Long an advocate for the homeless and the hungry, Beyoncé has partnered with a variety of anti-hunger organizations, including Feeding America and the Houston Food Bank. The singer also led the charge in helping the homeless in her hometown of Houston, Texas. She has given millions to the Knowles-Temenos Place Apartments,housing that supports its residents by providing meals, job readiness training, HIV/AIDs screening and other services.

Oscar-winner Jeff Bridges is a pioneer in the celebrity fight against hunger, having founded his End Hunger Network in 1983. He currently serves as spokesman for No Kid Hungry, a national campaign that aims to wipe out childhood hunger in the U.S. “As an actor, I put myself in other people’s shoes,” says Bridges. “I’m a representative for the human condition, for people who are working, busting their asses, yet who are hungry and unable keep a roof over their heads. It breaks my heart.”

Miley Cyrus has been highly active with her Happy Hippie Foundation, which she founded in 2014 to address homelessness, with a focus on LGBTQ youth. The group, working with the Los Angeles-based My Friend’s Place, has donated 40,000 meals, 20,000 snacks and 40,000 pairs of socks and underwear to homeless kids over the past several years. “It seemed wrong that I had so much attention and there were so many people in the country that didn’t have a place to call home,” says Cyrus (seen here with her dad, Billy Ray). “I wanted to bring attention to what is really important.”

Homelessness has long been an issue close to Susan Sarandon’s heart. She even testified before Congress (“We can’t allow these people to be invisible any longer”) and produced a series of films on the subject. Sarandon has also helped serve meals at the New York City Rescue Mission. “When you can recognize groups that are helping people through a bad time, to give a little, it helps you to feel like things aren’t so out of control,” she says. “It’s really very self-serving.”

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