Looking at the headlines in the morning, I often despair for humanity. But then I remember Keanu Reeves, someone who should be on every year’s Worthy 100 because he just keeps giving money, time, and just general kindness without issuing press releases or social media posts. He just does it.
Without fanfare, he’s given millions to health research and children’s hospitals, work that’s supported over 120,000 charity projects that have an impact on over 20 million people worldwide. He’s on the board of the Futureverse Foundation, and he donated a significant portion of his Matrix earnings (and more on top of that) to cancer research in part due to his sister’s battles with leukemia.
He’s helped fund playgrounds, orphanages, and education progr.a.ms from the US to Uganda. And he shows up where he’s needed–AIDs awareness events, disaster relief efforts, or (and this one’s amazing) you can sometimes find him just sharing a meal with a homeless person.
Other times he’s just nice to everyone around him, like when he donated several million dollars to crew members of the Matrix sequels and gifted the stunt team custom-made Harley-Davidson motorcycles simply as a token of appreciation. Reeves’ awesomeness just keeps going, so a place among the Worthy 100 is the least we can do in return.
