Lucy Lawless Charity
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Kevin Smith
On February 15, 2002, Kevin Tod Smith, best known to Xena and
Hercules fans for his fabulous portrayal of Ares, the God of
War, passed away. He had fallen several stories off of a building
on the set of the film "Warriors of Virtue II", and
was unable to recover from his head injuries. Lucy is one of
the four trustees of the Kevin Smith Memorial Foundation which
provides financial support for his wife Suzanne and their three
children, Oscar, Tyrone, and Willard.
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Kevin Smith Memorial Foundation |
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Starship Children's Hospital
Lucy has affiliated herself with the Starship Children's Hospital
in Auckland, New Zealand, and she now acts as the Starship Foundation's
board trustee and ambassador. Lucy stated her reasons for helping
this cause on the Starship website: "The ongoing stories
of violent child abuse have had me literally weeping into my
morning paper. That was when I knew I had to help in any small
way I could. I’m not an expert on child abuse. I’m
certainly not the perfect parent. I’m just a mother and
concerned New Zealander who wants to see an end to the grim
stories we read so often."
» Starship
Children's Hospital
» Starship
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Breast Cancer Research
Lucy has designed a t-shirt to support breast cancer research
in New Zealand. Ten dollars from every shirt sold will go towards
this research. Her design borrows heavily from the motif of
the breastplate on her Xena Warrior Princess costume. She has
also appeared in a commercial which encourages women to overcome
their fears and get a mammogram.
» New
Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation
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Breast Cancer Research Trust
» Lucy's
T-Shirt Design |
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Breastfeeding Awareness
Lucy posed with her newest son, Judah, for a poster that
was distributed to the medical community in support of World
Breastfeeding Week (August 1st to 7th, 2002). The tagline
read "Breastfeeding - my best role ever".
» World
Breastfeeding Week
» Lucy's
Poster |
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Sword & Staff
Xena fans are very generous individuals. In May of 1997, a group
of Xena fans decided to track some charitable donations that
fans had made, and the Sword and Staff was born. Since that
time, they have raised over $350 000 in the name of just about
anything Xena related, and donated the funds to charities that
Lucy and other Xena cast members support.
» Sword
and Staff |
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Chata Area Development Programme
Lucy and her husband Rob sponser a child through World Vision's
Chata Area Development Programme. In 2002, they donated
netball and soccer balls to ten schools in the area of Chata,
in Malawi, Africa.
» World
Vision New Zealand
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Genetic Engineering
Lucy opposed the practice of running genetic engineering field
tests in New Zealand in 2001 by participating in a photoshoot
where she wore t-shirts bearing anti-ge slogans.
» GE
Free New Zealand |
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Gilda's Club
While filming Tarzan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in November
2003, Lucy showed her support of Gilda's Club, a charity which
helps cancer patients learn to live with their illness, and
was created to honour the memory of Saturday Night Live comedian
Gilda Radner. Lucy had her hands and her breasts cast
in plaster to be auctioned off in support of the charity. She
also performed the Barenaked
Ladies song "Upside Down", from their newest album
"Everything to Everyone" at the Gilda's Club variety
show on Monday November 10, 2003.
» Gilda's
Club
» Lucy's
Plaster Breast and Hand Casts
» Lilac
Girl BNL Barenaked Ladies Fan Site |
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IHC
In 1998 Lucy posed for photos to be used on telephone cards
in New Zealand. Over 7600 cards were produced and proceeds for
the sale of the cards went to IHC, New Zealand's largest provider
of services to people with intellectual disabilities and their
families.
» IHC
» Photos
of the card |
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Yellow Ribbon
Lucy donated a plate she designed to be sold at a celebrity
auction on July 25, 2003, with proceeds going to support the
suicide prevention charity Yellow Ribbon.
» Yellow
Ribbon |
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Stars Thru Their Eyes
Lucy participated through a prerecorded interview, in "Stars
Thru Their Eyes", an event staged at Auckland's Sheraton
hotel on Saturday 30th of August, 2003. This event was created
by Starjam to help change attitudes towards people with disabilities.
» Starjam
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Puawaitahi Center
Lucy sky jumped off of Auckland's City Tower on June 29,
2003 in an effort to raise awareness of child abuse and Puawaitahi,
New Zealand's first multi-agency centre to investigate and treat
child abuse and neglect.
» Puawaitahi
Center |
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Ponsonby Primary School
Lucy donated a sketch which depicts her rendition of Xena
in action to the Ponsonby Primary School in Auckland New Zealand
to be aucitoned off on June 28th 2001. The proceeds helped to
fund a new gymnasium/hall for the school.
» Ponsonby
Primary School
» Lucy's
Sketch of Xena |
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Trevor Project
Lucy donated her outfit from her appearance in the movie
Eurotrip to be auctioned off with the proceeds going to The
Trevor Project, a charity that promotes tolerance for gay and
questioning teenagers, and prevents their suicide.
» The
Trevor Project
» Eurotrip
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Lucy Lawless charity summary by Alexis,
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