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Zac Efron
Zac Efron. Millions know him as a heartthrob actor, singer and dancer-extraordinaire, but evidently, he’s a pretty nice guy, too.
Efron was walking past Covenant House’s crisis shelter last week in Vancouver with actress girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens, when he struck up a conversation with a young man at the shelter.
“He was quite genuinely interested,” said Michelle Clausius, the group’s associate communications director.
The youth — who was unavailable for an interview — asked for an autograph, but Efron didn’t have anything to sign with and the two parted ways.
The next day, said Clausius, Efron’s assistant dropped off a signed photo for the youth at Covenant House’s front desk.
“There was a genuine quality to it,” she said. “It was encouraging … It was really respectful and compassionate.”
Even the smallest act of acknowledgment makes a big difference to the young people at Covenant House, Clausius said. “… There’s real heartbreak and trauma in the lives of these people.”
Efron was walking past Covenant House’s crisis shelter last week in Vancouver with actress girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens, when he struck up a conversation with a young man at the shelter.
“He was quite genuinely interested,” said Michelle Clausius, the group’s associate communications director.
The youth — who was unavailable for an interview — asked for an autograph, but Efron didn’t have anything to sign with and the two parted ways.
The next day, said Clausius, Efron’s assistant dropped off a signed photo for the youth at Covenant House’s front desk.
“There was a genuine quality to it,” she said. “It was encouraging … It was really respectful and compassionate.”
Even the smallest act of acknowledgment makes a big difference to the young people at Covenant House, Clausius said. “… There’s real heartbreak and trauma in the lives of these people.”
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