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Masi Oka joins Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet

by Debbie

heroes-season-2-promos4The American Red Cross has unveiled its seventh annual National Celebrity Cabinet with fifteen new members including Heroes’ own Masi Oka. Joining Masi as new members are: Patricia Heaton (Back to You, Everybody Loves Raymond), Jennie Garth (What I Like About You, 90210), pro skateboarder Tony Hawk, NFL star Matt Leinart, Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl), NASCAR champ Greg Biffle,  New York Yankee Robinson Cano, Lisa Edelstein (House MD), Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty), Kal Penn (House MD, Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle), Sara Ramirez (Grey’s Anatomy), Judy Reyes (Scrubs), Brittany Snow (American Dreams, Hairspray), and best selling author Iyanla Vansant.

In addition, the 2008 National Celebrity Cabinet will include thirty-two alumni: Heidi Klum, Marlee Matlin, Nancy O’Dell, Jane Seymour, Peyton Manning, Jimmie Johnson, Leeza Gibbons, Rascal Flatts, Sara Evans, Patti LaBelle, Julianne Moore, George Foreman, Jackie Chan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marcia Gay Harden, Elisabeth Rohm, Eli Manning, Jimmy Smits, Daddy Yankee, Chayanne, Aisha Tyler, Pierce Brosnan, Amy Grant, Miley Ray Cyrus, Kristen Bell, Pat Green, actor Dwayne Johnson, Dr. Phil McGraw, Raven Symone, Niki Taylor, Burney Lamar and Bradley Whitford.  Sherry Lansing, former chairman and CEO, Motion Picture Group, Paramount Pictures and former member of the Red Cross Board of Governors, will chair for the sixth time.

As part of the National Celebrity Cabinet, Masi will support the Red Cross by participating in public service advertisements, donating time, money and blood, and coming to the aid of others when disaster strikes.

Kudos to Masi for lending a hand to another great cause!


Posted in Actors Other Projects, Masi Oka on February 29th, 2008

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