StarCam caught up with Kat Graham, Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev at The Ripple Effect Charity dinner hosted by Kat and Ian for The Water Project.
On December 10th, Kat Graham and Ian Somerhalder hosted the event The Ripple Effect, a charity dinner to benefit The Water Project. Several cast members and crew from The Vampire Diaries were also in attendance to show their support for the cause. Michael Trevino, Nina Dobrev, Julie Plec, Kevin Williamson. As well as former guest stars Bianca Lawson and Arielle Kebble. Here are a few photos from the event (view more over at Katerina Graham Source), and a couple of video interviews with Nina and Ian from Mingle Media TV. You can view more celebrity interviews from the event on their YouTube channel.
Video Interviews with Ian And Nina by Mingle Media Network
Want to win a seat next to Paul Wesley at a charity benefit for Global Roots in December? Check this out!
On a recent vacation to Italy, Paul Wesley and his wife, Torrey Devitto met Global Roots founder Rick Montgomery. Global Roots is a philanthropic organization that focuses on the “protection and nurturing of children in areas of famine and social unrest,” by donating food and supplies to children in need around the world, according to its official website.
Both Paul and Torrey have chosen to work with Global Roots, and head on over to their page on the Global Roots site to see how you can get involved, and possibly win a seat next to Paul and Torrey at a dinner that will be held in December!
My good friend and resident recapper, Mak will be attending this year’s Unleashed Bash on the Bayou hosted by Ian Somerhalder as one of the lucky club members, and she has 4 tickets, with preferred seating to give away! Here are the deets!
BIG FABULOUS DRAWING! Four lucky winners will attend St. Tammany Humane Society’s Event: UNLEASHED-”Bash on the Bayou” on Saturday, November 12th, 2011 at 7:00 pm at the Castine Center in Mandeville, Louisiana. Oh, and did I mention MEET IAN SOMERHALDER!
Cost to enter the drawing: any donation $5 or above (higher donations appreciated)! Missed out on Vampire Diaries conventions because of the cost? What a great bargain! Just $5 enters you in the drawing (or those generous souls can open your heart and you
r wallet and donate more!), four winners to be announced on October 25! That’s SOON! Hit the DONATE button NOW and enter your information!
These tickets are PREFERRED SEATING! You will be sitting closer to Ian’s table than you would with a regular general admission ticket! Closer to Ian–photo ops! Cuddle ops (hey, take a look at my pic–this could be YOU)!
Check the Event Poster above. Three great bands! Dancing! Silent Auction! Open bar! Catering by some of New Orleans most famous restaurants! Make new friends and meet old friends, both human and furry! Face value of each ticket is $75 in advance, $100 at the door (if there are any left), so this is a great bargain and a great way to contribute to this worthy cause.
***ALL PROCEEDS OF THIS DRAWING WILL GO TO ST. TAMMANY HUMANE SOCIETY!!***
Not only do you get to have a great time at Unleashed with Ian; but you will also be helping homeless animals!
St. Tammany Humane Society is the only non-profit animal sheltering and welfare organization serving St. Tammany Parish, and they rely primarily on the assistance of the community they serve to care for the more than 1,000 orphaned pets that enter their shelter each year. They offer a variety of services and have developed several programs to give these companion animals a second chance and a new leash on life!!
Don’t miss this fun night of great music, food, drinks and IAN! 
Head on over to Mak’s blog and click the donate button on her sidebar to enter!
We know that your ultimate dream is to hang with our beloved bad boy vamp Damon Salvatore for the evening, are we right? Well here is your chance!
With all proceeds benefiting the Ian Somerhalder Foundation, Ian Somerhalder is throwing a kick-ass Halloween bash in Atlanta, GA October 29th, 2011, and you are all invited! Empoweresque, which will be a burlesque themed costume ball, is ISF’s first fundraising event. It will take place at the beautiful Opera Night Club.
Ian Somerhalder tells Zap2It:
“I want to make this fun. Yeah, there are some serious issues at hand, but what better way to celebrate the changes that our generation is going to make than to throw a party? There’s no reason to be all doom-and-gloom. Let’s dance. Let’s celebrate good will and initiative and people coming together to make change. That’s what ISF is about.”
For more information on ticket levels and purchasing your ticket head over to the Ian Somerhalder Foundation website, but first check out this awesome contest they have going on over at Crowdrise. The first 100 people to donate or raise 75$ or more will win a silver level admission ticket to the Empoweresque Event. And out of these 100 people, the person who raises the most will be upgraded to a Platinum ticket. The contest ends September 17th, so head on over to the Empoweresque Crowdrise page today!
The Ian Somerhalder Foundation has announced their very first fundraiser event, “Empoweresque“. Tickets are on sale now and the event will be held October 29th, 2011 at The Opera (1150B Peachtree St.) in Atlanta, GA.
The fundraiser will feature events for kids, teens and adults.
Via the official announcement:
United Empowerment!
- Raise funds that will contribute to the expansion of ISF programs that empower youth to create the change.
- To empower existing ISF GLOBAL Groups to co-create with each other, and encourage new groups to become a part of ISF.
- Reach 1 million followers with Ian Somerhalder’s twitter to expand the potential ISF family population.
- Ultimately, empower generations to support each other with intense focus on supporting youth to become active, innovative, successful leaders.
For more information about the event and to purchase your tickets, visit the ISF event page for more details!
Fans can submit their questions and watch Kat Graham answer them LIVE this Tuesday (4/26 @ 1 pm PT) as she sits down with E! correspondent & OpportunityNation supporter Michael Yo to talk about what it takes to break into and succeed in your dream career. OpportunityNation is the newest campaign of Be The Change, the organization that launched ServiceNation and the civilian military initiative ServiceNation: Mission Serve with First Lady Michelle Obama, Dr. Jill Biden, and Mrs. Alma J. Powell. More information below. Thank you for your consideration.
OpportunityNation Launches “Mentor Chat Series” with Vampire Diaries star Kat Graham
LOS ANGELES (April 21, 2011) – OpportunityNation, a campaign powered by the people to focus on the revitalization of the American Dream, announces today the launch of its “Mentor Chat Series,” which will allow the general public to engage with opinion leaders and successful industry experts. The series serves to provide tangible tools and advice to people as they pursue their dream career.
The inaugural chat will be hosted by E! News correspondent Michael Yo and feature “Vampire Diaries” star Kat Graham. The singer/actress/writer/dancer will speak about her experience breaking into the industry and the people and organizations that helped her along the way. After a string of guest spots and commercial gigs starting at age six, Graham was selected at 17 by the Coca-Cola company to star as one of the “Fantanas” in an international campaign to promote their soft drink Fanta. Keeping the importance of education in mind, she simultaneously completed her college degree in recording engineering during this time. Since joining as a regular on the hit series “Vampire Diaries,” Graham has continued pursuing her passion in music, recently completing a world tour with The Black-Eyed Peas and releasing her first single, SASSY.
Fans can join the conversation by submitting questions for Kat at OpportunityNation.org/MentorChats and watch the LIVE interview on April 26th at 1 pm PT to see their questions answered and hear advice on creating a path to doing what you love and overcoming adversities along the way. Question submissions will also be accepted during the live chat by tweeting them @oppnation or posting on the organization’s Facebook, Facebook.com/OpportunityNation.
OpportunityNation is working to build a multisector national coalition for a non-partisan agenda to enhance opportunity and economic mobility in America. Before their national summit in November 2011, they will be uncovering, discussing and debating the best approaches in education, job creation, community development, and healthy families to create an opportunity agenda for our nation and our communities. OpportunityNation’s vision is that every man, woman and child should have the opportunity to reach the American Dream.
Launched at the 7th Annual “Roots Jam Session” during Grammy weekend, OpportunityNation is the newest campaign of Be The Change, the organization that launched ServiceNation and the civilian military initiative ServiceNation: Mission Serve with First Lady Michelle Obama, Dr. Jill Biden, and Mrs. Alma J. Powell.
To learn more, visit OpportunityNation.org.
Both Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder attended the annual Trevor Live fundraising event. Trevor Live is an annual West Coast fundraiser that is an evening of comedy, music and awards in support of the life-saving work of The Trevor Project. The Trevor Project is a leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. So far only videos and a photos of Paul Wesley have surfaced, nothing of Ian Somerhalder yet. Here’s a great shot of Paul on the red carpet courtesy of Daylife and a video interview from Jim Halterman. Paul explains why he supports The Trevor Project.
Check out these great shots of Kat Graham attending US Weekly’s Hot Hollywood “Stars Who Care” Event. Doesn’t she look awesome?? I have said it before, and I’ll say it again, I love Kat Graham’s funky style. A lot of what she wears reminds me of my 80′s days. And then her makeup is always perfection, and she does it herself. She’s an amazing makeup artist. Thanks to Katerina Graham Source for these photos and you can view many more over in their gallery.
(Thanks to @ace1977ca for this photo, more can be viewed HERE)
As everyone knows, I was able to attend the benefit Ian Somerhalder hosted this past Saturday for St. Tammany Humane Society, and I wanted to give you guys a little recap of my experience. Also, as you know, even though I was already attending this event to support this wonderful cause, I was given the opportunity to represent The Vampire Diaries fandom and presented Ian with a donation in the amount of $11,100 that was raised due to a project Natalie of the-vampirediaires.com started for Ian’s birthday.
Huge thanks to Natalie for choosing me to represent her project and St. Tammany Humane Society’s director, Vaughn Maurice for giving me the wonderful treatment when I got there. I was given my own table for the event, with my name on it and then to top it off, I was also invited to attend the exclusive champagne reception prior to the main event. So I will start with my experience there.
(Thanks to Romancia for this great photo!)
Champagne Reception with Ian
When I first arrived at the champagne reception, I met the wonderful Romancia Love of Romancia Online. She had volunteered to help with the benefit, and had gotten permission to set up a live stream of the reception. I just want to send her a HUGE thanks for doing this. This allowed many fans to experience this who didn’t get a chance to attend the event themselves, and I’m sure they are all forever grateful, because they received an unexpected treat, when Ian walked over during the reception and spoke to everyone, blew kisses, etc. So yeah, a pretty epic moment for the fans. Fortunately, Lisa Capuletco captured a bit of it and uploaded it to youtube. Click HERE to view her page.
Actually, you will see in this video, where I first meet Ian. Romancia had mentioned to the fans that I was right next to him. And he didn’t realize I was there, so I tapped him on the shoulder and said, “Hi, I’m Ruthie.” So he leaned over and smacked me on the side of the face with the biggest kiss. So yeah, a pretty amazing first encounter with Ian Somerhalder. Immediately, he started thanking me for everything, and I told him that we had an early birthday present for him, and we would be presenting him with it during the main event. We posed for a few pics, and then he had to go to the main event.
Last night, I had the opportunity to attend a very exciting event held by St. Tammany Humane Society hosted by none other than our wonderful Ian Somerhalder. Not only did I attend the event, I represented the Vampire Diaries Fandom who had donated to Natalie’s (of the-vampirediaries.com) birthday project and presented Ian with a donation of $11,100. It was an amazing experience. Here are some videos that were captured during the event thanks to the awesome Romancia of Romancia Online including the actual presentation to Ian and the director of St. Tammany Humane Society.
So later, more to come including pics and possible videos. Stay tuned! Thanks to lisacapuletco for capturing this portion of Romancia’s Ustream of the Champagne Reception where towards the end, Ian gives me my first smackeroo of the evening. 
Champagne Reception – Ian on the Live Ustream
Many of you that are attending the Unleashed: Bash On the Bayou event on November 13th have asked how things will proceed. Thanks to Natalie of Blood Falls, we now have a detailed schedule of the event. The following is a message Natalie received from the director at St. Tammany Humane Society in response to fans questions.
Meeting Ian:
The Champagne Reception is the best way to meet Ian and chat but after the reception he will be in the main ballroom and will be going around the crowd. Bring cameras. We have only sold 39 raffle tickets to win 2 tickets to the reception so people have a good chance if they want to buy a raffle ticket. The event is Cocktail attire.
Basically the schedule is:
- Main ballroom event opens at 7:00 and goes to 11:00 (food, drinks, silent auction & dancing)
- In a small room from 7:00 to 7:45 is the Champagne Reception with Ian
- After the reception Ian will go to the main ballroom to spend the rest of the evening with all 845 (at the point) fans
Main Ballroom Music:
- 7:00 to 7:30 We3
- 7:35 to 7:45 Alysha Black Wimberly
- 7:50 to 8:40 Christian Serpas & Ghost Town
- 8:45 to 9:20 Chelsea Field
- 9:25 to 11:00 The Distractions
We have 20 different restaurants providing all kinds of awesome food
To purchase tickets to the event, please visit the St Tammany Humane Society website.
