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Cnn Heroes
what’s the buzz?
2009 CNN Heroes
what’s the story?
every year on thanksgiving, CNN honors 10 amazing people who inspire others, work unbelievably hard to help others, and who passionately care about others.
were inspired…
this was for sure better than any parade or football game on thanksgiving. it was super beautiful to hear these people’s stories, and it really made us aware of things we don’t know much, or anything about. sometimes we think our problems are so so big and scary, but hearing the causes these people are crusading for makes what we face seem so small.
be inspired...
each one of the people honored are incredibly inspiring. if you missed the show, totally find it somewhere and watch it if you can. it was for reals so genuinely inspiring. here are the 10 CNN Heroes from the show, so check out their stories... it'll make you smile... or cry... or get involved :D.
Brad Blauser
he risks his life, and works for no money, helping disabled children get wheelchairs, in the middle of war country, in Iraq.
Roy Foster
he's an army veteran who reaches out to homeless veterans to give them hope and get them back on their feet.
Doc Hendley
he's a bartender who started a nonprofit called 'Wine to Water' that raises money at wine tasting events to provide clean water for people in developing countries.
Andrea Ivory
she's a breast cancer survivor who provides a mobile breast cancer detection service to low income neighborhoods and uninsured women.
Betty Makoni
she created the 'Girl Child Network' that provides support and a safe place to go for young women who are victims of sexual abuse.
Jorge Munoz
he's a school bus driver who cooks and delivers free meals to people in the streets of Queens, New York.
Efren Peñaflorida
he created the 'Dynamic Teen Company', which offers an alternative to gang life for urban kids by providing education opportunites.
Budi Soehardi
he created the 'Roslin Orphanage' that provides food, shelter and education to more than 45 kids, and he raises the children like they are his own.
Derrick Tabb
he started the 'Roots of Music', an organization in New Orleans', that offers music education, free tutoring, instruments, and music instruction to kids.
Jordan Thomas
he's only 20, and after he lost both of his legs in a boating accident, he started a foundation that raises money to provide prosthetics for children who cannot afford them, and are not given the support from their insurance companies.
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