Ten everyday people will be recognized Thursday for their remarkable efforts to make the world a better place . CNN 's Anderson Cooper will reveal this year 's Top 10 CNN Heroes during the 8 a.m. hour of `` New Day . '' All the Top 10 Heroes were nominated by CNN 's global audience and profiled earlier this year on CNN . Each will receive $ 25,000 and be honored at `` CNN Heroes : An All-Star Tribute , '' a globally broadcast event that airs December 7 . One of the Top 10 will receive an additional $ 100,000 for their cause if the public chooses them as the CNN Hero of the Year . Starting Thursday morning , you will be able to vote for your favorite Top 10 Hero at CNNHeroes.com . Voting ends November 16 . Last year 's Hero of the Year was Chad Pregracke , who has dedicated his life to cleaning up the Mississippi River and other American waterways . `` The garbage got into the water one piece at a time , '' said Pregracke , whom some have called `` the rivers ' garbageman . '' `` And that 's the only way it 's going to come out . '' Since 1998 , nearly 70,000 volunteers have helped Pregracke and his nonprofit remove nearly 8 million pounds of garbage from 23 rivers across the country . `` I 'll just keep on cleaning up America 's rivers and loving every minute of it , '' said Pregracke when he accepted the award . This is the eighth year CNN has conducted its annual search for CNN Heroes . In those years , the campaign has profiled more than 200 people on CNN and CNN.com . This year 's tribute show will again be held in New York and hosted by Cooper at the American Museum of Natural History . Click here to see all the extraordinary Heroes who have been featured this year .
The top 10 CNN Heroes of 2014 will be revealed Thursday night on CNN and CNN.com . They will be honored at ` ` CNN Heroes : An All - Star Tribute , '' which airs December 7 . Who will be the Hero of the Year ? You can cast your vote once the names are revealed .