Celebrities Give Thanks for Getting to Volunteer on Skid Row
LatestCelebrities are such a selfless bunch. Every year, they descend on Skid Row during Thanksgiving Day to feed the homeless out of the goodness of their hearts, and not at all because they want to get photographed.
According to The Wire,
celebrity volunteering has become so popular that deals are made months in
advance to ensure certain stars a spot:
If you’re a producer for The Bold and the Beautiful,
volunteering at a shelter could lead to a several-episode character arc, in
which bold and beautiful cancer-patient “Stephanie Forrester”
rediscovers the meaning of life through the tales of of the down-on-their-luck.
If you’re Dick Van Dyke, you’ll showcase a rap version of
“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” during brunch on Thursday.
Okay, first of all, The Bold and the Beautiful arc is not only
real, but it features a character named Dayzee. And once I see that Dick Van Dyke
rap, I’ll be ready to declare Celebrity Skid Row Thanksgiving the best event
ever. But before you get down on celebrities for not remembering that homeless people could use their assistance on the other 364 days of the year, The Wire points out that ordinary people do this too. This year the NYC Rescue Mission had to cap their volunteers at 200 because there were too many people just standing around last year.
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