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Angel Among Us serves by sewing

Updated: November 7, 2012
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URBANA -- We all say we like to help others, but how many of us do it every single day? Ruth Attebury is one of those people who is an Angel Among Us.

She and her daughter have spent time in one room every day for two years making dresses for orphans in Africa. Some of those girls may only have one other piece of clothing.

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