August 21, 2012
It has been awhile since I had a Kindness to report and I think this one is really wonderful. I would say amazing but then everyone of you would think it was Katie Holmes. No kindnesses from her at all. You would think Kristen Stewart would be out there kindnessing everywhere. Nope. Anyway, this actress is B list. Probably B-, although she has close to A list name recognition. She does movies and television, but pretty much limits herself to one movie role. Oh, and she has been in back to back hits on television. Anyway, our actress actually read something about the homeless in a tabloid or possibly a gossip website ahem and wondered how she could get involved. Apparently there is a real lack of reliable transportation for people who are homeless and searching for jobs. Because of the limited public transportation in LA, the radius for a job search is limited in scope. Our actress heard about this and arranged for 10 vehicles to be bought which not only transport homeless people to job interviews in places they would normally be unable to access, but also to take them to work everyday and pick them up. Our actress also pays a portion of the salary for the drivers of these cars who are also all former homeless people. She has encouraged other members of her show to help out and they have chipped in enough to pay the other salaries and to also contribute to other programs to help homeless people get jobs.
Alyson Hannigan
Awww, I will always love Willow. I think she was a popular guess for this. Awesome reveal!
ReplyDeleteI think I love her even more. So sweet. Why can't more people be like her?
ReplyDeleteYay Willow!
ReplyDeleteI love Willow too! Glad to hear she's one of the good ones.
ReplyDeleteYup...Willow is the best
ReplyDeleteSo lovely to see people of fortune be so kind and caring.
ReplyDeleteTerri got it first...
ReplyDeleteLove her!!! Brought tears to my eyes, if only all stars were like Alyson Hannigan =)
ReplyDeleteI knew there was a reason I liked her. Good job.
ReplyDeleteYay!
ReplyDeleteI'll be different. Yay Lily!
ReplyDeleteGood for you girl!
ReplyDeleteSo sweet!
ReplyDeleteI think doing these kindnesses for ordinary people is what keeps some celebrities sane it that world.
ReplyDeleteIt keeps them connected, I mean. The LA bubble can eat your SOUL. See: KK & Paris, Lilo, etc.
this is very cool. it's always great to see people who are blessed with fortune truly helping others ... instead of peeing in public.
ReplyDeleteThis warms my dead heart so much, people get in a bad place and get stuck in a bad cycle. All they need is a chance to get out of it. Things like a suit or a ride to work seems like nothing to us but to others it's a cliff to climb.
ReplyDeleteShe just seems like such a good person with a nice family. It's nice to see actors just do good things without fanfare.
Yay Alyson! I love the good ones. Nice to know there are good ones.
ReplyDeleteYay! I love the kindness blinds, they're my favourites. And even better when they are one of my favourite celebs - GO ALYSON!
ReplyDeleteVery nice!
ReplyDeleteAwww! How awesome! I love kindness blinds
ReplyDeleteOne thing I really like about this BI -- along with the lovely Claire Danes one -- is that it's such a unique way to help. Most people (including celebrities) would just write a check. But it takes some creativity to come up with an idea like paying for transportation to job interviews or renting apartments for vets' families. Kudos to these two women!
ReplyDeleteAww. I love her even more now.
ReplyDeleteWho else loved the Seth Green cameo on HIMYM?!
This is awesome.
ReplyDeleteI love her even more now!
ReplyDeleteSo, is he implying she is a CDAN-reader? In tht case I hope she's reading today! :)
ReplyDeleteWe need a program like this in Portland. Our homeless population is tragic. Yay Willow! From one human being to another .. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteShe sure seemed like a good person and I'm glad to hear it's true.
ReplyDeleteAlyson Hannigan is even more awesome than I thought. Wonderful kindness!
ReplyDeleteFantastic job I agree that it's extra special because of the effort and time she put into helping those in need
ReplyDeleteAhhh. I've been a fan of Alyson since her Buffy days. Wonderful of her to get involved and help those folks get a leg up in life. Thank you Alyson and her castmates at HIMYM.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite redhead! I've loved her since Buffy and her character on HIMYM is just legen - wait for it - dary! :b
ReplyDeleteI loved the Seth Green cameo, too!
Great human being.
ReplyDeleteOMG What a creative idea. The governments can't seem to come up with anything this smart! And how very generous!
ReplyDeleteAww I have always loved her, I wasn't sure I could love her anymore but I do now! I'm glad the rest of the cast helped out as well, they seem like good people.
ReplyDeleteI will stop bring a horrible human for a minute and get all mushy. Alyson Hannigan really is amazing and i love alexis denisof too. They are great. Just nice.
ReplyDeleteShe is wonderful! Kudos to her and the rest of the HIMYM cast.
ReplyDeleteI think Alyson walks off with most of the scenes as Lily in HIMYM. And she is playing against giants of comedy, NPH in particular, but Jason too. She is genuine B-list; the other folks mentioned so far today are not.
ReplyDeleteI love AH's character on HIMYM. She and Jason work brilliantly together. She's a very physical actress and is great teamed up with Jason.
I can't figure out the ratings. I know Alyson H's name, her marital status, that her kids are adorable, and that she is very, very talented. She's part of an ensemble cast on a very hit show that I love. She's a B- and so is the woman from Smallville I never heard of? Sorry. Not buying the ratings.
Bless AH if this blind is true. Getting to a job interview or showing up on time is way too difficult in LA and many other cities where you need a car.
But bless AH for doing something about it.
This one time - at band camp - Alyson Hannigan totally rocked my world be being a great person.
ReplyDeleteThis is great! It's actions like this that can change a life.
ReplyDeleteBless her and her castmates!
Jamie 2, I couldn't agree more. The law of Karma baby! The douche ones Penn and Sheen I'm lookin at you, seem to get regarded as such. And the good ones, have their goodness shine through too. I now LOVE AH. I just want to pinch her (facial) cheek. HIMYM: She always steals the show with her perkiness, delivery, expression, and imo, raises the bar for everyone else to keep up with her. Enty hinted that she reads this site, I may have read it wrong, but that's how it looked. Made me think " Eep! I wonder how many other celebs read this site, and may even read our comments about them. (cue twilight zone music....) doo doo doo dooooo.....
ReplyDeleteI take the dark BIs with a grain (or whole shaker) of salt, but readily believe the kindnesses. This is really awesome and it doesn't surprise me at all, AH seems like such a sweet, genuine person. Nothing but love for her here!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you @Jamie 2, she is fantastic at her job!
I love her in everything she does, so pleased to learn about her kindness.
ReplyDeleteshe is different from the rest and what a lovely thing to do.
ReplyDeleteI am SO happy that AH is a good person. I've adored her since Buffy & hoped she was one of the good ones. :)
ReplyDeleteYou go Alyson! This makes me so happy to be a long time fan of her.
I'll say the same for her that I will say about Claire Danes: CLASS ACT. Glad you are revealing the kindness items, because they deserve the acknowledgement even when they go out of their way to not get attention for good works.
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ReplyDeleteI love AH!
Alyson and Alexis seem so grounded and their children are beautiful.. I've been a fan since 1997 and Buffy - keep it up!
ReplyDeleteLove it, love her, and as my sister said when I made her read this "awwwwwwww! That's so nice!"
ReplyDeleteI also love that she's getting the rest of the HIMYM cast to help. NPH did some sort of feed the homeless thing on Thanksgiving, didn't he?
Yaaay Willow! She's always seemed cool.
ReplyDeleteAm I crazy or do we never hear bad things about the cast of HIMYM?
ReplyDeleteI wonder if we will ever hear a kindness reveal about that K family?
ReplyDeleteProbably not.
I always knew she was awesome both on and off screen!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful!
ReplyDelete"We can help. Sometimes, it feels good to help." —Willow to Oz [Seth Green], episode "Phases".
ReplyDeleteI adore Aly. Always have, always will. This is just more of her being awesome.
I have been singing "under your spell" from the "once more with feeling" episode for days, love her, always my first guess for a kind blind
ReplyDeleteLove it when those that can help do, and what an original way to help out! Thanks Alyson
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