Actress Kristen Bell ended 2024 by donating more than $100,000 to people in need of help paying their medical bills.
of frozen The star received a message from the Instagram personality Quentin Quarantino A screenshot of the communication posted by Bell talks about helping people affected by America's “broken health care system.”
Mr. Quarantino (real name Tommy Marcus) initially challenged Mr. Bell to only share one health-related GoFundMe page a day to raise awareness of others' struggles and encourage the public to donate. I suggested that.
“I came up with the idea of harnessing public energy for our broken healthcare system by sharing a health-related GoFundMe page every day for over a week, changing the lives of one family per day,” said Quaran. Mr. Tino wrote, Mr. Bell: “Love it. Absolutely.”
But then they discovered that one of their GoFundMe pages needed an additional $4,300 in donations to reach their goal. forget sarah marshall The star decided to donate it himself.
“Reading this article brought me to tears,” Bell told Quarantino in a follow-up message, adding, “I just gave him the remaining amount needed.” We need to do more of this, and the world needs it. ”
after that, veronica mars The star decided to take the donation a step further.
“This was great, but I want more,” Bell wrote in another follow-up message to the Instagram personality. “How can I donate $100,000 for medical expenses to people who need it? I want to make sure I do it in the best way possible. How can I do that?”
Quarantino responded by saying, “How about this? Every fundraiser I post, when I reach half of my goal, I close it at the other half, and I keep going until I reach $100,000 in donations.” suggested.
“Yes!! Tommy, let's do it!” Bell yelled.
Then the actress put her money where her mouth was. donate A GoFundMe page has reached its goal with more than $20,000 donated to support a third-grader battling leukemia.
In the second example, Bell sent another GoFundMe page to the cause. donate He gave about $25,000 to a man who is also battling leukemia.
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