Last month we met Alexis Kimball for-- she
was playing a game called Holy Roller
and we learned a couple of things about her.
One, she loves animals.
Two, she's really bad at Holy Roller.
Take a look.
So you wanted to do an animal rescue for a while right.
Yes, really since high school.
I have a domain, I have a name, I have an idea,
I have a tag line.
Three deep breaths.
Go.
What?
Oh my God!
What?
Oh my God.
We're going to send you to Atlantis Paradise
Island in the Bahamas.
Alexis come on down.
Hi, Alexis.
How was your vacation?
Oh, it was marvelous.
Spectacular.
Amazing?
Amazing.
I want to see.
Let's take a look.
Oh.
Hi Ellen, it's me, Alexis.
I'm here in Atlantis Paradise Island.
I can't believe you sent me here.
Come with me, come check it out.
(SINGING) Step into your sneakers
and step behind the speakers.
Welcome to Paradise.
How are you?
Take a look at your suite.
Oh, this is insane.
A tub with a view?
Never leaving.
Ahh!
Ellen, I did it!
Just for you.
We watched Hurricane Dorian.
The devastation I know was very real.
Atlantis is still very up and running,
and this was untouched.
We were fortunate in that we did not feel
the wrath of the hurricane.
Atlantis pledged $3 million to the relief and rebuild efforts,
and the Bahamian spirit rings loud and clear wherever you go.
So we're going to feed all these guys in this big tank.
OK.
Oh, oh, oh.
So here we have small toothed saw fish.
That is Betsy Mae.
That's Betsy Mae.
She looks prehistoric.
This here is one of our female southern sting rays.
Only the females get that big.
The female animals are always more majestic.
Here in the Bahamas, we actually have the third largest coral
reef in the world, and Atlantis definitely
helps to conserve and preserve all the marine life
here in the Bahamas.
Atlantis is about not only creating
unique memorable experiences that
stay with you for a lifetime, but the rescue, rehabilitation
and care of marine life and their extraordinary habitat.
At Dolphin Cay we started with a group of dolphins
known as the Katrina dolphin.
Yes, and you rescued them, right?
We rescued them following Hurricane Katrina.
So Jonah here is one of the rescue dolphins.
Want to give him a rub?
Oh my gosh.
He's beautiful.
He is, he's gorgeous.
No other dolphin anywhere in the world
has a tail that looks like this.
You are literally crying.
I know, I'm sorry.
Oh my goodness.
So overwhelming in the best of ways.
Thank you so much for sending me.
This has been the most amazing weekend ever.
I am honored and I am grateful and I
am so excited to be here for you,
and to represent you and the show
in this beautiful, beautiful place.
So.
Aw.
You are crying.
I can't hug her, my hands are so fishy.
Amazing.
That's amazing.
What I love is that they rescued those dolphins,
and they can't be released back in the ocean, so they're there,
and they're taking care of them.
They're incredible.
So, all right.
So when did you find out that we fooled you
and you didn't actually make it in the hole?
Can I say real fast?
Just thank you.
Yes.
Because you're just simply amazing.
And you have equipped me to do so much good.
And just having your endorsement and just being able to meet you
was more than my wildest dreams.
So thank you.
Thank you much.
That's so sweet.
Thank you.
So I was having a watch party at my office,
and I found out with everybody else.
And I'm like, my dad calls and he's
like, I thought you said you made it.
And I was like, well, Ellen told me I did.
I thought made it too.
Yeah, we thought that would be a fun
way to-- because no one ever-- it's so hard to do that.
We really wanted to help you out.
So $10,000.
I found out then you gave $1,000 to my Gorilla Fund.
Thank you so much.
The Gorillas thank you, and I thank you.
So I can get back to you.
That's the least I could do.
I want to do more.
So you really do want to start an animal rescue organization,
right?
So the rest went into savings for that.
Yes, I have a 501(c)3 open already,
had already started kind of in the works.
So like again, to have your endorsement
and just have that funding kind of to jump start me.
So need a building and you need land
and you need stuff like that.
Yes.
So all right, we want to continue helping you.
So I think we're just giving you $10,000
to continue to help you.
[APPLAUSE]
Oh my God.
We want you to open that rescue place.
So another $10,000.