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Just another reason why this man is so hunky!

Brad Pitt's charity, Make It Right, helps rebuilds houses in New Orleans after all the devastation that bitch Katrina caused.

To check in on the progress, Brad visited a home in the Lower Ninth Ward and met a wonderful family who was super happy to see him.

Yep. It's official. This man is a god.

[Image via GSI Media.]

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Yay! This is so amazing!

In an effort to help re-stock the New Orleans' Recovery School Disctrict, Better World Books and teen non-profit DoSomething.org joined together with rapper Ludacris to collect 250,000 books!

Even cooler is that 105,000 young people all over the country took part in the 8-weight Epic Book Drive by running book drives in their own communities to contribute to the cause.

Ludacris was proud to see so many young people pitching in to help out, saying:

“I'm proud to be a part of the Epic Book Drive and to see that over 100,000 young people participated. By collecting such a huge number of books for those in need, teens around the country showed they haven't forgotten about New Orleans and the Recovery School District.”

Check out the video above to find out how thousands of teenagers around the country were able to help out thousands of students in the school districts in New Orleans still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

Tags: dosomething, dosomething.org, epic book drive, hurricane katrina, ludacris, new orleans, recovery school district, teenagers, young people

William Shatner is one painfully kind man.

The Sh*t My Dad Says actor has saved a family from homelessness by selling his kidney stone (ouch)!

The veteran Hollywood star managed to convince bosses at gambling website GoldenPalace.com to pay $21,000 for the stone in 2005.

With the help of his Boston Legal castmates, he took the profits and made a total donation of $84,000 to housing charity Habitat for Humanity in the U.S.

The charity used the donated money to build a house for a family who lost their home in Hurricane Katrina.

Shatner is proud of his creative charitable efforts too, revealing:

"I have a picture of a lovely family with three kids, living in a home that my kidney stone built."

What an awesome idea, Mr. Shatner! We applaud you're charity work!

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: awesome, donate, donation, habitat for humanity, hollywood, homeless, hurricane katrina, money

90210 star AnnaLynne McCord and boyfriend Kellan Lutz made a trip to New Orleans last weekend to build houses for Hurricane Katrina victims, marking the fifth anniversary of the disaster. The couple was there to help out with the St. Bernard Project.

AnnaLynne has recently been trying to earn the charity $250,000 through the Pepsi Refresh Celebrity Challenge, which would go towards building a new well-being center in New Orleans. She’s been tweeting like mad trying to get her followers to vote for the St. Bernard Project.

It’s inspiring to see celebrities helping those less fortunate. Keep it up, AnnaLynne!

[Image via Nikki Nelson/WENN.]

Tags: charity, hurricane katrina, new orleans

She's amazing! An absolute inspiration!

As we've reported, Sandra Bullock was on hand yesterday to help open a brand new health clinic on the campus of Warren Easton Charter High School in New Orleans, in honor of the 5 year anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy!

Before being a part of the ribbon cutting ceremony, the actress said:

"I have seen nothing but unimaginable kindness, perseverance and hope right in this room here. It gives me great pleasure to be in the company of these people who have actually made the difference. They did the hard work, they are here sitting before you."

Lovely! And so well-spoken!

Such an amazing way to keep improving people's quality of life!

They should all be so proud of themselves!

[Image via Getty Images.]

Tags: anniversary, health clinic, high school, hurricane katrina, inspiration, lovely, new orleans, warren easton charter high school