Each year, CNN gives $100,000 to the winner from a field of ten finalists – winnowed from 9,000 nominees from all over the world of its “Hero of the Year” award. This year, a 28-year-old Filipino, Efren Peñaflorida, made it to the top ten. A panel of 12 well-known personalities from various fields picked the finalists and Colin Powell was among the judges this year. If Efren wins this year’s award based on how many votes he gets, which will depend on us, he will be able to expand his mobile school program for the children of the slums in the Philippines. What this young man is doing to improve the lives of the kids in the slums is truly inspiring.
Voting is open between now and November 19. CNN will announce the winner and give out the award at a star-studded show on Thanksgiving night in Los Angeles at the Kodak Theater where the same venue for the Oscars. So, let us all help Efren win so that he will, in turn, be able to help more impoverished kids. The more votes Efren gets, the greater his chances of winning the “Hero of the Year” award and the $100,000. It will take less than a minute to click a button to cast your vote. Let’s all help Efren continue to make a difference in those slum kids’ lives. Without his mobile school and his group of volunteers, those kids will probably never have a chance to set foot in a real school and learn their ABCs. Let us all vote for Efren!
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congrats to our fellow efren penaflorida, hero of the year..