CNN —Stephen Knight, whose nonprofit saves lives by providing foster care for dogs while their owners focus on addiction recovery, is the 2024 CNN Hero of the Year. Today, Knight lives with his three dogs, Jayde, Piper and Lady, and his organization has helped more than 1,200 dogs and their owners. In its third year of collaboration with CNN Heroes, Elevate is also providing organizational and capacity-building support to the honorees. Fox Accepts the CNN Heroes Legacy Award 03:37 - Source: CNNTeenage twins Brooke and Breanna Bennett were honored as CNN Heroes Young Wonders. You can get involvedRight now, your donation to any of the Top 5 CNN Heroes could go twice as far.

---

Persons: Stephen Knight, Knight, Knight’s, “, ” Knight, ’ ” Knight, It’s, Bradley Cooper, Pedro Pascal, Oprah Winfrey, Misty Copeland, Zachary Quinto, Danai Gurira, Kelly Ripa, Michael J, Fox, who’ve, Brooke, Breanna Bennett, CNN Max Organizations: CNN, CNN Heroes, Fox, Fox Foundation, Young, Inc, Facebook, CNN.com Locations: Jayde