I
I WASN'T
I WASN'T LOOKING FOR COMPLIMENTS.
COMPLIMENTS. WE HAVE ALL BEEN IMPACTED BY
WILDFIRES THIS SUMMER.
THE AIR QUALITY IS ENOUGH.
IMAGINE THAT SOME FAMILIES ARE
DEALING WITH MORE.
SOME HAVE LOST COMPLETELY
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. THAT IS DOWN TO THE SOUTH.
WE HAVE MEGHAN WITH US.
YOU ACTUALLY GREW UP IN REDDING
CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN NEAR AND
DEAR TO YOUR HEART.
WHAT COMPELLED YOU TO START A
FUNDRAISER FOR THE FOLKS THERE?
>> I AM FROM THERE.
PRETTY MUCH ALL OF MY FAMILY
LIVES THERE.
LIVES THERE. MY MOM AND I WERE TALKING ON
FACE TIME.
FACE TIME. ABOUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
I WAS ASKING HER WHAT IS THE
BEST PLACE TO DONATE?
WHAT WILL HAVE THE MOST IMPACT?
HER COWORKER LOST HER HOUSE.
THEN WE WERE LIKE HOW CAN WE
USE MY POPULARITY OR MY
PLATFORM?
PLATFORM?
PLATFORM? THEN IT WAS J.J.
WATT STYLE FUNDRAISING POPPED
INTO MY HEAD.
LET'S JUST SEE WHERE THIS CAN
GO.
GO.
GO. LET'S
GO. LET'S TRY TO RAISE MORE
AWARENESS.
AWARENESS. OBVIOUSLY IT IS MY COMMUNITY
AND WHERE I GREW UP.
IT'S MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP.
WE HAVE A GAME WITH THE
NATIONAL TEAM ON SEPTEMBER 4 IN
SAN JOSE.
SAN JOSE.
SAN JOSE. IT IS LIKE A PERFECT STORM.
EVERYTHING COMES TOGETHER.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE IT GO BY,
AS THE PEOPLE SAY.
DO THE INTERNET AND TWITTER
THING.
THING.
THING. ALSO JUST RAISING MONEY FOR
THIS COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN
JUST DEVASTATED.
JUST DEVASTATED. NOT JUST IMMEDIATELY BUT IT
WILL BE A LONG-TERM EFFORT.
FOR CLEANUP AND REBUILD.
HOPEFULLY TRYING TO GET THE
WORD OUT AND MAKE IT BIG.
>> I DON'T THINK PEOPLE
REALIZE, OR MAYBE THEY HAVE
FORGOTTEN.
FORGOTTEN. IT WAS LIKE 1000 HOMES AND
EIGHT LIVES LOST.
COUNTLESS MONEY, IN TERMS OF
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE. WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE
VIDEO HERE.
VIDEO HERE. JUST TOTALLY DEVASTATING.
>> OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE NEED CARE
AND MONEY AND HOUSING.
OVER 1000 HOMES LOST.
200 MORE DAMAGED.
AT ONE POINT THERE WAS 35,000
OR 40,000 PEOPLE EVACUATED.
LATER -- THERE IS LESS THAN
100,000 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN
REDDING.
REDDING.
REDDING. JUST TRYING TO GET THE WORD
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. IT
OUT. IT WILL BE A LONG EFFORT.
HOPEFULLY THIS FUNDRAISER CAN
GO TOWARDS THAT.
AND THE LONG-TERM REBUILDING
EFFORT.
EFFORT.
EFFORT. >> IS THERE AN ULTIMATE GOAL?
>> RIGHT NOW THE GOAL, FACEBOOK
IS HOSTING THE FUNDRAISER.
IT ALL GOES TO THE SAME SITE.
WE ARE TRYING TO USE THE
FACEBOOK ALGORITHM.
FACEBOOK ALGORITHM. WE KNOW HOW POWERFUL THAT CAN
BE.
BE.
BE. HOSTING THAT THERE, WHICH THERE
IS A $100,000 GOAL.
HOPEFULLY WE BLOW THAT OUT OF
THE WATER.
THE WATER. IT STARTED A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
WE ARE AT 60,000 RIGHT NOW.
IT IS STILL A LITTLE BIT IN MY
BUBBLE.
BUBBLE.
BUBBLE. LET'S GET IT A LITTLE BIT
BIGGER.
BIGGER.
BIGGER. LOOKING FOR 100,000.
JUST CONTINUE TO GO UP FROM
THERE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
>> THAT IS AMAZING.
SOMETHING I ADMIRE ABOUT YOU IS
THAT YOU PUT IT OUT THERE.
YOU PUT IT OUT THERE ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
MEDIA.
MEDIA. WITH ALL OF YOUR BELIEFS.
KNEELING DURING THE ANTHEM IS A
BIG ONE FOR YOU.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS ON THE
SHOW TODAY.
SHOW TODAY. NOT THE KNEELING BUT HOW YOU
CAN COME TOGETHER WHEN YOU HAVE
DIFFERENT BELIEFS.
DIFFERENT BELIEFS. AND COMING FROM TWO OPPOSITE
ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM AND
FINDING MIDDLE GROUND AND
TURNING INTO GOOD.
HOW DO YOU THINK YOU DO THAT?
ESPECIALLY WITH THIS FUNDRAISER
THAT YOU ARE DOING?
>> ULTIMATELY IN ALL OF THE
THINGS I HAVE DONE OR STOOD FOR
AT THE HEART OF IT IS EITHER A
LITTLE BIT OF INEQUALITY, OR
PEOPLE NOT BEING TREATING --
TREATED RIGHT.
TREATED RIGHT. TO USE THE PLATFORM THAT I HAVE
TO HELP AND TO MAKE THINGS
BETTER AND TO BRING MORE
ATTENTION TO IT.
FOR THIS, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE
FUNDRAISER, IF YOU SEE SOMEONE
TRIPPING ON THE GROUND YOU WILL
TRY TO PICK THEM UP.
OBVIOUSLY IT IS BASICALLY MY
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. MY COMMUNITY IS GOING TO A HARD
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. JUST TRYING TO HELP IN ANYWAY.
IF THAT MEANS IT'S A LITTLE BIT
UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME TO ASK
PEOPLE FOR MONEY, IT'S MORE
UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE OUT OF YOUR
HOUSE OR TO HAVE YOUR FAMILY
MEMBERS STRUGGLING OR YOUR
FRIENDS STRUGGLING.
FRIENDS STRUGGLING. FOR ME IT IS A SMALL THING.
THIS IS A WAY THAT I CAN HELP.
I BELIEVE IN GENERAL, IS A
PERSONAL EGOS THAT EVERYBODY
HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO TRY TO
MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
WHATEVER THAT MEANS, BIG OR
SMALL.
SMALL.
SMALL. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THAT FALLS IN LIFE -- LINED
WITH EVERYTHING I BELIEVE IN.
>> I LOVE THAT.
>> IT'S LIKE YOU ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE
AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH
OTHER.
OTHER.
OTHER. >>
OTHER. >> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
YOU JUST GOT CALLED UP TO THE
U.S. WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM.
YOU HAVE A BIG GAME SATURDAY.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> I FEEL GOOD.
I PLAYED IN THE LAST GAME.
I HAVE A BIG GAME AGAINST NORTH
CAROLINA COMING UP.
WE ARE LOOKING TO KNOCK THEM
BACK A LITTLE BIT.
>> WE ARE EXCITED FOR YOU.
>> I LOVE IT.
GO GIRL.
GO GIRL.
GO GIRL. >> WE YOU COME BACK AND GUEST
HOST?
HOST?
HOST? >>
HOST? >> THAT WOULD BE FUN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> RIGHT NOW MY FUNDRAISER IS
ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE.
YOU CAN GO THAT, ON MY SOCIAL
MEDIA, INSTAGRAM I THINK I AM
MP NO AND SHASTA REGIONAL
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS A
LINK.
LINK.
LINK. IF
LINK. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A FACEBOOK OR
DON'T WANT TO DONATE THROUGH
THAT.
THAT.