Following the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina, Bullock became a major supporter of Warren Easton Charter High School.
The school, known for being the first public high school for boys in Louisiana, sustained $4 million in damages and Ms. bullock told PEOPLE magazine that she "felt such a profound need to do something for them". Hey F.E.M.A. ...take note.
She donated hundreds of thousands of dollars for renovations, new band uniforms, a new health clinic and established a $10,000 college scholarship. She even debuted her film "The Blind Side" here as a fundraiser for the school earning her an induction into the school's Hall Of Fame. Not too shabby for a gal who once won a RAZZIE award for "worst actress".
The 45 year-old star of "Speed" also purchased a mansion in the garden district and recently adopted an African American baby boy from New Orleans, putting her at the top of my MILF list. Yum.
Yeah, I saw "The Proposal". Nice thighs, boo.
Opposing eyebrows were immediately raised over the adoption, questioning Ms. Bullock's sincerity, due to her Academy Award-winning performance in "The Blind Side" as Leigh Anne Tuohy, a white woman who adopts a black child.
Additional scepticism surfaced involving the controversial marriage to her soon-to-be EX husband JESSE JAMES, the "fashionable" factor of movie stars adopting black children and her ability to maintain a bi-racial household as a Caucasian female.
Even though Sandra Bullock has joined the ranks of celebs who have adopted Black children, like Steven Spielberg (son, Theo), Tom Cruise (son, Connor), Brangelina (daughter Zahara) and Madonna (son and daughter, Mercy and David), I believe that Ms. Bullock understands the importance of being a PARENT, no matter the color, for a child without family.
The African-American periodical goes on to report that "according to a recent study conducted by economists at New York University and California Institute of Technology, a Black child is seven times less likely to "attract the interest and attention of potential adoptive parents." The study also found that parents were willing to pay upwards of $38,000 more in adoption fees for non-Black babies than they were for Black babies."
I believe that Ms. Bullock is sincere in her efforts to show an act of benevolence. And it must be comforting for her to know that there will be a male presence in her home that won't be dating a stripper any time soon.
That's right, people. I'm gonna cut Sandy B. some slack. Besides, she's had to hold down shit jobs (bartender, cocktail waitress, coat checker), was the victim of a psycho stalker, lived through a plane crash and car accident, had her heart broken by a philandering husband and still found enough chutzpah be to a public supporter of the American Red Cross, twice donating $1 million, first to its Liberty Disaster Relief Fund and four years later in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunamis.
One only hopes that she will continue this passionate "Big Easy" love affair with New Orleans by shooting her films here. Her underrated talent and sense of charity is illuminated by her recent notoriety as one of TIME Magazine's 2010 "100 most influential people".
Go 'head, girl. Do yo thang. And do it in NOLA.
