Lindsey Shaw Quotes

Many people have the heart to give back, but a lot don't know how to. I try to be the bridge for those people - whether that means getting them involved in one of my campaigns or inspiring them by showing them a blueprint of how to get others engaged.

First and foremost it's important that we're able to put something back in the game, which we have always done. We're doing this to help needy charities along with the police forces in different towns and cities.

I'm very interested in charities. I help a lot of different charities.

New York is a great place to be if you want to make an impact and be involved in charities or philanthropic organizations like my wife and I are.

I am currently doing about 30 charity auctions a year.

After my touring life, I'd love to be more involved with charity. It gives me a lot of fulfillment, you know? I would love to get people who are into my music more active in charity work. In the future, when I have more time, I'd love to do spend more time on that.

Many schools include a service project as part of their curriculum, and many corporations have in-house projects for their employees or give them time off to do volunteer work.

I'm always keen to have more training as a charity patron.

I'm an ambassador for World of Children and St Jude's, it always been very important for me to use modeling as a platform to give back or raise awareness for causes that are important.

My own service started when I was 12, with the small charity I launched with 12 friends. Twenty years later, millions have joined our ranks - educators, business leaders and prominent Canadians.

As the nation is aware, I have been doing charity movements through the Beautiful Foundation and Beautiful Stores, and carrying out projects to promote hope and governance of our society.

There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.

During all my undergrad years and in high school, I was involved in tutoring and public service. At Harvard, I spent over 35 hours a week doing service. I was a Big Sister, I worked for the homeless, the elderly; it was the epicenter of my focus.

All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.

There are plenty of easy things that you can do from the comfort of your own home to get you started on the path of giving back.

I had the opportunity at Duke to start doing things in the community, and it's something I continue to do even 20 years later.

I knit for Caps for Good - a charity that gives hats to Third World babies - while I watch movies with friends.

My husband, Andrew Shue, is the co-founder of Do Something, and we both speak and present at awards ceremonies. It's absolutely amazing and humbling to see all the work so many young people are contributing to better their communities on both a local and global front.

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.

I've long wanted to find a charitable cause to really get involved with and be passionate about. I get invited to a lot of charity events to sing, and I am happy to help and bring a source of entertainment, but I'm sort of disconnected from them.

When I got signed, I wanted to be involved in a charity, but it was hard because I didn't know which problems to start with.

If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of 20 million full-time volunteers.

Even though it's become a really cliched thing to see musicians working for charity, it's still effective and it still has to be done.

I am willing to lend that hand, I will continue to stay involved with my charities as long as they need me.

But there are many, and I'm a supporter of a great deal of charities.