Alex & Charities

Alex and his support of charities & some very good causes and environmental projects

If you are a new fan of Alex and yet have no idea why I'm calling him a "caring" person above - well, it's mainly because of his support of organ donation and other good causes - ranging from the fight against cancer and ALS, to giving self-defense classes for women and donating the full proceeds to a hospital, on to raising awareness and funds for organ donation. Most of these charities and good causes are dedicated to fighting deadly diseases and to saving lives.

His big heart and his support of charities and organ donation are among the many reasons why his fans love him so much.

Examples of projects and organisations supported by Alex...

Below, you find a selection of charitable projects, charity organisations and great causes that Alex has supported over the years. For information about current campaigns, please follow my News page (In German "Aktuelles")

• Alex hosted a fundraising event for the environmental organisation Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii which aims at preserving the fragile environment along the Hawaiian coastlines.
   
• He has supported the "R U OK? Day" which aims at reducing the high suicide rate among Australians by reaching out to others and asking them if they are o.k. - Of course, that question may be asked not only by Australians and it can be asked on any day of the year. Just saying... ;-)
  Here's a video clip of Alex promoting this special day: Short video clip
   
• When he played a vampire on "Moonlight", he asked fans to donate blood for the Red Cross - and a fan mentionned that Alex actually participated in at least one blood drive himself, where she met him.
  Here's a video clip of him with his message: Alex asking you to give blood
   
• Alex has attended fundraising events for the fight against cancer.
  Here's a video clip of a speech he held at the Relay for Life event - Video of Alex's speech
   
• Alex is also supporting the fight against the fatal disease ALS:
  The disease has affected his family on a very personal level since his mother-in-law died from ALS. He, his family and his colleagues from "Hawaii Five-0" support the ALS Association.
  View this info page about Alex & H50 supporting the fight against ALS:
  www.alex-the-best.de/aolals.htm
   
• Women's self-defense classes benefitting the Kapi`olani Medical Center for Women and Children:
  Alex and his buddy Egan Inoue have repeatedly given women's self-defense classes and the proceeds have gone fully to the a.m. hospital. The classes have been an awesome experience for fans attending them because they got to meet Alex in person and learn useful self-defense tricks from him and Egan.
  Video interview with Alex & Egan before the May 2015 classes (Star Advertiser)
  Video from the self-defense class in May 2015 (Star Advertiser)
  Photo album from the self-defense class in May 2015 (Star Advertiser)
  Blog by fan Annemieke about the self-defense seminar
  Blog by fan Emanuela (Manu) about the self-defense seminar   
   
• When Alex played the role of the cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Yablonski in the medical series "Three Rivers" about a fictional transplant hospital, he became an ambassador for the 'Donate Life America' organization. He has been promoting organ donation and has managed to inspire his fans to join him in raising awareness of the importance of organ donation and in supporting charities in the field of organ donation.
  
  He was also a spokesperson for the Taylor's Gift Foundation (UPDATE: In Nov. 2018, it was renamed into Outlive Yourself Foundation, then merged with Southwest Transplant  Alliance; late in 2021 it was "reactivated" as Taylor's Gift with its own website) which was set up by the family of Taylor - a girl who died in a skiing accident when she was only 13 years old but left behind the greatest gift of all - a new or better life for 5 persons to whom she donated organs. The foundation helps individuals and families affected by organ donation and it promotes organ donation to increase organ donor registrations and, thus, to help save lives like organ donor Taylor.
  
  The Alex O'Loughlin Fans for Organ Donation  group (previously known as "AOL Fans for Donate Life") regularly organizes campaigns to raise awareness and funds for organ donation. Below, you find some of the campaigns that I organized on behalf of the group - long before I became head of the group and admin of our Facebook page when Claire Eyles decided to hand over full responsibility to me in Feb. 2017:
  
  August 2014: Birthday Campaign for Alex benefitting "Taylor's Gift"!
  - Direct link to the group birthday card: http://www.groupcard.com/c/eHoEOBPLKeO
  - Direct link to the fundraising page: http://www.stayclassy.org/happybirthdayalex 
  - Summary: http://www.alex-the-best.de/aolbirth14.htm
  
  December 2015: Christmas Campaign benefitting "Taylor's Gift"
  Campaign info page (English): http://www.alex-the-best.de/XMAS15eng.htm
  Campaign info page (German):  http://www.alex-the-best.de/XMAS15deu.htm
  Direct link to the fundraising page: www.classy.org/HappyXmasWithAlex
  
  We were also given permission to run the official fundraiser for Alex's 40th birthday in Aug. 2016 benefitting "Taylor's Gift". Alex himself asked his fans to participate in our fundraiser which was set up by Claire:
  Alex thanking his fans for the birthday campaign that our fan group set up
  
  We continue to run fundraising campaigns about 3 to 4 times a year. Keep looking at the "News" page for current fundraisers. In recent years, the fundraisers have benefitted "Legacy of Life Hawai'i" as the community in Hawaii is the closest to our hearts, as it's the home of Alex's long-time show "Hawaii Five-0" which most of his fans love - I do.
   

For more useful information about the important topic of organ donation and transplantation, please view the following links:
Why Alex and his fans support organ donation

About our "AOL Fans for Organ Donation" team and our personal experience with organ donation:
www.alex-the-best.de/aolteam.htm

About "Three Rivers" - incl. interviews about the show and organ donation:
www.alex-the-best.de/aolriver.htm

Alex supporting Donate Life, Taylor's Gift (Now: Outlive Yourself Foundation) & more - Interviews, video clips etc.:
www.alex-the-best.de/aoldltg.htm

Link collection about organ donation and transplantations:
www.alex-the-best.de/donalink.htm

Thank you for reading and for helping Alex support the a.m. charities and good causes!
 

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Last update: 2018