Leukemia Patient Pat Pedraja Lauren Conrad Teen Choice Award Donation
Lauren Conrad is donating her 2008 Teen Choice Award to a 12-year-old leukemia patient, TMZ reported Wednesday.
Pat Pedraja , who lost a shot at a $100,000 grand prize in this year’s Do Something Contest, was recently presented with a $10,000 and an iPod, courtesy of Conrad. And soon the young activist will have LC’s Teen Choice surfboard as a token of his brave battle against leukemia.
Conrad met the kid, Pat Pedraja, at a Teen Choice pre-party Saturday where she presented him with $10,000 check from Do Something for his work recruiting bone marrow donors from minorities across the country.
“I didn’t win the Do Something Award and was a little sad,” Pat wrote on the organization’s Web site. “When Lauren won her award … she dedicated the award to ME and my work! That made me feel special! Lauren didn’t have to tell me that I was amazing, she didn’t have to go out of her way to give me a present and she didn’t have to dedicate her award to me, but SHE DID. Simple, kind and generous gestures like this make all the difference to me and I will never forget it!”
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On August 7th 2008, Vanessa wrote:
Yes, Lauren’s generosity is great. She shared her time and her iPod with Pat but you should note that she did not give him $10,000. He won the $$ from Do Something for his efforts recruiting donors to the bone marrow registry.
On August 7th 2008, Osaremi wrote:
I find it ironic that the wording of this article made it seem like Lauren Conrad gave Par 10,000 when i am pretty sure the organization DoSomething made the donation. Maybe there was a mistake but it is really unfortunate that the org. isnt getting much credit. They’re and awesome org. and i wish media didnt solely focus on celebs but sometimes the smaller good guys on the “low”. Check out their site they are amazing..
http://www.dosomething.org
On November 10th 2008, Brandon wrote:
Very awesome of LC to give her award to Pat. He’s a brilliant young man. There’s footage of Pat and LC on Causecast.org from when she was his date to the Emmy’s. Check it out here - http://www.causecast.org/leader/pat-pedraja