My hero of the month, and probably lifetime, is the lovely Ms. Jenna Ushkowitz. Yes, I know, I am much too obsessed with Glee for a 26 year old. But let’s be honest, I was a teeny bopper back in the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC days, and I will probably never grow out of it.
So why do I have the utmost respect for Jenna? Besides the fact that she’s a gorgeous Asian woman with a not so Asian name (I’m about to be Kim Conner). For her birthday she wished for people to donate to Oceana, a nonprofit fighting for cleaner oceans and abundant wildlife in the sea. Come on, you know you get excited when you’re at the beach and you see dolphins in the water and Finding Nemo is one of the best movies ever made! How else would you know how to speak whale?!? And because of her, I now know of this website http://wishes.causes.com/ where you can “use the special moments of your life to raise money for a good cause.” It’s just genius and everything I hope and wish for out of this blog. I definitely know what I’ll be asking for, for my birthday next year, and with my birthday being right around Christmas the same rule always applies…no joint gifts! (donate twice…wink wink) Until then, I’m going to have to narrow down the many charities I want to help out in life. I don’t think it will be too much to ask, considering most people my age have gatherings at the bar for their birthday, why don’t you donate the price of a beer to a great cause for my birthday!
I just love celebrities who use their fame and generous paychecks to bring awareness and donate their time and money to all sorts of charities. I mean I couldn’t get even a handful of people to “Like” Apple & Eve on Facebook so that $1 would be donated to VH1 save the music, but that won't stop me from doing what I want to do with this blog. As a transplant patient, I have fought for my life, and I will always fight for what I believe in!! Anyways, once a celebrity tweets about a nonprofit, I can imagine the traffic funneled to that charity’s website and funds their fans are donating are through the roof. So Bravo Jenna and all celebs that are using their fame towards a better world….kind of like super heroes!
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