*Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has donated an undisclosed “seven-figure” amount to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation amid the actors’ strike.
“Thank you @TheRock for your extraordinary generosity and historic donation to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation! You’re helping thousands of @sagaftra actors and families in urgent need, and taking the lead for others to follow! We appreciate you!!!” the foundation said in a statement on Twitter.
SAG-AFTRA called the strike on July 13, and soon after, SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s president Courtney B. Vance, and executive director, Cyd Wilson, sent a letter to the union’s 2,700 highest-earning members requesting financial assistance amid the strike, Urban Hollywood 411 reports.
“Our mandate and our mission is to be able to help members in times of need and crisis times financially — for their medical bills, their rents, their mortgages and their food. And that’s where we find ourselves once again. They’re on the picket lines, but they still have to be able to pay for things,” Vance explained in a statement, Variety reports.
SAG-AFTRA Foundation grants can reach $1,500, and lifetime members can receive emergency assistance up to $6,000 in dire circumstances.
The seven-figure gift from Johnson will help between 7,000 and 10,000 members of the union, according to the foundation.
“When we hit a crisis like this and we’re going to spend millions and millions of dollars in financial assistance, this is when we need our high profile talent who can afford it, who are in a situation to help others,” Wilson said.
“It is a call to arms for all of us to know that we just have to step up however you can,” Vance told Variety. “Dwayne is letting everyone know, ‘I’m here. What are you going to do?’”
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