Sunday, November 22, 2009

Hero of the year

CNN announced the 2009 Hero of the Year...Efren Peñaflorida, from Manila, who started a "pushcart classroom" in the Philippines to bring education to poor children as an alternative to gang membership. Click here to read the entire article.

Efren Peñaflorida is the founder of the Dynamic Teen Company. His story is truly inspiring!

I'm looking forward to watching the show on Thursday (I've already set the timer!).

3 comments:

Allison Family said...

Thanks for sharing this. I'm going to go DVR this, too!

Jenny said...

Thanks for sharing...very nice to hear positive news after the tradgedy they have just suffered.

SweVee said...

Hi Tam, just found your blog from one of the other blogs on someone's list.. gets blurry of where after a while! We are just a few months behond you, see our story here: www.filipinogift.wordpress.com

I also watch the CNN program, and cried through the whole thing. I was so amazed at what people have the ability to do, if and when they just decided to do it!

I will continue to check in and see how things are going for you. May I link your blog on ours?

Veronica