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Publication: YOUTHtodayDo Something Awards
For: Teenagers who do something exceptional to help solve a problem in their community, country or globally.
By: Do Something
Winner: Grand Prize: Maggie Doyne, 22, Mendham, NJ, who used her life savings of $5,000 to buy land on which she built The Kopila Valley Children's Home in Nepal, which houses 26 children for whom she is responsible. Since she was 18, she has helped find families for 800 children in Nepal. She plans to use the award monet to construct a school for those children.
