For my up stander project, I've been doing my research on one of the biggest up standers I know, Ellen DeGeneres. Ellen is a famous talk show host and comedian, but all the money that she makes goes to so many different organizations that she donates to. She helps with many organizations for helping animals. Not only does she donate to these animal sanctuaries, she co-owns "Halo Pet Food", a pet food company of all natural pet foods that donates over 100 million pet foods to different animal shelters across America. Along with that, she's a proud advocate and member of LGBT community. Ellen had trouble when she first came out on national television, but later took a stand for herself and all the people out in the world going through the same thing she did. She showed people that hiding who you are inside, doesn't make everything better, it just makes it worse. She keeps her head high and inspires people to take a stand for what they believed in.
Ellen DeGeneres was born January 26, 1958 in Metairie, Louisiana. She lived with her parents Betty DeGeneres & Elliot DeGeneres, along with her brother Vance. DeGeneres really didn't know what she wanted to become when she grew up. She worked many different jobs before she started using comedy for something more than just helping her and her mother get by tough times. When Ellen started to realize that her comedy made people smile, she wanted to make sure that her talent kept people smiling. In 2003 when she had her hit talk show, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" all attention was on her. She had one so many awards for being an outstanding comedian, and all her work with donating to many foundations. Ellen DeGeneres is one of the many well known up standers known around the world.
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