One Tree Hill’s Bethany Joy Galeotti is known to us as an actress, singer, songwriter, and, director. Yet most recently it was discovered the multi-talented Galeotti can add one more title to her impressive resume, and it may just be the most important one of all. Last week Galeotti revealed to her fans on her official blog she is a sponsor to a young girl in Kenya and has been for nearly a decade through COMPASSION INTL.

On her blog, Galeotti writes about the girl she describes as a ‘bright, funny, and beautiful young woman’, who has become a good friend of hers’ and who writes to her about the unsanitary water conditions in Kenya.

Galeotti has taken to her music to help make the water more pure for her friend and for Kenya. She has released a song called “Shiver’” in hopes of raising funds to improve the poor water situation in Kenya. Galeotti asked her fans to donate $1.99, the cost to purchase a song on iTunes, to one of three organizations working towards cleaner and healthier water in Kenya.

It was just announced this week that Galeotti has been nominated for two 2010 Teen Choice Awards. Safe to say who the teens in Kenya would vote as their choice favorite!

To donate to the organizations helping to improve the water in Kenya-
The Kenya Water Wells Trust & The Foundation for Sustainable Development?

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Actors Sophia Bush and Austin Nichols do not just hold leading roles on One Tree Hill, but more importantly, in helping the environment as well. The CW stars traveled to the Gulf Coast this week as a part of a powerful quest along with Global Green to bring further awareness on the impact of the B.P. oil spill there.

Bush and Nichols have taken to Twitter to grab the attention of their fans to help them get the word out on the disastrous situation.

“Our goal here is we started Twitter accounts basically for the sole reason to reach as many of our fans as possible, young kids and not so young kids, that don’t know what’s going on”, said Nichols when he and Bush called from New Orleans in the midst of their work there with Global Green. “We’ve had all these messages from Italy, and Brazil ,and Australia, from people saying that they’re not covering this down there and our tweets are the only information they’re getting about the oil spill”, he added.

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‘One Tree Hill’ stars share their images of the Gulf Coast
CW stars Sophia Bush and Austin Nichols spent June 21and 22 in Grand Isle and New Orleans, La., viewing the impact of the BP oil spill on the Gulf coast, its wildlife and its people.

Here, they share their startling photos and stories with Zap2it in the hopes of raising awareness and encouraging activism.

“This isn’t about celebrities putting their face on the cause,” Bush says. “We need to get together as people, because the numbers matter. We all have to write our congress. We all have to write our Senate. We all have to petition our president. The more of us that get involved in this and the longer that we clamor and scream and stand up for our rights, the faster the change will happen.”

–Carina MacKenzie, Zap2it
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Follow the cut below to see pictures that were personally taken by Sophia and Austin of the devastation.
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Jana Kramer is used to having fans come from all over to meet her in Wilmington, NC while she is filming her role of Alex Dupre on One Tree Hill. Yet those fans may have to get used to going to Nashville to see her. Last Wednesday night at The Basement, the only standing room available was for Kramer’s show. Some drove from Florida, others flew from New York. No distance kept the fans from coming to see Kramer make her plunge into country music.

On stage Kramer put her acting skills aside and was not playing anyone but herself as she opened to the audience a window into her world. Through her songs Kramer shared her life. It was as if everyone watching her was her best friend. There was no holding back and that is why people come from so far to see her.

With her songs such as “Save Me” and “Let’s Just Be”, Kramer was vulnerable, allowing the fans to truly connect with her personal experiences.

Those experiences are what Kramer writes her songs on, which she delivers with emotional conviction pulling you into the web of her life. The relationship between her lyrics and melody is a perfect match and the fans agree. “I left her show humming the melody to one of her songs, then when I started singing the lyrics, it felt like Jana had taken the words right out of my mouth”, one fan said. “She put in a song what I had been feeling for a long time about the guy that I’m dating”. The song is “The Man You Could Have Been”.

Nashville native Amanda Remo sees Kramer as the perfect addition to her hometown’s Country music grounds. “Jana’s music is so inspiring and yet fun. I can see her songs being played on Country radio.”, says Remo.

There was no question Kramer left everyone at The Basement wanting to hear more of her songs before they even hit Country radio. Fans would not let her leave the stage without performing her fun, catchy, song written about her puppy, Sophie, appropriately titled, “Sophie Dog”. And at the fans request, she sang it for them before saying goodnight.

The 26-year-old Michigan native made sure to further show her appreciation to all those fans that drove and flew hours to see her during a meet and greet that was held immediately after her performance.

Jana Kramer’s true passion for singing and songwriting could easily be seen during her performance. She shared her stories, found her voice, and clearly displayed on stage the joy that music brings to her. Fans who normally go to Wilmington to meet her are going to have to get used to Nashville because it is where Jana Kramer appears to be most at home.

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