This article was written by Mike Panic and is about: Celebrities, Charity, Social Networking

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Flipping through channels the other night I found myself watching an interview with Kevin Bacon, don’t know what made me stop at that channel, perhaps because I couldn’t get over how old he looks. In any event, he was talking about his new project, Sixdegrees.org, a site listing more than a million different charities along with a full listing of celebrities who associate with each one. In a portion of the interview, Kevin went on to explain that this was done for a few reasons, one of which was to show how involved a lot of celebrities really are in giving back, even if the press doesn’t always publish it. The site itself states,

You’ve probably heard of the Six Degrees concept. Any one person (including me, Kevin Bacon) is connected to any other person through six or fewer relationships, because it’s a small world. SixDegrees.org is about using this idea to accomplish something good. It’s social networking with a social conscience. Through this web site, you can support your favorite charities by donating or creating fundraising badges — as well as check out the favorite causes of other people, including celebrities.

This is a great concept; Kevin Bacon is the perfect person for this, especially after the game 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon got well known more than a decade ago, and to raise awareness for the millions of different charities out there. It also includes the social networking element, which is the new buzz of the moment on the net. I’m not a fan of a celebrity starting a charity for the sake of starting one, I personally belive there are entirely too many out there and they should be consolidated down, however this site starts to bridge the gap and shows similar charities inside the six degrees concept.

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