Fresh off Sunday’s victory, Gillette brought Tom Brady to the Company’s World Shaving Headquarters in the heart of South Boston to shed his playoff scruff for the benefit of three non-profits with a long history of support from both Brady and Gillette. Together Brady and Gillette donated more than $100,000 to three organizations – Boys & Girls Clubs of South Boston, Best Buddies International, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – in recognition of the work they undertake daily to make a positive difference in the lives of Boston residents and beyond.

While at Gillette, Brady also signed three Gillette On Demand boxes, each containing a New England Patriots-branded razor handle and blades. These boxes will be auctioned off in the coming days, with all proceeds benefitting the event’s three charities. For fans of the team, these same team logo handles are sold exclusively through Gillette On Demand for $25. Special Edition Super Bowl LIII handles are also available for a limited time.

“Gillette’s long-standing tradition of celebrating hometown victories with a playoff beard shave-down continues today as we celebrate the incredible New England Patriots,” said Pankaj Bhalla, Gillette & Venus Director, North America. “We have always and will always stand behind men at their best, and there’s no better representation of that today than Tom Brady. We’re thrilled to be a part of his fresh start as he takes time to relax in the offseason and prepare for next season.”

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“It was a magical day and night — just getting to talk to and listen to these young people,” Washington told Yahoo Entertainment on Wednesday morning as he participated in interviews with Youth of the Year winner Haynes. “They give me new energy.”

The nominated teenagers all spent their formative years participating in the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), an organization of community centers that provides activities, academic support, and mentorship for at-risk youth. And like longtime spokesman Washington, who grew up attending the BGCA in his New Jersey hometown, these kids were able to realize their ambitions and leadership skills through the clubs. Haynes, for example, started a literacy program at his Denver club, where he helped young African-American kids to substantially increase their reading levels.

“The memory that I carry with me is getting the final scores back: it’s the last week, we’re all eating pizza, and handing the kids back their grade levels before and after,” Haynes tells Yahoo. “Just seeing the big smile on their faces, knowing they’d accomplished their own goals, seeing how far they came. It gave me a sense of accomplishment and hope. And that’s something that I can carry with me for the rest of my life.”

Hope can seem like it’s in short supply these days. But Washington says that in his 26 years visiting Boys & Girls Clubs around the nation, he’s never stopped seeing it.

“I’m impressed and amazed that the kids are still positive,” says the 63-year-old actor. “We cynical older folk tend to think the world’s coming to an end by next Tuesday. But they’re all about changing it and being a positive part of that change. And I’m inspired by that.”

That positivity, says Washington, is a cornerstone of the BGCA. With so many American children growing up in dangerous or unstable environments, the clubs provide a safe place and a reliable group of mentors. This, in turn, gives the participants freedom to imagine a better future — and step outside of their comfort zones. “They support you, and you feel safe,” says Washington. “You feel like it’s a place you can fail.”

Mentorship has always been important to the actor, who loves to reference his own childhood mentor, BGCA staff member Billy Thomas. Even in the cutthroat world of Hollywood, Washington has a reputation for offering guidance. He provided an acting-school scholarship that launched the career of Black Panther’s Chadwick Boseman, and took Moonlight director Barry Jenkins out to a three-hour lunch, where Jenkins described receiving “some of the most amazing advice I’d ever been given.” Does he offer the same advice to BGCA graduates that he does to up-and-coming stars?

“I mean, I don’t know what stars are,” he demurs, “but I just tell people to stay rooted, you know, be honest with yourself, and work hard. There’s no magic pill to success.”

This year, the actor, one of the most-nominated in Oscar history, will presumably be providing a new kind of mentorship: helping his son John David Washington (the breakout star of Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman) survive awards season. He already has some advice for John David at the ready: “Man gives the award, God gives the reward. That’s my advice.”

“I’m going to start using that,” says Haynes.

To learn how to volunteer for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, go to BGCA.org. 

This article originally appeared on Yahoo.

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Trump revealed in a Facebook post on April 20 the establishment of the Ivanka M. Trump Charitable Fund, which will receive the unpaid portion of her advance and future royalties received from the book, titled Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules of Success.

The National Urban League and Boys & Girls Clubs of America will be the first two beneficiaries of the fund, receiving $100,000 each.

“With my grant to the National Urban League, the organization will launch a new Women’s Initiative as part of its signature Entrepreneurship Center Program, which currently operates at 13 locations across the country,” Trump shared on Facebook.

“The Women’s Initiative will focus on giving women the mentorship and tools they need to start and grow successful businesses and achieve economic self-sufficiency,” she added.

Trump went on to share her plan for assisting in the STEM program and STEM Centers for Innovation within the Boys & Girls Club, with an aim to help females interested in careers in those that field.

“The grant to Boys & Girls Clubs of America will go toward the organization’s national Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program for girls and underrepresented youth.

“Women make up half of the total U.S. college-educated workforce, but less than one-third of the STEM workforce,” she wrote.

Trump who recently made headlines while on a women empowerment tour in Germany, made it clear in the post that her book was a “personal project” and “completed before the election in November.” She closed her post by reiterating the pride in her book and her desire to see it help others.

“It is my sincere hope that Women Who Work serves as a powerful resource and that the book proceeds further benefit women and girls through the great work of the National Urban League and Boys & Girls Clubs of America,” she wrote.

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