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Celebrities Doing Good

Filed under: Shaquille O'Neill

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This week is all about celebrities doing good.

There's Scarlett Johansson trying to bring awareness to Rwanda and promote recycling.

There's Brad Pitt fighting for equality!

And, now, there's Denzel Washington, Shaquille O'Neal, Martin Sheen, and Wesly Clark helping the communities.

The four stars all happened to attend the Boys & Girls Clubs of America as children.

Now, they're lending their childhood photos to be part of a national campaign.

On Wednesday, the campaign "BE GREAT" was revealed. It's asking for people to volunteer their time to help their local B&GC.

Denzel, who is the national spokesman for the organization, told reporters, "What's going on with children doesn't worry me. What's going on with adults worries me. If we are not more committed to these young people … they will go as far as we take them, so the onus is on us, not on the children."

He added, "We've created this world for them, we are the ones that fall and we are the ones that can rectify it."

And, during the launch event yesterday, Denzel displayed his ad which featured a photo of himself from second grade.

The headshot shows him in a collared shirt, with a tie and blazer, which was a bit how he was dressed like during the event.

To which he added, "A handsome young man that is. I have to give credit where credit is due, that begins with my mother not only for giving me life and faith and so much support, but also digging up this photo."

It's always good to give back!

[Image via AP Images.]

13 comments to “Celebrities Doing Good”



  1. 1

    love the Denzel!



  2. 2

    yess. number twooo

    and yeah. go denzel :)



  3. 3

    AND WHAT DO THEY ALL HAVE IN COMMON….THEY'RE SUPPORTING OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!!!!! :)

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    4

    Be Great



  5. 5

    …ahhh! I'd know those ears anywhere! I LOVED 'Dumbo' as a child. It was my very favorite animated film. Huh, whaaat? My bad. "Look To Your Dreams" to make this world a better place…



  6. 6

    Hey, where all the white women at?
    Blazing Douche



  7. 7

    I Love Denzel…
    Gorgeous, Intelligent and a Gentleman… and a Real man that is !
    he should do more thing like this to encourage other black stars to support the african american and African communities ….
    if they dont do it themselves.. no one else will ( well except for Brangelina)



  8. 8

    Yawn. How about giving kudos to the thousands of Americans who give selflessly everyday and aren't plastered all over the media?? These celebrities probably wouldn't do half this crap if they didn't get some sort of publicity from it.



  9. 9

    Re: OBAMA 08 – Well, yeah. They are all black.
    Fried Chicken Douche



  10. 10

    He seems like such a good person, and so handsome too.



  11. 11

    He's was a cute child, now he's an even cuter Man!!!



  12. 12

    Hey, Denzel is black, can remember lines someone else wrote and is a community organizer… looks like he has the same qualifications s Obama.



  13. 13

    you know what, im so glad theyre doing work in the american boys and girls clubs. we have 17 million homeless in america.. i think we should be trying to help our own country before we bring our resources over seas.