Amanda Tapping Launches ‘Sanctuary For Kids’ Charity
Written by Ian Cullen on November 2, 2009 – 12:52 pm -
Today marks the launch of a new charity, which comes to us from Amanda Tapping and the team behind the hit Syfy series Sanctuary.
In a recent interview, which will be broadcast on SFP Radio on Sunday, 8 November. Tapping revealed news of a new charity she’s set up which provides Sanctuary For Kids, which is a real grass roots initiative to help many of the smaller charities that are under threat in the current economic climate.
“It’s called Sanctuary For Kids. The idea behind is to essentially provide funding and help for children in crisis around the world. The reason the charity is born at this particular time is that so many charities are suffering because people are under such a financial crunch, but the smaller charities are being obliterated because people just don’t have as much to give. So they’re not giving, and when they do they give it to the bigger known charities.
“So the smaller ones are really suffering. So we figured it would be an idea to start a real grass roots initiative, and to help get it started Damian Kindler and I have donated to get all the start up costs, The Website, The Lawyers and Banking. We’re getting all that up and running so that every penny goes to the charities.
“Every year we want to pick a couple of important charities and maintain a relationship with them. We’d also like to create a social network idea on my website and the Sanctuary For Kids Website whereby smaller charities can connect with each other and share ideas.
“For example you have somebody in Brisbane Australia who collects used baby clothing and donates it to families in need and you find that there’s someone in Rhode island in New York or Birmingham, and they can connect and talk with each other about different ideas and things that they’re doing.
“It will also give fans a chance to discuss charities that are close to their hearts. Basically we launch on November 2, and our online charity launches on November 12 where we’ll be giving away Sanctuary set tours and a Skype chat with Martin Wood, Damian Kindler and I and some very cool props that we’re putting out, and all the money will go out to the two charities. And the two charities we’re supporting this year are Nepal Orphans Home, which is a home that provides Sanctuary essentially for young girls, and I’m really proud to announce that we’ve already raised some money. So $5000.00 dollars went to Nepal Orphans Home and they’ve built one of their little houses. So it brought a house.
“We’re also supporting a local charity here in Vancouver, which helps homeless teens with children. So every year we want to maintain a relationship and build things very slowly and at grass roots. I’m really proud of this initiative its something I’m really excited about. “
If you’d like to learn more about Sanctuary For Kids and perhaps even donate you can do so by heading on over to: www.sanctuaryforkids.org
You can hear my whole interview with Amanda Tapping in which she talks about Sanctuary and the many aspects of her role in the series in this sundays episode of SFP Radio. To learn more about the radio show and to set a reminder for yourself about our Amanda Tapping interview point your browser to: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/SciFiPulse/2009/11/08/Episode-42–Interview-With-Amanda-Tapping
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