Kevin Bacon has gone über-meta. The once-ubiquitous film actor has taken the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” trivia game — itself based on the already-meta concept that everyone (and everything?) is somehow connected — to a whole new level with a new charity-based website:
www.SixDegrees.org is about using this idea to accomplish something good. It’s social networking with a social conscience. Through this website, you can learn about and support the charities of celebrities and your friends, as well as fundraise for the causes close to your heart.
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Launched less than three weeks ago, the site has already generated more than $87,000 in donations, no doubt in part due to the participation of celebs ranging from Bacon’s wife Kyra Sedgwick (whose charity-of-choice is NRDC) to Ashley Judd (YouthAIDS) to Jessica Simpson (Operation Smile).
Bacon also encourages all of us non-celebs to become a celebrity for our favorite causes. He’ll be matching the money raised by the top six non-celeb fundraisers with grants of up to $10,000 each. Not sure which charity to support? Hmmm … I may have an idea for you.
In the following video, Bacon talks about what inspired him to launch the site:
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