Figmentations

Heard about a few more inspiring campaigns out there to help make this world a better place. All with quite different themes; all equally interesting.

• Rachel Ray’s Yum-o! site ‘in partnership with President Bill Clinton’s Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association’s Alliance for a Healthier Generation‘ talks about how healthy food can be fun, too.
• Athletes for Hope.org has top athletes working to combine their efforts. With superstars such as Mia Hamm, Andre Agassi, Lance Armstrong, Tony Hawk, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Warrick Dunn, Andrea Jaegger, Muhammad Ali and Jeff Gordon. They describe themselves as being for people that “care about caring“.
• Tyra Bank’s new “So What?” campaign focusing on helping women not obsess about their weight and/or negative body images.
• Women Of Worth.com (not the .org) expanding on L’Oreal’s “Because I’m Worth It” tagline to feature women of worth making a difference in their communities.

Either there are more and more of these groups/campaigns being started up these days, or I’m just more alert to them.

There were even a number of causes featured in the May 7th edition of People Magazine, you know, the one featuring the “100 Most Beautiful” people. See the section called “Beauty Inside & Out” listing celebrities that “Do More Than Just Look Good. They Do Good, Too” (includes, Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie, Oprah Winfrey, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Julia Roberts, Alicia Keys, George Clooney, Tyra Banks, and Leonardo DiCaprio).