to see Bill Shepherd says as it was to be a part of. This has got to look ridiculous. Its so uncomfortable. Im dying of heat. Ill say it. Youll edit it out, but there was some serious chafing going on. Reporter the day was august 24th, a sunday. Bill, along with his son aaron, and a dozen other members of the scuba squad dive club, were spending the day diving the waters of monterrey bay off of lovers point. It was after his last dive of the day, though, that bill got a signal that something was up. When bill came in, i pointed it out to him. What is that . Why are there dead fish attached to a buoy . Reporter it was club member tegan trautweins job that day to stay onshore and watch out after her fellow divers. Which is why she noticed two men, a couple of spear guns and a whole bunch of fish they shouldnt have been catching. It is a protected area. You guys arent allowed to hunt here. Theres big signs up everywhere that say that. Its not like youre likely to miss. We go to their car to see if we can get a picture of their license plate. They continue walking up 16th avenue. Reporter here is when things went from the responsible to the slightly ridiculous. For the next half hour, the two poachers led bill all still in their wet suits on a mile and a half slow speed walking pursuit through the streets of Pacific Grove. And it would have given you pause to go what . Reporter the poachers even split up at one point, trying to shake bill, but no luck. They eventually had to return to their truck where a department of fishing game warden was there to greet them. It was neat to see the team Work Together the way that they did. Also, kind of proud of it. Reporter proud for doing their part in keeping Pacific Grove as beautiful below the water as it is above. From diving underwater to creating underwater works of art all in the spirit of paying it forward. Now in the true spirit of paying it forward, darin green wood doesnt even know the name of the person who did something nice for him, nor where he know the names of the countless people he is helping, though if they look in just the right place, they can find his. Reporter somewhere in the neighborhood of 30,000 cars drive past the livermore Waste Water Treatment Plant on isabelle avenue every single day. Most of the people in them probably thinking the city paid a professional artist to see the murals they see spanning one corner of the property. Very few would guess it was really the guy in the corner office. Yeah, i do get that a lot when people come out. They say nice. I say thank you. I painted those. Theyre like no. You had an artist. Its me. Reporter Darren Greenwood is the public works director. While water has been his profession for many years, art has been his hobby even longer. You know, its a nice outlet to relax. Reporter along the way, darren has done a few other highprofile jobs, but none has been as rewarding he says as those murals at his workplace, that is until his latest work. I mean, when else do you get a chance to make a difference to somebody who is sick . Reporter at age 17, darrens son joe was diagnosed with leukemia. Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center would become the familys home away from home for the next three years. It was something, however, they were given their very first night that stuck with darren. A care package of snacks for new patients and their families thanks to an anonymous donor. It was the coolest thing that somebody you dont know is thinking about you. Sorry. So i got to thinking at that point, what could i do . I paint. So i figured thats what i could do. Reporter and that is just what darren did. He took three weeks off from his job at the Water Treatment plant and working day and night covered an entire wall and the ceiling of the pediatric family waiting area. Because the people there were little kids and the people sitting there getting worse diagnoses than we got, if there was some way the take somebodys mind off of that, you just get them out of the mode for a minute, thats worth a lot. Reporter darrin says the mural is also a way to say thanks to the doctors and nurses who eventually saved his sons life. And what better way to celebrate such good work than with such a great piece of work. Thinking of others is also what a gilroy family is doing. Even while going through unimaginable loss. We first introduced you to the Krantz Family in february. They selflessly allowed us into their home just days before the death of their 6yearold daughter to a very rare form of brain cancer. It has been just seven months since they lost her. Their grief is of course still strong. But their willingness to help others it turns out may be just as strong. All right. Reporter some promises are easy to make, but very hard to carry out. The promise libby krantz is on her way the keeping is one of those. Because it is a vow libby made to her 6yearold daughter, jennifer lynn, not long before she died. I will do it big for the rest of my life. I promised her that. Reporter that is libby and husband tony in february, just five days before jennifer lost her battle with a rare and always fatal brain tumor called dipg. Libbys promise was to do whatever was in her power to fight against pediatric cancer, to hopefully one day prevent others from feeling her pain. The krantzs started keeping that promise the very day jennifer died. There are a lot of hope. Reporter donating her tumors so doctors at Lucille Packard Childrens Cancer center could create rare and much needed childrens stem cell lines. Ones that could very well lead to breakthroughs against the disease that hadnt seen any in decades. Okay, go get started. Reporter none of that happens, however, without money, which brings us to what libby and her three surviving children are doing in this gilroy yard. They call it fluttering. It is a brandnew fundraiser for krantzs brandnew nonprofit, unravel. For 25, families get a kit of a dozen dragon fly lawn ornaments. They sneak them onto the lawn of a friend asking for a donation and a nomination for the next friend to be fluttered for the next day for the whole month of september. Lindsey hack helped the krantzs put it together. We were expecting, if we could get 50 people, okay, well reach 100. Reporter it ended up being 350 families in 49 states and three countries, all with the potential to flutter more than 10,000 homes and easily raise more than 100,000 for pediatric cancer research. It is a lot, but still never enough for libby. It will never be good enough for me because it was my daughter. Its going to be this lawn right here. Okay . Reporter so it is in her daughters name that libby promises to never stop for the sake of children she doesnt know what is wrong . Reporter as well as for the sake of her own. Do you think shes here with us when we do this . Do you think shes watching us . Uhhuh. I do. By the end of september, the family and their team had reached their goal raising 120,000 for Childrens Cancer research. They are already thinking of ways to top that next year. Coming up, fixing what was broken by the napa quake. A bay area artist comes up with a creative way to help her neighbors reimagine smashed heirlooms. I still do what i do with what im going through, and that makes it even sweeter. But it is what fellow musicians did for this man that proves more than music can touch a persons soul. Im going on 17 years. Sometimes a smile is just what someone down on their luck needs. 6 coming up, youll meet a man who has made sure they have gotten one for more than two decades. After a disaster like the napa quake back august, we hear stories of neighbors helping each other. None, however, quite as original as the woman youre about to meet. A vallejo artist helping people not just pick up the pieces, but put them back together. For someone who loves breaking things as much as sherry tobin does, this mosaicloving artist has absolutely no fondness for earthquakes. Particularly the one that shook her out of bed in august. I think during the earthquake what i was thinking was let it stop, let it stop. Please dont let this get any bigger, let it stop, let it stop, let it stop. Reporter the quake, of course, did stop, but when it did, Something Else started. A stream of pictures and stories being posted by sherrys friends showing what they had lost in the quake. One in particular by her friend, marie. Catching her eye. And she just had these absolutely beautiful broken china. Reporter in her sadness, sherry saw an opportunity. What if she could give her friend, or anyone who wanted to join, a way to salvage those momentos. They can just make a new keepsake out of their precious things that they have to throw away now. Does everybody have their pieces that they want to work with . So kind of gather your goodies. Reporter the earthquake art party is what sherry decided to call it and she held it at the hub. A downtown art event and community center. People brought whatever the earthquake destroyed and sherry helped them create a work of art with it. A brandnew piece pairing with it some cherished old memories. It was a plate. From south dakota with mt. Rushmore on the front. It was my god mothers. Its been hanging on our dining room wall for as long as i can remember. And so when it broke, i was kind of crushed because you know, theyre not with us anymore. Reporter sherry also led the group on a communal piece. A statue that will eventually be covered by pieces destroyed by the earthquake and placed in a Community Garden for all to share, a symbol showing that the earthquake may have shattered a lot of things in vallejo, but spirits were not one of them. There you go the napa quake didnt stop local musicians from helping a fellow musician either. If you ask anyone whose anyone in the north bay blues rock and soul scene, theyll probably tell you theyve played with Herman Wilson. But recently, they got to play for herman. It wasnt all that long ago Herman Wilson says he could run seven miles in 35 minutes. Today herm is lucky to get around the block in that amount of time. Multiple sclerosiss, herms Constant Companion of the past quarter century recently upped its attack on his nervous system. Many things he asks his muscles to do, they just cant. Many, but not all. There are just some things it seems herm wont let this disease take from him. I still do what i do with what im going through and that makes it even sweeter. Reporter for decades, herm has been a fixture on the bays blues, jazz, and soul scene. Playing his saxophone with dozens of band and who knows how many artists. It is who he is and herm wants to hold onto it as long as he can, which is where jeff trager comes in. Jeff is a promoter who spent a lifetime in the music industry. He has dealt with literally thousands of musicians over the years. Few he says with a bigger heart than herm. And my mom passed about four months ago and he played at her memorial. When i went to pay him, he says to me no, it was an honor, you know. Thats herman. Reporter when jeff heard that herm needed some 15,000 to pursue an experimental ms treatment, well, he got a few hundred of his friends together to see what they could do. Hugs for herms was held this past month in vallejo. Musicians herm had backed up over the years now had his back. They came to play for him and better yet play with him. And by the end of the night, they had the money and herm, well, he had proof that for his whole life he had been hitting the right notes on stage and off. And i can still smile because i am still me. Im a musician that plays differently now. Three san jose brothers took their love of martial arts to the national stage. Looking at an elite group of athletes. When they are together, you get the finest quality of tae kwon do showmanship. How they did it and why comes out of another love. That story when we come back. Here in Silicon Valley theres no shortage of Success Stories that begin in a garage. Our next story isnt hp or apple or any hightech startup, but it interestingly does involve three brothers who all work in hightech. Team m, though, has Something Else all three brothers share, a love of tae kwon do and their father. When the owners of this south san jose home bought it five years ago, it wasnt the Square Footage or the quality of neighborhood schools that sold them on it. It was of things the garage. It was perfect not for parking cars, mind you, but for practicing their craft. Brothers hui, ahn and long are the founders and coaches of team m, a 10yearold tae kwon do demonstration team. You get the highest quality of showmanship. The brothers began practicing their martial art as young boys in vietnam at the insistence of their father. 23409 loving it at the time, but growing to. I dont know when, but one day it took over my life. Reporter over the past decade, the brothers have grown team m into a powerhouse, placing dozens of members on teams, even medaling at competitions. And they do it all from their garage in winter and backyard in summer and all to their competitors amazement. And the reaction is always surprising. Sometimes they just look at you like, wow, how do you possibility, physically do it . Reporter still, it isnt just their facilities that make team m. Stand out. Its their mission as well. Team m. Is actually a nonprofit. None of the coaches is paid. None of the athletes charged a tuition. The brothers, who all have day jobs in hightech, say its their way to give back to the sport they love and the man who got them started in it. After he passed away, we really committed to continue to go on with the sport. And through the toughest time, tae kwon do is actually what kept us together as brothers. Coming up, he spent a lifetime either serving his country or others for decades. Meet a man whose commitment to service can be measured in the millions. Our last story tonight comes to us from san franciscos st. Anthonys dining room. Seven days a week the citys less fortunate can count on getting a good, hot meal. They can also count on a certain smiling face to serve them. The face belongs to rene. Every monday and tuesday for close to 20 years, hes been a role model in giving back as well as many other things. If youre in the mood to learn a Little Something about service and commitment, just look for the sunset neighborhood home with the symbols to match and the man who flies them. Thats a picture of me in australia when i was in the tank corps. Reporter renee has quite the track record on the matter. This is a picture of me in okinawa. Reporter rene was just 22 years old when the japanese attacked pearl harbor. He made a commitment to serve his country then by joining the marines. Eight years, three invasions and two purple hearts were the results. Rene then came back home and made a commitment to a different sort, his marriage to marguerite lasting 68 years until her death a few years ago. It should have been no surprise then to the people of st. Anthonys dining hall in san franciscos tenderloin district that when rene showed up in the late 90s to volunteer, he would be with them for quite some time. Im going on 17 years. Reporter although rene wasnt all that sure. Im wondering what im going to get into. And they did it right away. They put me on pouring drinks. Ive been pouring drinks ever since. Reporter a lot of drinks. The st. Anthonys staff did some back of the napkin math recently and figured rene volunteering two days a week has poured some 3 million drinks over the years for the citys less fortunate. Hi, patrice. Reporter renes true value, though, cannot be quantified. Thank you for being here, mr. Rene. Okay, my pleasure, love. Reporter he is the master of service with more than a few smiles. Ive got a good rapport with the ladies. Reporter and at 93, theres no thought of slowing down. In fact, rene is thinking of upping his commitment to three days a week and expanding his ever growing record of service. One thing about it keeps me active instead of just sitting around watching tv all day. Thanks again for joining us for this bay area proud special. You can see new stories every tuesday and thursday during our 5 00 p. M. Newscast. And if you go to our website, nbcbayarea. Com and scroll down to the bay area proud section, you can watch the more than 200 stories weve done. And if you wonder where we get these stories, we get them from you. If you know of a story, i would love to hear about it so i can share it with the world. You can email me through our web page or find me on twitter at garvin thomas. Have a good night. The money, im becky quick. Would you rather dive off a cliff or watch the stock market . Is there a reason to worry about stocks if you are in it for the longterm . Theyre not the cool kid on the block anymore, but acc wants to be the comeback kid. How the smart phone maker is trying to dial up success. Theres no place like home, but whether to rent or buy is one of the biggest Financial Decisions there is. What you need to know. And its a business thats growing like weeds, or at least like weed. Speed money, on the money starts right now. This is americas number one Financial News program, on the money. Now, becky quick. Heres a look at whats making news as we
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