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Maggie Doyne

Maggie won the 100k Grand Prize! Maggie's home for children in Surkhet, Nepal, provides a shelter that cares for 24 kids, sends 60 others to school, assists in the placement of over 700 orphans in the region. ... More

Marvelyn Brown

Scroller Marvelyn's activism has given a voice to the rapidly rising number of women afflicted with HIV/AIDS in the US, and has spoken on HIV to half a million people around the world, 200,000 of which went out and got tested for HIV .... More

Darius Weems

Darius' multi-award-winning documentary raised 1.6 million towards a cure and national awareness for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.... More

David Burstein

David's 18 in '08, the only youth-run young voter registration initiative, helped contribute to the highest number of registrations of young voters since 1972. ... More

Eric Glustrom

Eric started Educate!, a program that empowers the next generation of socially responsible leaders in Africa by giving them scholarships, funding, leadership seminars, mentorships, and real-life resources to succeed as social entrepreneurs. ... More

Since 1996, Do Something has honored the nation’s best young world-changers. Do Something Award Winners represent the pivotal "do-ers" in their field, cause, or issue and are rewarded with a huge project grant, participation in a special award ceremony, media coverage, and continued support from Do Something.

Check out the 2009 Winners and Finalists who are currently featured on Doritos bags in stores across the country!

DO SOMETHING AWARDS 2010:

Number of Winners: Five
Award Amount(s): Four winners will receive $10,000 and one Grand Prize winner will receive $100,000 towards their organization or cause.*
The Awards Ceremony: The awards ceremony will take place in spring 2010.

*Each winner has the option of receiving up to $5,000 as an educational scholarship. All non-scholarship award money will go to the winners' organization or cause.

STEPS TO APPLY:

1. Log in to Do Something. If you don't have a Do Something log in sign up.
2. Create a Project Posting for your existing project.
3. Check out our Judging Criteria and FAQ for help with your application.
4. Fill out an Online Application

Or Nominate a young world-changer you know!

The History:

In 2007, The BRICK Awards became the FIRST EVER televised awards show about making the world better. Millions watched it on The CW and it was a critical success.

In 2008, The BRICK Awards were renamed the Do Something Awards and became the first non-celebrity category of the Teen Choice Awards with Scarlett Johansson presenting the $100,000 grand prize on the show.

In 2009, the Do Something Awards were held at the world famous Apollo theater in New York, with a live audience of 1600, musical performances by Akon and Boys like girls and celebrity presenters and honorees, Usher, Nick Cannon, and Russell Simmons.

Clips from the 2009 Awards:

Check out videos from 2007,2008 and 2009 here.