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Posted on 06/09/2005 12:55:29 PM PDT by Ramonan
FORT SAM HOUSTON - Months after visiting a military hospital and promising to help families of wounded U.S. soldiers, actor Denzel Washington has come through in a big way.
Washington gave one of the biggest donations ever made to Fisher House Foundation Inc., which operates guest facilities for families with loved ones recuperating in military hospitals, an official at the nonprofit said Wednesday.
"Denzel and his wife, Pauletta, did send us a check with their donation," said James Weiskopf of Rockville, Md., the foundation's vice president for communications.
"While we do not disclose the amount of a donation without approval from the donor, we can acknowledge that it is one of the most significant received in our history," Weiskopf said.
Washington and his wife also accepted the foundation's invitation to serve on its board of trustees, he said.
The actor's involvement with Fisher House resulted from a stop six months ago at Brooke Army Medical Center, where many troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have been treated for injuries.
During the December visit, after learning Fisher House provides inexpensive lodging and other support for recuperating soldiers' families, Washington vowed to help the organization.
The pledge was captured — and convoluted — by the Internet rumor mill and within weeks a widely circulated e-mail, which was exchanged throughout the service ranks, erroneously stated Washington pulled out his checkbook at Brooke and made a huge donation on the spot.
The e-mail had a life of its own, said Fisher House officials, who were barraged with inquiries about the donation and how it would be spent. Efforts to clarify that the donation was promised and still pending often were ignored.
Weiskopf said the Washingtons' gift, received several weeks ago, was "undesignated," meaning the couple didn't specify how the money should be used. That decision will be made by the board, he said.
john.gonzalez@chron.com
A refreshing departure from loud mouth types like Rosie O' Doughnuts.
Props to Denzel and his wife. If I'm going to continue to criticise hollywood types for their left-leaning actions, then I will also make an effort to praise them when they do something good, like donating to the families of wounded soldiers.
I'd like Denzel to take his script for "Man on Fire" to the pentagon for implementation in Iran, Syria, etc. Perhaps he could stop by Amnesty International on the way and ask them if any of them were offended by what the character he played in that movie had done.
Man on Fire should be required watching for all troops going into battle.
Besides liking his acting skill I admire his charitable giving. Truly not of the Hollywood breed we hear so much about.
Good for him. I don't like him as an actor. "Pelican Brief" and "John Doe" (or whatever it was called) are supremely anti-capitalist films. But good for him to donate.
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I love Denzel and "Man On Fire" was one of his best I have seen.
Excellent!! Thanks for posting.
Way to go, Denzel
Man on Fire was ok. By comparison, Training Day, Glory, Crimson Tide, and Courage Under Fire were much better movies.
Good for him. I don't care for much of Hollywood's product.. but Denzle I like. I hope hollywood can get a hundred more like him.
Denzel Washington is a very handsome and talented man (longstanding bit of a crush here), and now we discover he is a good one. How nice.
My personal favoite--Remember the Titans. It's my "feel-good" movie.
Bottom line, Denzel makes good movies. I like them all.
Extremely respectable. Honor is due.
Denzel should be the next James Bond.
what about Glory?
Agreed. My favorite so far is Training Day.
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