Who Says TV Is a Waste of Time

Okay, often that is the case, but as this story from PageOneQ points out, not totally.

It truly is the season for giving, and to honor that tradition, a fan of
the popular show The L Word has donated $1 million to the Dr. Susan Love
Research Foundation in the name of some the show's most prolific stars. Actress
Erin Daniels who portrays a gay breast cancer victim on the series inspired the
anonymous donation.

The L Word, which is set mostly in the trendy world of Los Angeles, centers
around the lives of a group of lesbian friends and was developed after the
overwhelming success of the Showtime drama Queer as Folk. Slated for its fifth
season to begin in 2008, the show stars Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig, Pam
Grier and Leisha Hailey.

Daniels played Dana Fairbanks, Hailey's lover on the show, who discovered
she had breast cancer in season three and eventually died of heart failure. The
generous donor recognized the realism and truth the actress brought to the
breast cancer story line and made the largest private donation to the Foundation
ever.

The $1 million gift will be used to establish The Erin Daniels and Leisha
Hailey Fund for Breast Cancer and all donations will be given to the Love
Research Foundation.

"There are very few times in a woman's life where she feels she's been
lucky enough to be part of something that will change lives," Daniels said in a
press release. "This is one of those times. I am overwhelmed that my portrayal
of Dana's story has inspired such an act of kindness and generosity, and elated
to be part of it. I am thankful that so many women will be given hope due to Dr.
Love's program."

In addition to that generosity, the anonymous donor intends to match dollar
for dollar every donation made to the fund, which supports research aimed to end
breast cancer in our lifetime.

"It is an honor that our breast cancer story line touched someone in such a tremendous way that she so generously gave to such a tragic illness, Hailey told the Advocate.

For more information about the Foundation, or to make a donation visit: www.dslrf.org.