5 Years
25 Teens
One Life-Changing Award 2007 Award Recipients: Amanda Haworth, La Jolla High School Holocaust Curriculum Single-handedly raised $12,000 to transform her classmates’ attitutes with a now-permanent Holocaust curriculum featuring a field trip to the LA Museum of Tolerance.
Allison Hoffman, Los Altos YADA: Youth Alliance for Darfur Action Created a high school coalition that raises money for humanitarian aid, awareness and advocacy programs about genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
Justin Sachs, Carlsbad Peak Performance Lifestyles Inspired peers to form a social action group that developed leadership skills through volunteerism, with monthly activities such as making sandwiches for the homeless and building houses in Mexico.
Shira Shane, Encino T.A.G: Teens Against Genocide Inspired a grassroots student movement that deepened awareness of genocide and funded wells and medical facilities for Sudanese refugees.
Erich Sorger, Beverly Hills Recycling for the National Council of Jewish Women Collected reusable items on UCLA’s campus, saving them from the trash and donating them to fund homeless shelters, battered women's facilities and other social justice groups.
2008 Award Recipients: Ronit Abramson, San Diego Arctic Ambassador As an environmentalist and Arctic Ambassador for the San Diego Zoo, Ronit performed scientific research and advocacy on the effect of climate change on polar bears and the Arctic.
Eric Heimark, Palo Alto Free the Children Founded a youth-directed charity with branches in London and the U.S. to teach youth to become global citizens and agents of change while helping children in third world countries.
Shelby Layne, Pacific Palisades Live Buy Give & Jewish World Watch Solar Cookers for Darfur Created jewelry and raised funds to purchase solar-powered stoves for 1,050 families in Darfur refugee camps, keeping women and children from the dangers they faced gathering firewood.
Frederick Scarf, Sherman Oaks The Shiri Foundation In the memory of his best friend, who died from bone cancer at 16, Fred began fundraising for research into a cure, as well as organizing proms for teens with life-threatening diseases.
Sarah Van Zanten, Palo Alto A Voice Against Teenage Dating Violence Courageously spoke out through the national media after becoming a victim of dating violence. Sarah worked to educate her peers, who had shunned her when she turned for help, giving hope to millions like her who suffered in silence.
2010 Award Recipients:
Megan Kilroy, Santa Monica Team Marine Inspired others through creative activism to adopt a sustainable mindset and behaviors like recycling, protecting the ocean and our planet.
David Schenirer, Sacramento VIBE Youth Lounge Created a youth-led “urban lounge,” providing resources such as homework help and social events to help keep teens from turning to drugs and gangs.
David Weingarten, Woodland Hills USY-Abayudaya Partnership Worked to revive the Abayudaya Jewish tribe of Uganda’s youth movement and create a Jewish stronghold in SubSaharan Africa.
Kyle Weiss, Danville FundaField Raised over $100,000 to build soccer fields in Africa and to partner with HIV/AIDS awareness programs, schools and clean drinking water projects.
Max Einhorn, La Jolla Disaster Aware Worked with the American Red Cross and his high school to raise money for San Diego’s 2-1-1 service, selling customized disaster survival kits and educating more than 1600 families about natural disasters.
Eric Feldman, Palos Verdes Estates Just One Night Harnessed the talents of his peers to produce Jazz and Classical music fundraisers to sponsor the education of orphaned children in Kenya, showing that one night of giving can change a child's life.
Aaron Feuer, Los Angeles President, California Association of Student Councils Reinvigorated student government as a vehicle for change and leadership training. Aaron organized the first Los Angeles Youth Summit and coordinated statewide conferences that led to legislative action.
Jacqueline Rotman, Santa Barbara Everybody Dance Now! Keeping kids out of gangs by engaging them in the creative outlet of dance, Jackie’s program helped build self-esteem while promoting diversity and community service.
Erin Schrode, Ross Teens Turning Green / Teens for Safe Cosmetics Led a national teen movement inspiring teens to make healthy, eco-conscious lifestyle choices. She advocated for policy and behavioral change, and investigation of harmful environmental exposures.
2011 Award Recipients:
Jason Bade, Foster City Green Youth Alliance Connected students devoted to sustainability, getting solar panels installed for the six schools in his own high school district.
2009 Award Recipients:
Gabriel Ferrick, Santa Rosa
SPECIAL THANKS TO
HELEN DILLER WHOSE VISION, GENEROSITY, AND BELIEF IN THE POWER OF TEENS TO CHANGE THE WORLD IS AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL.
SPECIAL THANKS TO
BARBARA ROSENBERG WHOSE ENERGY, CREATIVITY, AND PASSION HAS SET AN EXAMPLE OF TRUE LEADERSHIP.
Envision No Victims: One for All and All for One Raised awareness and over $60,000 in much-needed aid for refugees from genocide, organizing an annual fundraising walk in his own community.
Liza Gurtin, La Jolla Walk for Water Fundraised to build clean water wells in Nicaragua and Tanzania, playing an instrumental role in the annual walk and raising over $40,000 with the sponsorship program she initiated.
Naftali Moed, Pacifica Oceana High School Community Garden Turned an unused gravel lot into a garden, coordinating logistics and raising $10,000 for construction. The garden has since engaged hundreds of students and volunteers in and out of the classroom.
Casey Robbins, Carmichael Textbooks for Liberia Organized the collection, shipping logistics, and fundraising to send thousands of textbooks to war-torn Liberia, giving youth the tools for better education.
Daniel Sobajian, Los Angeles StudentsDo.org Coordinated school and art supply drives across Los Angeles, making education more accessible for 1,000 of his peers living at or below the poverty level.