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Derrick Tabb – Hero?

27 November 2009 — by Alex Rawls

[Note: Update in Comments] Did anybody see all of CNN’s Heroes program last night? Was a winner chosen? I see today online that Derrick Tabb is in the Top 10 for his work with the Roots of Music, but I can’t tell who – if anybody – won.

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swag says:

November 28, 2009 at 4:31 pm

The winner was announced here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_en_tv...
Alex Rawls says:

November 28, 2009 at 9:15 pm

Thanks. The winner was Efren Penaflorida. From the article:

“As a child, Efren Penaflorida picked school over gang life in Cavite City and vowed to create a way for other children to make the same choice. He created a program that brings books to children in slums and on the streets, and the 10,000 members of his Dynamic Teen Co. have brought reading, writing and hygiene to 1,500 youngsters.”