2008 Woodie Awards
Turning 'Heroes' worship into heroic change
David Dauphinee
Issue date: 11/15/07 Section: Style
It is no secret that as college students, our lives are full. More often than not I find that my life is just too busy and many times I even confuse this with being productive. From there, the slope toward apathy is a slippery one. However, with the current state of our world, responsibility demands that we not sit in apathy. Yet many of us, myself included, do. So when a student passionately supports a cause that offers no personal gain, I find it admirable. In the case of Meaghan McBee, the social call to arms came through another passion, her obsession with actor Zachary Quinto.
Quinto, who plays Sylar on NBC's Heroes and is set to star as the young Spock in director/producer J.J. Abrams upcoming "Star Trek" revamp, is the inspiration behind an online community of people that have named themselves SARMY, short for Sylar's Army, inspired by Quinto's "Heroes" character. Quinto has been an avid supporter of the Give Life Foundation, which, in cooperation with the Red Cross, supports blood, tissue and organ donation. "We chose them because Zach supports them, and we started out as a Zachary Quinto Fan group," explained McBee. The SARMY cause is to help raise money for Give Life through the selling and auctioning of merchandise through their Web site (www.sylarsarmy.com) and through the eBay auction site.
"We have individuals that work on Heroes Graphic novels for NBC do all the logos for the merchandise, so it's quality stuff," McBee said. "We sell everything from mugs and mouse pads to baby clothes and thongs - you don't want to know where they put the logo on that thing." The group has quickly gained momentum thanks to the awareness brought from various broadcasts sources such as Jimmy Kimmel Live, TV Guide and the E! News network.
"The other day, one of our members saw a student on her campus wearing a SARMY T-shirt. So the cause is definitely spreading," McBee said.
Originally, when the group contacted NBC to inquire about becoming official, they were turned down. "So we contacted the artists on our own," McBee said, "and got support directly from the creators."
Quinto, who plays Sylar on NBC's Heroes and is set to star as the young Spock in director/producer J.J. Abrams upcoming "Star Trek" revamp, is the inspiration behind an online community of people that have named themselves SARMY, short for Sylar's Army, inspired by Quinto's "Heroes" character. Quinto has been an avid supporter of the Give Life Foundation, which, in cooperation with the Red Cross, supports blood, tissue and organ donation. "We chose them because Zach supports them, and we started out as a Zachary Quinto Fan group," explained McBee. The SARMY cause is to help raise money for Give Life through the selling and auctioning of merchandise through their Web site (www.sylarsarmy.com) and through the eBay auction site.
"We have individuals that work on Heroes Graphic novels for NBC do all the logos for the merchandise, so it's quality stuff," McBee said. "We sell everything from mugs and mouse pads to baby clothes and thongs - you don't want to know where they put the logo on that thing." The group has quickly gained momentum thanks to the awareness brought from various broadcasts sources such as Jimmy Kimmel Live, TV Guide and the E! News network.
"The other day, one of our members saw a student on her campus wearing a SARMY T-shirt. So the cause is definitely spreading," McBee said.
Originally, when the group contacted NBC to inquire about becoming official, they were turned down. "So we contacted the artists on our own," McBee said, "and got support directly from the creators."
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posted 1/18/08 @ 5:29 PM EST
Congratulations Mabes!!!!
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