Simu Liu is giving generously to ensure no American goes hungry.
The star attended the BoxLunch Gala honouring Feeding America at Metropolis Market Social Home in Los Angeles on Wednesday as a presenter. He offered a $100,000 cheque from BoxLunch to Casey Marsh – the Chief Improvement Officer for Feeding America, however shocked audiences with a donation of his personal.
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The “Shang-Chi” actor offered a second cheque of $100,000 of his personal cash to match the donation.
Hilariously, Liu joked he initially thought BoxLunch was a sandwich store earlier than discovering it supported retail tales to offer again to their native communities.
“BoxLunch has an influence on folks throughout your entire United States by the donations every retail retailer makes to its local people, and its donations to Feeding America’s nationwide efforts,” he shared. “Now I’m thrilled to be part of that. I couldn’t let the chance to assist make a distinction as the brand new Giving Ambassador go so I felt moved and honored to match and double the Boxlunch Donation and make it $200,000!”
Steve Vranes, CEO at BoxLunch, praised Liu and the efforts of Feeding America. He stated, “It’s unbelievable to have the help of Simu as our Giving Ambassador as we proceed to deliver consciousness to the missions of BoxLunch and Feeding America. Tonight was a robust celebration of what we’ve got carried out up to now, and it was an inspiration for what we are able to do going-forward.”
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The star-studded occasion was attended by many well-known names like Lewis Tan, Xochitl Gomez, Emma Caulfield Ford, Sam Richardson, Juju Inexperienced aka Straw Hat Goofy, Kerri Colby, David Dastmalchian, Yasmeen Fletcher, Anjali Bhimani, Monique Coleman, Paloma Garcia Lee, Olly Sholotan, Bret Iwan, Isabella Ward, Natalie Linez, Shar Jackson and extra.