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I’m not a reality show watcher, but I have always enjoyed The Apprentice. I am especially happy with the current season of Celebrity Apprentice.
Why should you care and what does this have to do with foster care and adoption? Well, there’s a chance that our kids can directly benefit from this show. These celebrities have plenty of money and don’t need a job with Donald Trump, so they are competing for money for the charity of their choice. There are several charities that benefit children. Here is the list of the charities that the celebrities are playing for. To learn more about each charity, click on the charity name to be taken to their website.
Nadia Comaneci – Special Olympics
Tito Ortiz – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Trace Adkins – FAAN (Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network)
Omarosa – Positive Vibrations Youth Mentoring Program, at Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum in Compton
Carol Alt – Tony Alt Memorial Foundation
Jenni Finch – Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Marilu Henner – The Physician’s Committee For Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
Lennox Lewis – The Muhammad Ali Center
Piers Morgan – Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund
Stephen Baldwin – The Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund
Tiffany Falon – Walter Reed Society
Vincent Pastore – Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Nely Galan – Count Me In
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that I am a big country music fan. When I heard that Trace Adkins was “playing” for a good allergy charity, it peaked my interest. I love Trace Adkins, and I know several parents who have kids with food allergies. We have dealt with food intolerances with Sammy and how limiting it can be for a child’s diet. Trace Adkins has first hand experience since his daughter has peanut allergies and went into anaphylactic shock when she was only eighteen months old.
The most current statistic I could find showed that in 1991 there were 1,149 children with HIV in foster care. That may not seem like very many children since the number of children in foster care averages around 500,000 but care for a child with HIV can be extensive and expensive.
$20,000 has already gone to the Elisabeth Glaser foundation and to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Our kids may have already benefited from this show.
