'If you wanna go far, go together': These CNN Heroes joined forces for a first-of-its-kind reunion, complete with a day of service and training on how to take their organizations' impacts to the next level. CNNHeroes ElevatePrize
“It’s literally like winning the Academy Award of humanitarian aid work.” That’s how Mobile Medics International founder Teresa Gray described being honored on the CNN Heroes stage in December. For Gray and many of her fellow honorees, the night of the annual “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” is just the start of a new chapter in their work. The Top 10 CNN Heroes each receive a surge of donations and prize money for their nonprofits along with new attention on their life-changing missions.
“Everything they said in that seminar that should not be done is what my accountant was doing,” Raines said, adding that she felt that she just got “that little push from the universe” and made the decision to fire her accountant. In that moment, Raines was glad to have so many people surrounding her who knew what she was going through. “If it’s going to happen, at least it happened at a damn summit where people are enriching me and telling me what I should do,” said Raines.
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