This article features several community college alumni who share how community colleges contributed to their success later in their lives and how they are inspired to give back. These outstanding alumni stress the importance of community and public service. They include: (1) Dr. Richard Carmona, U.S. Surgeon General from 2002 to 2006; (2) Colonel Eileen M. Collins, the first woman to pilot and command an American spacecraft; (3) Joseph Phillip Gomer, Major, U.S. Air Force, Member of Tuskegee Airmen; (4) Suzanne Lewis, first woman Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park; (5) Chard Pregracke, president and founder, Living Lands & Waters; and (6) Junki Yoshida, CEO of Yoshida Group Companies.