The National Liberty Museum celebrated its TD Bank 2020 Young Heroes Award on Saturday, September 12.
The National Liberty Museum celebrated its 20th annual TD Bank Young Heroes Awards with a Virtual Awards Ceremony on Saturday, September 12. The ceremony honored 14 inspiring finalists, ages 18 and younger, who identified an area where liberty was lacking and took action to make positive change in their local schools or communities. This year’s TD Bank Young Heroes were chosen from a pool of national nominations from eleven states, and includes seven young people from the Philadelphia region. The nominations were submitted by friends, teachers and community members who recognized the incredible contributions of these outstanding young citizens. The names of the honorees are listed below. The 2020 President’s Honor Winner, Nikita Bharati, received a $2,000 Scholarship.
To mark the occasion, TD Bank Representatives, National Liberty Museum leadership, friends and family gathered via zoom for a special event where each Young Hero was recognized and their stories were shared. Arnav Kaushik was the Keynote Speaker. A 2017 Young Hero as an 8th grader, Arnav started the Last Chance Repair Club to reduce landfill waste and teach fellow students at Souderton Charter School repair skills.
Congratulations to the 2020 honorees. Click on their videos to learn their stories.
Molly Cantillion
Livingston, New Jersey
Newark Academy
Brianna Davis
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Abington Friends School
Andrew Diep-Tran
San Marcos, California
Mission Hills High School
Matthew Genatempo
Sellersville, Pennsylvania
The Pennington School
Dev Joshi
Atlanta, Georgia
The Westminster Schools
Amy Liu
Warrington, Pennsylvania
Central Bucks High School South
Trinity Pryor
Yardley, Pennsylvania
The Pennington School
Tristan Riobe-Taylor
Nyack, New York
Liberty Elementary School
Bianca Salerno
Haverford, Pennsylvania
Coopertown Elementary
Jace Wilson
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
Beverly Hills Middle School
Bill Zhang
Holmdel, New Jersey
Holmdel High School
Annie Zhu
Houston, Texas
Bellaire High School
Zahyr Thomas
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
William L. Sayre High School
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