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Teter Wins Do Something! Award
07/20/2010
Teter Wins Do Something! Award
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LOS ANGELES (July 20) – Two-time Olympic halfpipe medalist Hannah Teter (Belmont, VT) won Vh1's 2010 Do Something! Athlete Award. Teter's fellow nominees included Reggie Bush, Ryan Sheckler, Derek Jeter and Steve Nash. The show, hosted by Glee's Jane Lynch, was broadcast live from the Hollywood Palladium on July 19, 2010.
Vh1 and DoSomething.org collaborated to present the Do Something! Awards. The awards are broken into ten different categories, including athlete, comedian, with style, movie star, TV show, musical artist, city, charities on Facebook, docu style and Twitter. Teter was chosen as one of the five finalist and grant recipients on Monday, May 24, 2010.
Teter was nominated and ultimately won for her efforts in making a difference within charities and with other countries. She sells products, such as maple syrup on her website, underwear online with Sweet Cheek Panties to provide aid and support to Kirindon, a in Kenya, and Doctors Without Borders. She even has her own Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavor, which she donates all proceeds to charity, and raised over $250,000 for Kirindon in Kenya. Children International also receives benefits from Teter's efforts, getting at least 40 percent of all Sweet Cheek Panties proceeds to help children living in severe poverty.
Teter was awarded a $100,000 grant. The winner was decided by users of DoSomething.org. She is among the most influential "do-ers" in the athlete field.
For more information on Teter's efforts, check out the following websites.
http://www.hannahsgold.com/, http://www2.children.org/en/us/Pages/Home.aspx, http://sweetcheekspanties.com/.
