Last week, we announced our partnership with Cheerios
to inspire one million acts of good.
And when I heard about an incredible family in Rochester,
New York who's doing exactly that, I knew I
wanted to do something good for them.
That is Olivia and Norm West and their three kids, Jeremiah,
Joshua, and Jordan.
And we have-- it's amazing.
They've been taking it upon themselves
to help the homeless in their area.
And the impact that they have had is amazing.
So I sent Jeannie to Rochester to help surprise them.
She's outside their house right now.
Jeannie?
[APPLAUSE]
All right.
The Wests are expecting a delivery from our show.
So I'm going to call Olivia to see if they know that--
this phone is going to break down one day.
[LAUGHTER]
OK.
It looks beautiful there.
It's beautiful here.
Good evening.
This is Olivia.
Hello, Olivia.
Are you expecting a package from the Ellen DeGeneres Show?
Are we-- some goodies.
[INAUDIBLE] said she was going to send us some goodies.
Yes--
Is this Ellen?
[SCREAMING]
Yes, it is.
Are you expecting something at your door?
[APPLAUSE]
OK.
So-- Hi.
No, this is very exciting.
This is why we're here, because I love what you're doing.
I heard that you're helping the homeless,
and it was your kids' idea.
Joshua, tell us how Champions of Change came about please.
So we-- and my dad went to New York for a business trip.
And-- oh, my gosh.
My mom took us sightseeing.
And as we were walking down the streets, we saw a homeless man.
My mom-- we went to our mom, and we were like,
should we give him money?
But then she suggests that we should give him food.
And that's how it all started?
And that's how it all started.
That's how it all started!
So Olivia, what kinds of things are you doing every year?
We have a homeless Christmas party.
And we have a Feed a Family for Thanksgiving.
And we even take foster girls to become princess for a day
to Disney.
That's amazing.
And giving back to the homeless is especially important to you.
Tell me why.
There are several Thanksgivings where
we had to have Thanksgiving baskets delivered to our house,
because we didn't have food.
So this is like a really personal thing
that we wanted to teach and instill in our kids
about giving back.
And like your dad has been here.
Your dad has been the recipient of a lot of these blessings
from other people, so we want to just reciprocate that and pass
that on.
[APPLAUSE]
That's beautiful.
This is exactly what we're talking about-- doing good.
I saw a picture of Jordan in the back of the car.
She looks adorable.
Hi, Jordan.
There's a lot of stuff back there squeezed in.
All right.
So I love what you're doing.
I'm going to give you a chance to win a big prize.
So there's something called the Cheerio Challenge, where
the goal is to stack as many Cheerios
on your face as possible.
Do you know about this?
Like you have to stack them on top of each other.
So a little later in the show--
it's best to do it to a sleeping baby.
I'm going to give you 60 seconds to stack together 10 Cheerios
on one of your faces.
So choose who's going to get the Cheerios stacked on their face.
And you'll be able to win a prize if you do that.
We'll be back with you a little later, OK?
We're back with the West family.
And they're about to take on the Cheerio Challenge.
If they can work together to stack 10 Cheerios
on their face in 60 seconds, they're
going to win a big prize.
Are you ready?
Is someone going to lay down?
You're going to-- how are you going to do this?
Get ready?
All right.
Go.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
They've got to be one on top of the other.
One on top of the other.
[INAUDIBLE] That one's on.
Argh!
Gotta be one on top of the other.
Start a new foundation.
Start a new foundation, OK.
Don't move, Jordan.
Jordan, don't move.
Let daddy do it.
He has a steady hand.
Cheer daddy.
Go, daddy, go!
Oh, no.
[BUZZER]
That's a shame.
All right.
Well, boy, OK.
That was so close.
You kind of started getting the knack of it at the end.
That is a shame, because my friends at Cheerios
and I wanted to give you a brand new 2018 Chevy
Traverse so you could keep helping the community.
And that is a shame.
But OK, anyway, I'll give it to you anyway.
[CHEERING]
All right.
One more thing.
We have filled the new car with 200 boxes of Cheerios
for you to donate to the local homeless shelters.
You can participate in our one million acts of good.
Go to our website.
Tell us your story and what you're doing.
I want everybody to do something like this.