Check out this quick video from Gavin, executive director of OA Projects, and Duncan, a founder of the non-profit organization, as they thank all The Buried Life Fans on Facebook who helped them raise enough money to build a soccer camp in Uganda!
As you're probably aware, many a SocialVibe member became Fans late last year when The Buried Life was a sponsor, so you deserve this just as much as anyone! Congrats to the guys for meeting their goal and providing kids in Northern Uganda with a peaceful way to enjoy their youth.
Of all the nasty terms we could use to describe cancer, "stupid" is among the more mild of the bunch. Zac Efron is keeping it sassy and giving cancer the finger in a new grassroots campaign for The I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation that provides support and awareness for teens, 20 and 30-somethings who are diagnosed with cancer. Their website is appropriately named stupidcancer.com.
Nearly 70,000 Americans in this age range are diagnosed with cancer - a statistic the organization just isn't going to stand for. The I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation is the voice of young adults who have survived or are living with cancer - a void that no other organization fills.
If you feel like giving cancer the finger and supporting their work, get yourself a "cancer is stupid" bracelet from stupidcancer.com and rest easy knowing that 100% of your purchase dollars will go towards helping survivors "regain their dignity and live their lives."
Never ones to avoid a good pop culture reference, animal non-profit PETA, has just revealed a new image starring Tiger Woods for their Too Much Sex campaign that promotes animal spaying and neutering. The poster/billboard reads: "Too much sex can be a bad thing... for little tigers too." That's one way to turn lemons into lemonade (or the other way around, depending on how you see it).
Tiger is joining other campaign stars Ron Jeremy and Jenna Jameson, two of the brightest stars in the adult film industry. Given the recent publicity splash from his infidelity, Tiger Woods obviously did not give approval for his photo to be used in the ad, though his people have not made a fuss about it yet. PETA is one of the most satirical and controversial non-profits on the map, so we're sure they have a response ready for whenever that moment does come. They've already published a blog post explaining their motivation.
You can always count on PETA for a good laugh! What do you think of the ad?
American Idol sweetheart and big-time animal lover Carrie Underwood has teamed up with Pedigree to record a PSA that encourages people get involved in helping homeless dogs. Carrie's own rescue pup, Ace, stars alongside the country singer as she asks people to become a Fan of the Pedigree Adoption Drive on Facebook. Each new fan will provide one bowl of food to feed dogs in shelters and breed rescues.
Playgirl magazine has made PETA and Michael Vick and scandalous offer that will be very hard to refuse - a $1 million donation in exchange for the footballer stripping down for the adult magazine.
A spokesman for Playgirl confirmed the proposal, saying “I sent the request to Michael Vick on Wednesday, but we haven’t heard back yet. I figured he paid back society for dog fighting, but what about the animals? This way he could donate a large sum to PETA and all he’d have to do is pose for the magazine! It’s kind of a win-win situation!”
PETA, who still aren't sold on Michael Vick and his recovery from his days of promoting dog-fighting, has refused to work with the athlete in the past. Vick has launched a campaign to end dog-fighting with animal rights organization The Humane Society of United States. Perhaps they would be a better "in" to getting Vick on the pages of Playgirl?
The truth is, posing for Playgirl isn't a publicist's dream come true for a client who has a poor track record, but a million dollars is a million dollars.
Are you fed up with the way your school is wasting energy? Have some brilliant ideas about how you could be a lot greener? Nick Cannon has partnered up with Do Something to encourage America's students to take action and become a bigger part of the green movement. Increase Your Green is a campaign to empower students to create plans to make their schools greener.
It's easy to get involved, and if your ideas are good (and we know they are), you could win some very cool prizes for yourself and your school.
A panel of expert judges will review how well you reduced waste, saved energy, got creative, and used technology to go green. Winning schools will receive up to $5,000 in environmental funding plus sweet HP computers!
Listen to Nick as he explains the campaign in the PSA below.
Increase Your Green is a national campaign launched by HP, the National Grid Foundation and DoSomething.org, who you can support here on SocialVibe.
With all the smart cookies we've got reading this blog right now, we're sure there are a ton of great ideas out there for making your school greener. Why not put those ideas into writing and submit your school? You never know, you could walk away with a brand new computer and major moolah to fund your plans!
With all the problems plaguing Americans today, it seems like our finger always points in one direction: money. If only we had just a little bit more of it, we could be happier, thinner, better looking, more respected, more in love - the list goes on and on. But is money really the answer to our problems? As one Austrian millionaire sees it - absolutely not. Rather, the opposite! And so Mr. Rabeder has decided to sell all his worldly possessions, starting with his $2.2 million luxury villa with a view of the Alps.
Mr. Rabeder, a businessman from Telfs, spent years indulging in his wealth, buying homes, airplanes and cars worth millions. It wasn't until recently that he began to notice his possessions were not giving him happiness, but instead, they were weighing him down. So he put every last material possession up for sale - even the furniture in his homes.
"For a long time I believed that more wealth and luxury automatically meant more happiness," he said. "I come from a very poor family where the rules were to work more to achieve more material things, and I applied this for many years," said Mr Rabeder.
"More and more I heard the words: 'Stop what you are doing now – all this luxury and consumerism – and start your real life'," he said. "I had the feeling I was working as a slave for things that I did not wish for or need. I have the feeling that there are lot of people doing the same thing."
The turning point for Mr. Rabeder came when he and his wife went on a no-expenses-spared three week vacation in Hawaii.
"It was the biggest shock in my life, when I realised how horrible, soulless and without feeling the five star lifestyle is," he said. "In those three weeks, we spent all the money you could possibly spend. But in all that time, we had the feeling we hadn't met a single real person – that we were all just actors. The staff played the role of being friendly and the guests played the role of being important and nobody was real."
He had similar feelings of guilt while on gliding trips in South America and Africa. "I increasingly got the sensation that there is a connection between our wealth and their poverty," he said.
To help reverse the effect of consumerism and give to those who truly need, every bit of the proceeds from his belongings will be donated to the charities he has set up in Central and Latin America - which finance microloans for individuals to set up small businesses and builds development aid strategies to self-employed people (kind of like Kiva).
"My idea is to have nothing left. Absolutely nothing," he told The Daily Telegraph. "Money is counterproductive – it prevents happiness to come."
So how does he feel about letting everything go so far? "Free, the opposite of heavy."
We can only imagine the feeling of freedom Mr. Rabeder must be feeling as each of his possessions is sold. Less responsibility, more time to spend on the things he truly cares about. It would be awesome to see more people following his example - because let's be honest - we don't need mansions to survive, and we certainly don't need multiple homes just for the heck of it, when there are people in the world with no home, no food, no access to medical supplies.
What do you think - could you give up everything to live a much more modest lifestyle?
Sarah Jessica Parker, the widely-adored star of Sex And The City, is forgoing the usual walk down the red carpet at the upcoming premiere of the second SATC film. Instead, she's staying home and has auctioned off her own tickets to the world premiere to benefit the Human Rights Campaign in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual rights.
Just last week, Parker spoke at the HRC's 9th annual Speak The Truth gala at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in NYC alongside many other celebrities and human rights advocates who donated items for a fundraising auction to raise money for the cause, bringing in over $11,000.
One of Sarah's favorite designers, Alexander McQueen, passed away yesterday after a reported suicide. McQueen was the same designer that dressed Sarah in the famous green ensemble at the first SATC movie premiere.
"I am shocked and overcome with grief upon learning about the untimely death of the quiet genius Alexander McQueen," said the actress. "My heart goes out to his family and all those who worked for and with him. Every single inspired, original, lofty, whimsical, stunning, brilliant and jaw dropping detail was Alexander McQueen. There has never been anyone like him. And there simply never will be."
She continues, "What is more devastating is that despite all his success thus far, creatively, critically and commercially, his greatest achievements lay ahead of him. The future would be whatever he hoped to make of it," she says. "God speed Lee. It has been a privilege for all of us to know you. You will be indescribably missed."
We're glad to see the money will be going to a cause that is near and dear to her heart. How much would you pay for SATC 2 premiere tickets?
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