---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lourdes David <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 8:41 AM Subject: Re: CNN Hero of The Year Award - PLS VOTE FOR This FILIPINO Hero To: Lara Sampang <[email protected]>
voted na. On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Lara Sampang <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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. > > Here's the link to Efren's story and his Dynamic Teen Company (the > organization he founded). > > http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/03/05/heroes.efren.penaflorida/index.html > > TO VOTE, PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK: > http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/vote/ > *Voting is open between now and Nov. 19*. CNN will announce the winner > and give out the award at a star-studded show on Thanksgiving night in L.A. > at the Kodiak Theater (same venue for the Oscars). So, let's 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 $100K. 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's all vote for Efren! > Please don't forget to pass this on to everybody you know---Filipinos and > non-Filipinos alike----so more people can vote for this young man with an > extra big heart. Thanks!! > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
