Adam Sandler is a well known comedic actor/director, and chances are you’ve seen one of his movies. Growing up Adam lived in a poor neighborhood with a not so nice father, but that only turned him into the funny but generous man he is today. Something you probably don’t know about Adam is he takes part in a lot of charity work, and donating time and money. Adam Sandler is a influential advocate through spreading awareness and helping people in need, through his advocacy of donating 400 PlayStations to Israel’s victims, made a 1 million dollar donation to boys and girls club in his hometown, and spreading awareness for autism. First, Adam Sandler impacted the victims of the 34 day war in Israel through spreading awareness by donating …show more content…
“As for a thoughtful caring kid thing Adam is doing, he just donated $1 million to the Boys and Girls club in his hometown of Manchester, New Hampshire. Sandler made the announcement via video where he declared his good memories of his time at the club included "basketball, ping pong and peeing his pants.” (Celebrity. "Adam Sandler Donates $1Million to Boys and Girls Club!”POPSUGAR, 30 Oct. 2007). Adam Sandler donated 1 million dollars to the boys and girls club that he was in when he was a kid in his hometown Manchester, New Hampshire. Adam impacted the lives of the kids in his hometown by helping the get nice new equipment and helped expand the boys and girls club making his hometown a better looking place, with kids having fun while …show more content…
“Santino Stagliano, (AKA the “Dragon Master”) just had one of the best weekends ever! Santino, who was diagnosed with autism at 5, always had a fascination with dragons and he started drawing them at a young age. With his family's encouragement, Santino started creating t-shirts from his dragon drawings for family and friends. When the shirts started to become popular in the family's Philadelphia community, they began selling them online in the hopes of spreading autism awareness with the proceeds going to charity. Something was still missing though for the "Dragon Master." One day Santino's mom Lisa, who has been a vital part of the campaign, asked him, “What would excite you?” Santino responded, “If Adam Sandler wore my shirt!”. Stagliano got his wish this weekend when Adam Sandler was photographed wearing one of his shirts while playing basketball! Previously, MTV's "Teen Wolf" star Tyler Posey wore one of Santino's shirts! ("Adam Sandler Did Something Awesome for This Boy with Autism." Autism Speaks, 27 Aug. 2015). a young boy with autism designs shirts to spread awareness on autism, and his biggest wish was for Adam Sandler to wear one of his shirts. Adam then wore one of his shirts not only giving this kid hope, but spreading awareness on autism. Adam impacted the life of Santino Stagliano when he wore his shirt to spread awareness of
Autism and special education is a topic that will never go away. Over the years autism has been the topic of major debate, both locally and nationally. In 2005, Bob and Suzanne Wright start the non-profit organization Autism Speaks Inc. (www.autismspeaks.org). The Wrights were compelled to start this non-profit due to their grandchild being diagnosed with autism. Beginning with a twenty-five million dollar investment the organization is leading the way in autism awareness, research, and resources. Their non-profit is backed by numerous nationally recognized autism organizations. Autism Speaks Inc. is backed by three leading autism organizations, NAAR, the CAN, and the ACRE. Autismspeaks.org has an expansive library of helpful resources regarding autism, the foundation has an impactful mission statement, and they have a board of directors that includes individuals who have been diagnosed with autism.
Adam Richard Sandler was born September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, Adam is the youngest out of three other kids. Adam and his family members are Jewish on both sides of his parents. Adam is the child of Stan and Judy Sandler they had four kids Scott, Elizabeth, Valerie, and Adam. Adam’s main influences are his family member because he loved to make them laugh.
“Temple’s most important innovations in design were accomplished not in spite of but because of her autism”. Says Sy Montgomery, the author of “Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World”. When someone has autism, it doesn’t mean they are dim-witted or different from everyone else. Temple Grandin inherited various special qualities which makes her extremely inspirational.
Celebrities and athletes from all over are helping the victims of Hurricane Harvey, and one of those celebrities is Kevin Hart. He donated $25,000 dollars to the American Red Cross to help with the hurricane victims. Kevin also challenged some of his famous friends to donate and help out. It is a tragic time for Houston even though Americans have come together once again. America is a volunteering and generous nation that helps everyone out in times of catastrophe and misfortune.
With everything that’s going on in the world, Curry is taking action. His charity work started at a young age and hasn’t stopped. He has been associated with the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets starting when he was in his
Financial burdens are an obvious upset to families with autistic children, on top of the already heavy expense of having a child there is now medical costs and often counselling. Sen and Yurtsever (2007) reported that families often feel “shock, denial, suffering, depression, guilt, indecision, anger, shame, bargaining, acceptance and adaptation” upon discovering they have a child who suffers from ASD. This disorder has effects on their daily “lifestyles, social relationships, economic situation, health, and goals or expectations for the future” (Norton & Drew, 1994; Sen & Yurtsever, 2007). “Autism is the most common neurological condition diagnosed in children and it is now
Some of the charities Jerry has donated to are American Red Cross, Autism Speaks, and Scholarship America. Jerry has donated “around 3 million
According to Forbes Magazine, he has given over 1.2 million dollars to philanthropic causes. This includes starting a hospital that almost caused his company to go bankrupt. His selfless distribution of his wealth has provided a better quality of life, even saving many lives, of those who have or have had
Ashton Kutcher started his career as an actor and model. You may know him from his roles in, That 70s Show, The Butterfly Effect, Jobs and more. Ashton Kutcher is an influential advocate for human causes through his actions, including co-founded Thorn (a foundation helping to fight sexual exploitation in children), speaking out about his twin brother’s Cerebral Palsy, and donating money to those in need. Ashton Kutcher impacted human causes, through co-founding Thorn. 9 years ago, Ashton Kutcher and his then wife Demi Moore quietly founded the nonprofit project called Thorn, to help protect children from sexual exploitation.
Eric Chessen, a personal trainer, runs a Manhatten physical education program called Autism Fitness. His athletes (as he calls them), who range in age from six to 56, all have some form of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). More than half of them are non-verbal. Working with those with autism requires Chessen to do a few things that are not typical of a personal training session.
I bet you’ve seen at least one before. You know, those articles on the news about someone with autism, doing something amazing that any typical person would never envision them doing. Getting elected homecoming king, being on a cheerleading team, or carrying out an act of kindness that even non-autistic people wouldn’t ever consider are just some of the things that I’ve seen. Though these are spectacular self-esteem lifters for these individuals, warm and fuzzy stories for the public and excellent publicity for wherever they occur, many often forget that autism is a spectrum condition, and functioning levels vary, from wheelchair bound individuals to those in society whose names everyone recognizes.
Already known to be a social activist and philanthropist by 2011, Mraz decided to start his own charity, The Jason Mraz Foundation. The foundation aggregates and donates money to charities with in human equality, environmental preservation and education fields. So far, the organization has donated to charities such as VH1’s Save the Music Foundation, MusiCares, the Surfrider Foundation, Free the Children, Life Rolls On, the School of the Performing Arts, as well as the NRDC and The True Colors fund. Mraz has won many humanitarian awards for his work.
In the movie Pay It Forward there is a little boy named Trevor who gets the assignment to try and change the world from his teacher. Trevor was a smart and creative kid which enabled him to make a plan. His plan was to help three people so that each of them would help three people and it would continue to spread. Trevor put a lot of effort into this idea in order to help the people in his community including a homeless man, his mom, his teacher, and another little boy who he saw being bullied.
Mr. Allen is heavily involved in the Arts as well. From saving his hometown Cinerama Theatre, to the development of novel film productions that might be shown on the unique theatre's curved screen, Allen's philanthropy seems to know no bounds. On his website, PaulAllen.com, Mr. Allen is quoted as saying, from technology to science to music to art, I'm inspired by those who've blurred the boundaries, who've looked at the possibilities, and said, "What if...? To date, it is estimated that Mr. Allen has contributed approximately $1 billion to support local and international causes
In reviewing the required videos and reading on low incidence, there were a large range of how it affected individuals are processed by individuals without disabilities, these videos demonstrates what it is like to try to be normal with a disability. The first video called, Autistic Basketball Player,” presented an enlighten outcome, that people should not assume that individual with disability are not able to contribute to a job or sport. Jason Mcelwain’s a young man with Autism that id given to chase an individual with a disability self-worth is just as valuable as the rest of the team when it come to sport. The second video called, “Breaking Barriers of Autism: The power of Kindness and friendship present how individuals with disabilities are able to leap bounties id one person will acknowledge them. In his lecture he was able to present insight on how lonely it is on another side of the disability spectrum.