When TV Helps Philantrophy

On Saturday afternoon, one of my friends and I made a sojourn to Santa Monica to take part in The Rescue, an event put on by Invisible Children, to help raise awareness of the longest war in Africa and its effects on many children. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t have known anything about Invisible Children, but Veronica Mars and the stars are responsible for knowing more.

Invisible Children was not only a focus of an episode of the show, but many of the cast are involved (in fact, Ryan Hansen has a very personal connection to the organization), not only helping to raise awareness but also giving an event some cache.

Now, the event itself was designed to mimic the LRA camps that many children are forced into and everyone who participated hoped to be rescued by a series of important people–political or cultural.

While my friend and I didn’t stay the whole time, it felt good to know that because of a TV show, I might help thousands of children avoid fighting in a war.

Kudos to the cast, and the show, for bringing the organization to my attention a few years ago, and for still working with them to make a huge difference.