About the Award

The Do Something Awards (formerly the BR!CK Awards) recognizes amazing young people—like, seriously amazing young people. Nine nominees—all young people who saw a problem in the world and then tackled it—will each win $10,000 for their cause. One Do Something Awards winner will receive a whopping $100,000 and will be announced during the Teen Choice Awards, airing on FOX at 8PM ET on Monday, August 4, 2008.

The Teen Choice Awards are presented annually by Fox Television Network to recognize the year’s biggest achievements in music, movies, sports, and television and were the most-watched hour of television last summer. The Do Something Awards (formerly the BR!CK Awards) is a program of DoSomething.org and is open to all US and Canadian citizens under age 25.

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The Pre-Party of The Teen Choice Awards

Join us for the hottest party in Hollywood! DoSomething.org has teamed up with The Teen Choice Awards to host the sweetest party in town. Inches from the red carpet and joined by a host of celebrities, this is a party not to be missed. Featuring performances by Jesse McCartney and America's Best Dance Crew, at swanky nightclub Level 3, this will be the most wanted ticket in town. Celebrity attendees include the casts of The Hills, Gossip Girl, Friday Night Lights, Greek, Heroes, High School Musical, and many more!

When: Saturday August 2nd, 6-9 pm

Where: Level 3 Nightclub, 6801 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028

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Don't forget to vote at The Teen Choice Awards Site.

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Don't mess with Dallas. She is a Tae Kwon Do blackbelt and an instructor in Filipino Street Fighting. After reading about a string of assaults in her area, she decided to use her skills to help teens defend themselves against attack. ; teen choice; Driving for Donors

WAt the age of 10, Pat developed leukemia. Pat learned that there is a critical shortage of ethnic minority donors on the National Marrow Donor Program Registry and saw other patients dying without a matching donor. Pat convinced ; Just Yell Fire

Zander grew up by the beach. He watched the turtles visit and start families each year but noted that their numbers were dwindling. In fact, sea turtles are endangered. Turtle Talks is an eco-literacy project to educate youth on the p; Sudan Divestment Task Force (part of Genocide Intervention Network)

Adam comes from a family of Holocaust survivors. He knows the horror of genocide. So when he learned of the atrocities occurring in Darfur, he had to act. He is one of the people wh; Global Micro-Clinic Project (GMCP)

Daniel transformed his grief over a death in the family into a passion to do something. His grandmother died from diabetes in Palestine, where medical care was scarce. In her memory, he began the Global Micro-Clini; teen choice; Kicking Stinky Butts…as in cigarette butts

Chad is an anti-tobacco activist and a consultant for youth advocacy and tobacco prevention, which holds the tobacco industry accountable for the harm it has done. He has trained 15,000 teens nationwide in ; Mali Health Organizing Project (MHOP) After witnessing far too many preventable deaths while volunteering in Malian slums, Caitlin transformed her frustration into action by co-founding the Mali Health Organizing Project. Instead of throwing money a; Power Up Gambia

Imagine delivering a baby, putting in stitches, or performing a blood transfusion by candlelight. This was Kathryn’s reality while volunteering at a Gambian hospital. After witnessing an infant die because an incubator lacked continu; teen choice; So who are these kids? And what is a BR!CK Award? And why is it a voting page on TC08?

Well… the BR!CK Awards honor the nation’s finest young world-changers. Winners represent young people making a REAL difference in the world and their own communit