3 May 2013
LBTLmeal-Feature
Photo: (Claire Biggs)

Photo: One of my breakfasts. (Claire Biggs)

My home state of Louisiana offers some of the best food in the world. You’ve got crawfish boils, beignets at Café du Monde, and gumbo when the weather gets cold. This week, however, I traded in my normal grocery store shopping list for a much simpler one with a budget of $1.50 a day.

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21 Dec 2012
Shay-Feature

Photo: (Somaly Mam Foundation)

Shay Mitchell helps empower LGBT youth with her character Emily on “Pretty Little Liars,” and she’s also dedicated to stopping human trafficking with the Somaly Mam Foundation. Somaly Mam, the founder of SMF, was sold into slavery as a young girl in Cambodia, and Shay helps her mission to stop slavery in Cambodia and elsewhere.

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19 Apr 2012
Photo: (Getty Images)

Photo: (Getty Images)

Shay Mitchell of "Pretty Little Liars" wants to help bring an end to human trafficking. #Truth. In the past she’s tweeted about the Somaly Mam Foundation, putting on a fundraiser to help the very important org. Now she’s back on Twitter to tell us more about Somaly Mam:

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23 Mar 2012
Photo: (Celebuzz)

Photo: (Celebuzz)

If we already didn’t have enough reasons to love Kellan Lutz, he has proved to us further that he is the epitome of a humanitarian rock star. From his work helping to rebuild New Orleans to posing for PETA, this workaholic is one inspiring guy leading a positive path for us to follow.

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4 Oct 2011
Photo: (Getty Images)

Photo: (Getty Images)

Awkward.'s Ashley Rickards partnered with the Somaly Mam Foundation for Project Futures, a program Ashley said was "a sort of do-it-yourself fundraiser...among your school, your college." And now, Pretty Little Liars' Shay Mitchell has signed on to partake in the first annual 18 for 18 "Sky's The Limit" skydive fundraiser benefiting Somaly Mam. Shay had asked family, friends, and YOU via Twitter to help sponsor her 18,000 feet jump to help combat human trafficking. She's reached her $5,000 goal but is now aiming higher:

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