Lets conquer the world! One random act of Kindness at a time

[Megame23 Profile]

I just came across this article, and found out about Random Acts.

http://www.therandomact.org/wordpress/

This organization was started by Misha Collins, one of the stars of the tv show Supernatural, he and his fans on his twitter account started a charity group, and it looks awesome! Take a look.


Supernatural's Misha Collins Wants to Catch People Off-Guard With Random Acts of Kindness

Robyn Ross
Aug 27, 2010 07:53 PM ET
by Robyn Ross


Misha Collins

Supernatural's Misha Collins, who plays an angel who doesn't help people, hopes to use his stardom and Supernatural fandom to lead people to reach out to others in any way they can — through his Random Acts charity. "If it's something unusual and something people aren't expecting, then it has a greater chance of having a lasting impact," the 36-year-old actor tells TVGuide.com. Among his projects: raising money to help build three orphanages in Haiti as well as raising funds for the victims of the flood in Pakistan. His effort also includes simply buying flowers for someone for no reason other than trying to make their life better. Collins explains why Twitter led to his new endeavor, how his small beginnings made him motivated, and why he finds himself in a powerful, yet bizarre, position.

TVGuide.com: How did Random Acts get started?
Misha Collins: I started a Twitter account and I thought I was going to answer a few questions over the course of an afternoon. It evolved into me continuously updating it for now over a year. In the process of doing it I came across this whole bizarre Supernatural fandom and I noticed there were a lot of people spending an unbelievable amount of time and energy and resources on some very strange things. It dawned on me that it could be a worthwhile endeavor to try to harness those creative resources and put them to a perhaps more benevolent use. That's the nutshell genesis of Random Acts.

TVGuide.com: What's your mission?
Collins: The mission is to take people off-guard with random acts of kindness so to shock people into noticing. If it's something unusual and something people aren't expecting then it has a greater chance of having a lasting impact on people's psyche and future behavior.

TVGuide.com: Was this always a passion of yours?
Collins: Yes, it has always been something that I've cared about. I've been reflecting on that a little bit lately. I think it has to do with what I was the recipient of as a young person. I grew up with a family that had very little and were at times homeless. There are incidences in my childhood that stand out when people were really shockingly kind to us and took time and money out of their days and wallet and made a real difference for us. There was a woman that I didn't even know that gave my mother $100 when I was 6 so she could buy us Christmas presents. If I remember that still, something was meaningful there.

TVGuide.com: And you're running as far as you can in 24 hours to raise money?
Collins: I've run a couple marathons so that's the minimal I'm hoping to achieve. I'm going to try to run farther and we'll see how far I make it. The impetus to keep going is there when every kilometer brings in a few hundred extra dollars but at some point I'm sure my will will give out.

TVGuide.com: Have you found having a big fan base empowers you to be more active?
Collins: I think there are these people out there that are excited and creative and looking for something to do and I actually — weirdly to me — have the capacity to galvanize that. It sort of feels like the kind of thing you should do if you have the opportunity to. I tread lightly because I don't want to be one of those soap box celebs who, because they happen to be in the limelight, thinks that people should listen to their particular political rant — I don't want to be that person. I'm trying to tread lightly, but also take advantage of my position at the same time.

Watch Misha's video below and check back in this week's Mega Buzz for some Supernatural scoop.



http://www.tvguide.com/News/Supernatura ... 22245.aspx


There is a fundraiser mentioned at the end of the video, Misha is running as long as he can, and asking for pledges. They want to conquer the world with one random act of kindness at a time.

How your contribution will be spent:

* 33% will be divided between the orphanages we support in Haiti*
* 15% will go to support victims of the horrific flooding in Pakistan
* 51.99% will go to support random acts of kindness all around the world
* .01% will be spent bribing public officials ;)

Everyone working on Random Acts works as a volunteer. None of us get paid. So you know your money is going to be spent with optimal efficiency.

* The three orphanages:

* Faith and Love Orphanage in Jacmel
* Espoir des Enfants
* A small, unnamed orphanage in the village of Cyavidier, outside of Jacmel


If this sounds like a good cause to you check it out, the fundraiser is coming up soon on September 5th!

http://www.therandomact.org/wordpress/?page_id=40

[Megame23 Profile]

There is NO middle man here, you can directly donate to a real cause with Random Acts. The organization is now global, they have already made over $12,000 in flat donations for the run, that isn't even counting the money people have pledged per kilometer Misha runs. This is a a group that is actually working to better the world!