Full Press Release on WB Stars and Habitat for Humanity

Press Release from The WB:

THE STARS OF THE WB TO SPORT HARD HATS AND HAMMERS TO LAY A FOUNDATION WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ON JULY 29 & 30

The WB teams with TEEN PEOPLE and Polaroid I-Zone for this ground-breaking event

Burbank, CA (July 24, 2000) – The WB announced today its new partnership with Habitat for Humanity International, TEEN PEOPLE and Polaroid I-Zone to build a house in Los Angeles with the South Bay-Long Beach Habitat for Humanity Intl. affiliate. Stars and employees from The WB will join hands on the weekend of July 29 and 30 to help break ground and begin construction on the new home for a local family.

To date, stars from The WB scheduled to participate in the construction include:
Stephen Collins (“7th Heaven”)
Alexis Denisof (“Angel”)
J. August Richards (“Angel”)
Nicholas Brendon (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”)
Alyson Hannigan (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”)
Marc Blucas (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”)
Emma Caufield (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”)
Dorian Gregory (“Charmed”)
Tangi Miller (“Felicity”)
Greg Grunberg (“Felicity”)
Holly Robinson Peete (“For Your Love”)
James Lesure (“For Your Love”)
Dedee Pfeiffer (“For Your Love”)
Lindsay Sloane (“Grosse Pointe”)
Bonnie Somerville (“Grosse Pointe”)
Al Santos (“Grosse Pointe”)
Jennifer Elise Cox (“Hype”)
Ellia English (“The Jamie Foxx Show”)
Garrett Morris (“The Jamie Foxx Show”)
Tammy Lynn Michaels (“Popular”)
Bryce Johnson (“Popular”)
Leslie Grossman (“Popular”)
Sara Rue (“Popular”)
Ron Lester (“Popular”)
Shiri Appleby (“Roswell”)
Brendan Fehr (“Roswell”)
Katherine Heigl “Roswell”)
Majandra Delfino (“Roswell”)
Beth Broderick (“Sabrina, the Teenage Witch”)
Cedric “The Entertainer” (“The Steve Harvey Show”)
Merlin Santana (“The Steve Harvey Show”)
Terri J. Vaughn (“The Steve Harvey Show”)
Mark Famiglietti (“Young Americans”)
Rodney Scott (“Young Americans”)
Kate Bosworth (“Young Americans”)
Ian Somerhalder (“Young Americans”)
Katherine Moennig (“Young Americans”)
Ed Quinn (“Young Americans”)

Habitat for Humanity Intl. is an organization dedicated to providing housing to families in need around the world. To date, Habitat for Humanity Intl. and its 1,941 affiliates in 67 nations have built and sold more than 90,000 homes, including 30,000 in the U.S., to partner families at no profit with zero-interest mortgages. Since its founding in 1990, Habitat for Humanity South Bay-Long Beach has built 18 homes, housing 94 people. Through its “More Than Houses” campaign, the affiliate plans to build or rehabilitate 80 homes over the next five years.

The partnership between The WB, TEEN PEOPLE and Habitat for Humanity Intl. was first formed last year after TEEN PEOPLE spent a week in the Dominican Republic with Sarah Michelle Gellar (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) who was working with Habitat for Humanity Intl. to build homes for local families. TEEN PEOPLE profiled Gellar and her involvement with Habitat for Humanity Intl. in the October 1999 cover story.

In the May issue, TEEN PEOPLE announced an essay contest inviting readers to win the chance to meet cast members from shows on The WB and work with the celebrities as they help build a house for Habitat for Humanity Intl. Three grand-prize winners have been selected, and will participate in the Los Angeles building project. The winners will also receive Polaroid I-Zone cameras and Sticky Film enabling them to capture the day with their new camera.

Footage and still photographs from the event will be featured on TheWB.com.