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The Top 5 CNN Heroes of 2024 are changing lives and making the world a better place. You can vote now to help decide who will become CNN Hero of the Year and win $100,000.
CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute is a television special created by CNN to honor individuals who make extraordinary contributions to humanitarian aid and make a difference in their communities. The program was started in 2007.
Momoa and other stars will be celebrating everyday people who improve others’ lives during tonight’s “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” starting at 8 p.m. ET.
Liz McCartney was voted the 2008 CNN Hero of the Year on November 27, 2008. Liz McCartney was named the "2010 Woman of Excellence for Community Service" by Wiley College; According to CNN's website: "Liz McCartney is dedicated to helping Hurricane Katrina survivors in St. Bernard Parish, a community just outside New Orleans.
RVCC graduate Osei Boateng of Franklin has been selected as one of 2023’s top 10 CNN Heroes for his international humanitarian service.
Amy Wright is an American advocate for disabled people who was named 2017 CNN Hero of the Year. Wright employs forty people with physical and intellectual disabilities at her coffee shop, Bitty and Beau's in Wilmington, North Carolina. She opened the shop in January 2016 after learning that a high percentage of disabled people were unemployed.
Peñaflorida was nominated for CNN Heroes by Club 8586, the youth group that financed his elementary and high school education. [6] After sifting through 9,000 nominees from over 100 countries, CNN's Blue Ribbon Panel selected Peñaflorida as one of its 28 heroes of 2009. On October 1, Peñaflorida was named among the ten finalists.
The founder of Hope Renovations, a nonprofit in Carrboro, has been named a CNN Hero of the Year finalist for her work training women and non-binary people in tradeswork. NC woman is CNN Hero finalist.