Not technology news, but important nonetheless.

Efren Peñaflorida has been named the CNN 2009 Hero of the Year. He started a pushcart classroom program in the Philippines and has helped a lot of the youth in poverty from going into a life of crime and gangs. In a world that we see more bad than good, it’s great to see when men and women like Efren are honored.

The event will air on Thanksgiving, November 26, 2009 at 9PM EST on CNN.

So to each and every person inside in this theater and for those who are watching at home, the hero in you is waiting to be unleashed. Serve, serve well, serve others above yourself and be happy to serve. As I always tell to my co-volunteers … you are the change that you dream as I am the change that I dream and collectively we are the change that this world needs to be.

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