Why am I showing you a photo of Hilary Swank and her pets? Hilary has rescued lots of animals, and she resides with her two rescued dogs, Karoo and Rumi.

I’m also talking about Hilary Swank because she’s an ambassador for Iams Home 4 the Holidays (IH4TH) — a program aiming to place 1.5 million pets into loving homes by January 4, 2010. Last year, IH4TH was highly successful, placing 1,202,701 pets in homes! This year, the goal is even higher.
Nearly 8 million homeless animals in the US are waiting for help. Almost half of them are scheduled to be …read more

There’s been a lot of noise about the The Freedom Writers Diary book in the press recently. Since it’s been made into a film starring Hilary Swank there’s been even more. Watch an interview with the teacher, Erin Gruwell, who started it all here.
Tris shared this with me in a comment recently, but I thought I’d post it just in case you missed the comment. The interview was originally aired on CBC’s The Hour.