Hollywood star Steve Carell: With this action, he helps young fire victims

With this campaign, Steve Carell (62) proves that he is not only a gifted comedian, but also a man with a big heart. The actors known from “The Office” surprised students who are affected by the devastating Eaton forest fires in Los Angeles with a special message: he pays the costs for their prom tickets.

. “Attention, on all final classes,” Carell begins in his typically dry tone. “This is Steve Carell with a special announcement. I work with a wonderful charity from Virginia called Alice’s Kids. And Alice’s Kids wanted to know that they will pay for all your prom tickets. And if you have already bought your prom tickets, they will pay you the costs.”

the aid campaign was initiated by Ron Fitzsimmons, the managing director of Alice’s Kids. “For some reason, someone mentioned that the children love Steve Carell,” said Fitzsimmons. “They seem to have stuck on ‘The Office’ while Covid and know him from ‘I – simply incorrigible’. Steve and his wife Nancy have been the great supporters of our organization for years.”

When Fitzsimmons asked the actor for help, he apparently reacted promptly: “I asked him if he would make a video and he sent it to me within a few hours,” said Fitzsimmons.

The admission price of around $ 150 per person, which currently means around 140 euros, would have been an additional financial burden for many of the families affected by the fire. “The prom is a transition ritual and as many children could not have paid for the approximately $ 150 entrance fee,” said Fitzsimmons. “I know from my own experience that many children simply need to encourage them,” he continued.

The campaign was enthusiastically accepted in the comments on social media. “What a well thought -out way of celebrating children who have lost so much,” wrote a user. Another commented humorously: “Scott’s gifts will come true” – an allusion to a famous episode from “The Office”, in which Carell’s figure Michael Scott gives a group of teenagers a great promise that he cannot adhere to.

Carell is just one of many celebrities who support the victims of the forest fires in Los Angeles. Beyoncé donated $ 2.5 million, while stars such as Chris Stapleton and his wife Morgan, Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio and The Weeknd each transferred one million dollars to various aid organizations.

Duchess Meghan also personally helped in Altadena by distributing relief supplies to displaced people together with the “Altadena Teen Girls Girls Fire Recovery. Zoe Saldaña supported Martin Luther King Jr. Day volunteers from the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) in Pasadena.

The forest fire season in California started particularly early this year and developed violently. The Eaton fire destroyed numerous houses and schools in the region in January and forced thousands of people to flee.