Charity Work
Anderson put together a 9/11-themed tournament week of Feud between the New York Fire Department (FDNY) and the New York Police Department (NYPD), putting up $75,000 toward both organizations for recovery from the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Shortly after 9/11, Anderson did a show in New York City for the NYPD and FDNY Widows' Fund. He is also the co-founder of the H.E.R.O. organization, whose mission is to empower people who are homeless or at risk of being homeless to "attain maximum self-sufficiency." H.E.R.O. works with a variety of local agencies to enroll clients in empowerment training to help them set goals for themselves and create action plans to accomplish these goals.
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Famous quotes by charity work:
“Reputation is not of enough value to sacrifice character for it.”
—‘Miss Clark,’ U.S. charity worker. As quoted in Petticoat Surgeon, ch. 9, by Bertha Van Hoosen (1947)