Avril Lavigne arrived on the pop scene about 10 years ago. A 17 year old sk8r girl with a wife beater and tie on.
Sporting Chuck Taylor’s and singing anthems not of love lorn lost but rather of strength and determination. Mocking the teen queens for their shallowness or thinking aloud of why things had to be so complicated…
Rockers dismissed her, “punk” as mainstream. Avril became the butt of many a joke and the hipsters shunned her but now look back.
Poppy? Yeah. Mindless? Perhaps, But Avril has never begged she has questioned you she has missed you she has provided a strong and independent role model for girls not only in music but in hallways and playing fields.
Now? Well she’s designing clothing and perfumes and marketing her image and helping others. This month she unveiled her charity, “The Avril Lavigne Foundation”. The foundation aims to help young people with serious illnesses and disabilities. “I have always looked for ways to give back because I think it’s a responsibility we all share”. say Levigne.
The foundation partners with the Easter Seals, Make-A-Wish foundation and Erase MS.
Today, September 27th, she celebrates her 26th birthday. You go girl.