Olympic Snowboarder Hannah Teter Wins Award for Helping Poor Children

LOS ANGELES, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympic snowboarder Hannah Teter wins VH1's "Do Something" award for improving the lives of poor children around the world through her own charity and Children International.

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The award is given to young people 25 years and younger for their commitment to social change. Teter, who supports seven impoverished children through Children International, has pledged even more support for the humanitarian organization by contributing 40 percent of the proceeds from the sales of her Sweet Cheeks Panties line to feeding malnourished children through Children International's feeding program.

"There are so many children who barely get enough to eat. Children International can feed a child for a month in their feeding program with the proceeds from the sale of one pair of Sweet Cheeks,” said Teter.

Children International's President and CEO Jim Cook said, "Children International is grateful to Hannah Teter for her ongoing compassion for impoverished children around the world. Hannah is richly deserving of the VH1's recognition as a "Do Something" award recipient and we salute her for this achievement and her good work!"

About Children International:

Established in 1936, Children International is a humanitarian organization with its headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. Children International's programs benefit more than 335,000 children and their families in 11 countries around the world including Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Zambia, Honduras, India, the Philippines and the United States. For more information about Children International or to sponsor a child, visit www.children.org.

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