Will Smith is Bungee Jumping The Grand Canyon For Charity

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To mark his fiftieth natal day , Will Smith is set to take part in a charity bungee start over the Grand Canyon inWill Smith : The Jumpand is offering one lucky fan the chance to be there in person to watch . Since rising to international prominence as the star of NBC’sThe Fresh Prince of Bel - Air , Will Smith has become a bona fide Hollywood Jagannatha over the preceding two decade , come out in the like ofAli , Men In Black , Bad BoysandSuicide Squad . As he come on the rattling years of 50 , Smith still has several high - visibility projects lined up , perhaps the most notable being his roleas the Geniein Guy Ritchie ’s approaching live - actionAladdinmovie , accept over a part made iconic by the former Robin Williams .

While most people might choose to lionise their 50th birthday with a big party or a fancy eating house dinner , Will has decided to mark the occasion in a very different manner after accepting a challenge issued byYouTubechannelYes possibility . As lifelong fans of the actor and proponents of a ' love over fear ' ism , Yes Theorywere inspired by Will ’s previous attempt to whelm his fear of Skydiving and challenged him to take things " to the next floor " . The next floor apparently being a bungee cord startle out of a eggbeater . Of course , Will gamely accepted the daring , albeit only on the conditions that the jump would be performed for charityandwould take place over the Grand Canyon .

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The particular , which can be seen in the video above , have now been ironed out and the stunt has been announce as taking post on September 25th , with proceeds going to Global Citizen ’s education campaigns . Will Smith : The Jumpwill stream live onYouTubebut one lucky fan will have the hazard to watch the event in person .

To enter , lover need to make a $ 10 dollar donation via Omaze and the pillage admit travelling and accommodation , a hangout and photo with Will and his family and an opportunity to video New World chat with a friend to raise that you reallydidjust watch Will Smith jump out of a helicopter .

The proceeds of the competition will be donated , via the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation , towards Global Citizen ’s efforts to bring education to every undivided tiddler , regardless of circumstances . This will include the Education Can not hold off effort , which seeks to ply education for children in areas of crisis ( for good example , place impacted by lifelike disaster or tearing conflicts ) and guarantee as far as possible that the children involved do n’t escape out on their chance to learn .

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Whatever your notion on their motion picture and euphony yield , there ’s no deny thatWill Smith and his familyhave been heavily involved in philanthropic gift and donate large sum of money of money to charity ( peculiarly towards Education Department - based projects ) and Will ’s natal day Heli - Bungee is restrict to father even more cash to help those who are n’t afford the chance of educational activity that is so often taken for granted . A Hollywood ace jumps out of a chopper and a charity gets a braggart pile of money . Everybody wins .