Donating to the Alliance for Children's Rights in honor of Moonlight and Nina Tassler

The Alliance for Children's Rights is an amazing charity. It offers many much needed programs such as health care, special education, mentoring, court advocacy for abused & abandoned kids, assistance with adoption and for those exiting the foster care system. When I think of the children who have nothing and nobody, it breaks my heart.

Mission Statement ~

"The Alliance for Children's Rights is protecting the rights and futures of abused and impoverished children throughout Los Angeles County, in hopes of creating a world in which all children are able to have a safe and permanent family, access to quality health care, a quality education, and all of the support and services they so rightfully deserve."

During their 15th anniversary dinner on Monday, March 10th, 2008 Nina Tassler (President of CBS Entertainment) will be presented with the National Champion for Children Award! I am happy to hear that she is so involved with such a wonderful charity.

Of course, you are aware that Nina supported Moonlight from the beginning. She has famously been quoted as saying she was "smitten" with Alex O'Loughlin the first time she met him. Who isn't?!? *wink*

I have made a donation to The Alliance for Children's Rights specifying that it is in honor of Moonlight and Nina. A card is sent to the person to notify them of your donation in their name. My thinking is this charity more than deserves our support.... I want to thank Nina for standing up for Moonlight.... AND encourage her to continue to do so :)

Moonlight fans are a generous & caring bunch, so I knew you would want to hear this news also. For others who would like to volunteer, contribute to this incredible organization or find out more about their programs, here is a link ~

www.kids-alliance.org

You can call directly to donate in honor of someone at ( 213 ) 368-6010.

When Vivian Met Alex O'Loughlin :)

Vivian, an awesome & loyal Moonlightfan blog reader, got to met the luscious Alex O'Loughlin at the recent Pole Position Toys for Tots event. She took the time to send me her photographs and enthusiastically written story. Graciously, she is allowing me to share with all of you too. :) By the way, click on the pictures above to get a bigger version of the images.

Photo #1 to #4 ~ I bet you recognize our Mick St John *wink*

Photo #5 ~ One of Vivian's lovely sisters with Alex O'Loughlin

Photo #6 ~ The sweet Vivian with Alex O'Loughlin ~ She doesn't look happy at all, does she? ha!

Her story......

First off though I just wanted to let you know the event turned out well. The minute Alex walked in the door we all converged on him. He didn’t stand a chance. LOL. He was so accommodating and accessible the whole day. He never said no to anyone asking for a picture or autograph. Unfortunately, he didn’t have a sit down autograph session like the others who attended but needless to say I was able to get him to sign one for me.

I didn’t really take as many photos as some others probably did. I did however get some video footage. I took the video for my sister who was ill and couldn’t make the event. She soooooo wanted to be there. Alex was a sweetheart and when I asked if he could send a special “get well” greeting for her, he didn’t hesitate. Needless to say, she was thrilled when I showed it to her, but it really wasn’t like being there.

This was the perfect setup for the chance to meet Alex. Not a huge crowd and like I said he was really accessible. He was probably overwhelmed of how many people were there and we were all there to see him. He had no security around him at all. It was perfect. Being in a larger situation, say like a “convention” it would probably be almost impossible to have a one-on-one with him like we had that day. It was just perfect !!!! Can’t believe I was able to be that close to him. He was just a sweetheart. Bet he was exhausted by the end of the day. He was actually there from about 9:10 a.m. to 2 pm.

Don't forget ~ there is still plenty of time to donate to the wonderful Toys for Tots organization!

Off to the races with Alex O'Loughlin!

Ken Faught ( the lovely owner & President of Pole Position Raceway ) graciously sent me several splendid photos of Alex O'Loughlin at their Toys for Tots charity event today. He was very happy with the piles of toys they received and the fun day. :) Everyone I have heard from that attended the festivities have only wonderful things to say about our Alex. Words like down to earth, funny, humble, attentive... oooo yea and handsome ~ ha.... have been used several times over.

Photo #1 ~ Alex looks like he is ready to do some serious driving!

Photo #2 ~ Action! Alex in 3rd place.

Photo #3 ~ Left to right ~ Alex O'Loughlin (Moonlight's Mick St John), Chad Reed (Supercross Champion) and Kathryn Morris (Cold Case)

By the way..... his t-shirt says "I'm not Johnny Ramone."

Go to Pole Position! Not only will you have a great time racing, you will be supporting a business that actually gives back to the community.

http://racep2r.com/

Toys for Tots at Pole Position Raceway

I just returned from dropping off oodles of toys at the Pole Position Raceway here in OKC. The staff members were so nice. Of course, I explained that the only reason I knew about their Toys for Tots drive is because of Alex O'Loughlin and Moonlight :) We talked about the show for quite a while. I try to recruit new viewers where ever I can. It was a lot of fun. We encourage you to donate to this wonderful charity!

Reminder! You can see Alex O'Loughlin in person today :)

Morning..... I want to remind you that Alex O'Loughlin will be making a public appearance TODAY at the Pole Position Raceway location in Corona. He is going to be racing go-karts & signing autographs to help Toys for Tots. I admire him even more for supporting such a wonderful charity! Helping kiddos and having fun ~ does it get any better than that?!?

A great band of fans from Moonlightline.com will be going to the event to represent us. Yea! You know they are only doing it for us, they won't enjoy seeing Alex in person at all. *wink* I am so glad they will be there to show him (and CBS) that Moonlight fans are a caring and wonderful bunch.

Please, share your Alex stories, photos and videos. If you find yourself with an extra autograph, you can always send it to your old pal Kandye. hehehe....

We will be going to our Pole Position location here in OKC to donate :) If you are not near a track, you can use this button to contribute directly to Toys for Tots.


You can see Alex O'Loughlin at 9:30 AM today, December 2nd.

Pole Position Raceway
1594 E. Bentley Dr.
Corona, CA 92879
( 951 ) 817-5032