Naftali Moed of Pacifica was the guiding force behind the Oceana High School Garden. He was one of five young Californians to each win $36,000 after being selected for the 2011 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award.
Casey Robbins of Carmichael is shipping nearly 4,000 surplus textbooks a year to Liberia.
Liza Gurtin has helped provide clean drinking water to more than 500 people in Nicaragua and 1,000 people in Tanzania. For her efforts, she was one of five California youth to receive the $36,000 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award.
Daniel Sobajian has helped distribute $8,000 worth of art supplies to needy children in Los Angeles. For his efforts, he was one of five California youth to receive the $36,000 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award.
Gabe Ferrick of Montgomery High in Santa Rosa, CA talks about his efforts to alert people to genocide in Darfur and to the $36,000 award he received for his social activism.
Robert Digitale is a retired staff writer for The Press Democrat and the author of the fantasy novel, Horse Stalker, which the North Bay Bohemian calls “a magical adventure.” Contact him at rdigit9@yahoo.com.
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