By: Vilma Sun
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation donated $15 million in the last three weeks for emergency financial assistance fund. Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars donated $1 million.
The people that donated include:
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
George and Amal Clooney
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck
Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively
Leonardo DiCaprio
Julia Roberts
Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Meryl Streep
Nicole Kidman
Oprah Winfrey.
The SAG-AFTRA strike started on July 14. Actor and SAG-AFTRA Foundation president Courtney B . Vance said that the organization got 30 times their usual emergency fund requests. “ I appealed to our community to remember how tough it was coming up, and the response to help their fellow performers has been incredible, immediate and heartwarming, “he said.