David Spade Donates $25,000

Mandy @ Gone Hollywood | Tuesday, October 9, 2007

David Spade is exercising his charitable side. He recently donated $25,000 to the family of a fallen Phoenix police officer who was killed in the line of duty last month.

David was raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, and he read about the shooting of Officer Nick Erfle in the news. David said he was “hit out of the blue” by the story and was amazed by Erfle’s overcoming of cancer to return to duty.

“It just struck me as such a rough situation just because cops in general get kind of a bad rap lately and people forget it is the scariest job out there. I’m from Arizona so I’m always a little aware of things that are going on there. … I just thought I would throw something in the pile.”

David transferred $25,000 to the account that was already set up for public donations. He has not spoken to the late officer’s family, but he says he hopes that the money was used to pay for the funeral or any other expenses. Officer Erfle leaves behind a wife and two sons, ages 5 and 3.

The giving comedian/actor also recently gave $15,000 to his alma mater, Saguaro High School.

Source: “David Spade Donates $25,000 to Slain Officer’s Family” [People]
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