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The 2010 Young Heroes Award Recipients

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Young Heroes

This annual award, sponsored by TD Bank, recognizes young people who work for positive change in their schools and communities through art and creative writing, leadership, volunteer work, political involvement or peer mediation. One winner receives a $1000 grand prize. All winners receive recognition at an awards ceremony at the Museum; a certificate of recognition, medallion and gifts; a plaque featuring their story in the Museum’s Young Heroes Exhibit and a wonderful accomplishment to include on college and job applications.

If you know a young person who should be considered for this honor, click here for a nomination form

To submit your nomination online, click here.

 

Highlights of the 2010 Young Heroes Award:

Each year the National Liberty Museum searches for young people who strive to make a difference in their school, community or beyond. The winners of the 2010 award included students who raised money for important causes... students who stepped up to defuse violence and bigotry.... students who used the arts to celebrate diversity and friendship, and many other mentoring, tutoring and volunteer activities. The winner of the President’s Honor Award, receiving a $1,000 and a laptop computer, was Deana Vega, a 6th grader from Luís Muñoz Marín Elementary School.  Deana was recognized for her strong battle and success over Leukemia.  Now that her cancer is in remission, she volunteers much of her time at St. Christopher's Hospital helping other children who are suffering from this illness. The entire group of recipients included students from Philadelphia, the surrounding surburbs, New Jersey and New York.

The National Liberty Museum wishes to thank TD Bank for sponsoring the Young Heroes Award, all the nominators for bringing these exceptional students to our attention, Dr. Chuck Williams, Assistant Clinical Professor & Director of the Center for the Prevention of School-Aged Violence at Drexel University for serving as Emcee, and all the family members and friends who joined us to celebrate these outstanding students.

The winners of the 2010 Young Heroes Award included:

  • Abhay Aradhya, Age 13, Burlington Township Middle School, Springside, NJ
  • Johneice Bradley, Age 13, D.N. Fell School, Philadelphia, PA
  • Lindsay M. Brown, Age 16, Clearview Regional High School, Mullica Hill, NJ
  • Carina Buck, Age 17, Nazareth Academy High School, Southampton, PA
  • Stephanie Coats, Age 15, Friere Charter High School, Philadelphia, PA
  • Talib Coffield, Age 10, George Washington Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA
  • Katelyn Eystad, Age 13, Pitman Middle School, Pitman, NJ
  • Ashley Gbemudu, Age 18, Springfield Township High School, Wyndmoor, PA
  • Claudia Hawse, Age 14 Broad Street School, Bridgeton, NJ
  • Hungerford School Students, Ages 14-18, Hungerford School Inclusion Program at McKee High School, Staten Island, NY
  • International Ambassadors Club, Ages 15-18, Samuel Fels High School, Philadelphia, PA
  • Vernon Jordan III, Age 17, Murrell Dobbins CTE High School, Philadelphia, PA
  • Jin Hee Lee, Age 16, Cinnaminson High School, Cinnaminson, NJ
  • Jayonna Lewis, Age 12, Thomas M. Pierce Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA
  • Darcy Lucia, Age 16, Triton Regional High School, Blackwood, NJ
  • Christine Mozer, Age 17, Professional Children's School, Sands Point, NY and David Cruikshank, Age 16, Mamaroneck High School, Larchmont, NY
  • Charmira Nelson, Age 15, Constitution High School, Philadelphia, PA
  • Jessica Parker, Age 14, St. Christopher School, Philadelphia, PA
  • George Peklaris, Age 18, Eastern Regional High School, Voorhees, NJ
  • Rayyana Shah, Age 14, Al Aqsa Islamic Academy, Philadelphia, PA
  • Abigail Tarway, Age 12, Hamilton Disston Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA
  • Deana Vega, Age 11, Luís Muñoz Marín Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA
  • Bridgeton Youth to Youth, Ages 12-18, Bridgeton High School, Bridgeton, NJ