JOHN SALLEY
Very few big-name stars have the charisma, personality, humor and genuine charm as former Detroit Piston, 4-time NBA champion, and Best Damn Sports Show Period TV personality John Salley. Salley, as he’s known, is a devoted vegan and has appeared on PETA's testimonial videos, as well as in promoting alternatives to practices of massive factory farming. Salley originally became a vegan because of his family history of Hypertension. Salley hosted this years WNWN Magazine’s Model Citizens event at the Playboy Mansion, which benefited Autism Speaks, a charity to benefit children with Autism.
The charity John supports is Operation Smile. John went on a mission a couple of years ago w/them to Brazil and it was amazing. The organization travels worldwide and fixes the cleft lips and cleft palates of children and young adults. Dr. William Magee Jr. a plastic surgeon, and his wife Kathleen, a nurse and social worker, founded it. They are an amazing group of people who are literally changing the lives of these kids. Operation Smile's mission statement:
Mobilizing a world of generous hearts to heal children’s smiles and transform lives across the globe. Their website is www.operationsmile.org
