Did you happen to catch Anderson Cooper's 'Everyday People Changing the World' special last night?
CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute honored the Top 10 Heroes and reveal the 2011 Hero of the Year. This year's Top 10 Heroes include community crusaders from across the globe whose accomplishments range from serving pasta dinners to the poor children of their community to providing wheelchairs to people with disabilities in rural Mexico.
This year's honorees include:
- Eddie Canales - supporting high school football players who've suffered spinal cord injuries
- Taryn Davis - supporting a community of young military widows
- Sal Dimiceli -helping people get back on their feet financially
- Derreck Kayongo - collecting partially used hotel soaps to reprocess for communities in need
- Diane Latiker - providing recreational activities for her troubled Chicago neighborhood
- Robin Lim - helping women in Indonesia have a healthy pregnancy and birth
- Patrice Millet - assisting the Haitian youth with his nonprofit soccer program
- Bruno Serato - serving free pasta dinners to poor children
- Richard St. Denis - providing hundreds of wheelchairs to people with disabilities in rural Mexico
- Amy Stokes - connecting teenagers in South Africa with volunteer mentors
For more on these hero's and many more, go to CNN's hero page here.
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