In an unique interview with 'Distractify,' 'Modern Family' star and philanthropist Julie Bowen printed how she raises her 3 kids with a give-back philosophy.
You most probably know two-time Emmy winner Julie Bowen as Modern Family's type-A mama undergo Claire Dunphy. Whether she's organizing a carpool, bickering together with her eccentric "stepmother," Gloria (Sofía Vergara), or terrifying the community with her blood-soaked Halloween shenanigans, the sharp-tongued protagonist would be nothing with out Julie's quick comedic timing.
Though the Happy Gilmore big name is also a real-life mom of 3, Julie communicates with her boys in a different way than Claire does with her trio of rowdy kids, and the actor takes that task critically. Not only does she train her teen kids, Oliver, John, and Gustav, how to care for themselves, but she educates them about the importance of taking good care of others.
Having worked intently with charitable organizations like Baby2Baby (for which she serves on the board of administrators), Stand Up 2 Cancers, and the Step Up Women's Network, Julie is a true philanthropist at heart.
Ahead of Feeding America's Hunger Action Month (September), Julie spoke solely with Distractify about her ongoing paintings with the country's largest hunger-relief organization, raising her sons to offer again whenever imaginable, and how they influenced her teen-focused skincare line, JB Skrub.
Julie Bowen praised Feeding America for valuing youth involvement: "They are including the next generation whenever possible."
Feeding America Entertainment Council member Julie Bowen took phase in a unique LA volunteer event on Aug.18, 2023, which saw her hand out groceries and JB Skrub products to households and area people contributors in want. The event — which was held at North Valley Caring Services Food Pantry — is one of many involving the actor.
The U.S. charity contributes foods to more than 60 million people once a year by way of a community of 200 meals banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal techniques.
As put by means of Julie herself, Feeding America "[has her] heart," particularly as a result of the nonprofit "[addresses her] whole family."
The actor has fond recollections of bringing her kiddos to volunteer at the local meals bank, teaching them to lend a helping hand and admire positive privileges in the process.
"Feeding America was one of the few charities that said, 'Hey, you can bring your kids,'" she instructed Distractify. "The issue of 49 million people turning to the charitable food sector in 2022 alone — those numbers are staggering, and they're hard for a kid to get their head around."
"The world is on fire," she added. "Let's try and raise some good people."
Julie Bowen's private philanthropic adventure began right through childhood: "Something in me really clicked."
When we requested Julie about where her charitable nature stemmed from, she discussed a pivotal moment from her formative years.
"I was raised so fortunate, in a little suburb outside of Baltimore, I never saw a person who was unhoused," she explained. Seeing an unhoused blind man out of doors of a Bloomingdale's all through a shopping travel to New York City rocked the little 9-year-old's world.
"I was destroyed. I couldn't talk for the rest of the day. I wouldn't buy anything. My mom said, 'What's going on?' Finally, that night of dinner, I burst into tears. She realized that I had never had any experience with that; she noticed what a bubble we were living in."
Julie and her mother visited the man the next day with generous offerings.
"I will never forget how guilty I felt, and the inequity," she explained.
This vivid reminiscence helped shape how Julie approaches motherhood.
"I want my kids to be raised knowing you can always do something, always. You have an hour on the weekend? You can go to the North Hollywood food bank, you can go volunteer for Feeding America," she stated.
"No matter what side you're on — red, blue, whatever — [the world is] crazy. But service, I do believe will save us," the Boston Legal actor said, quoting Maryland Governor Wes Moore.
Julie Bowen's own kids influenced her clean and cutting edge skincare line, JB Skrub.
"[When people] can't afford basic necessities, there's a trickle down. ... You've got to get people fed and take care of their basic necessities so they can go about doing the things that they really want to do," she explained. "People want to be employed. They want to be clean, they want to have dignity, and feeding them is the first step."
Considering one in three low-income American families additionally fight to acquire fundamental non-food merchandise, Julie used to be happy to donate pieces from JB Skrub — which launched in January 2023.
Co-founded through Julie and former Conde Nast executive and fellow mother Jill Biren, JB Skrub is for "dudes who are definitely not little, but not quite men." The duo known the gap in the skincare business, as no longer many brands formulate merchandise with teenager boys in thoughts.
"We're trying to get 'em early and give them some ownership over their their hygiene routine. And obviously girls, nonbinary kids, anybody can use these products. But it's boys who we're speaking to," she defined.
"Meeting them where they are with a product that isn't babyish, and also isn't, like, about sports and sex with gray and black bottles," is what JB Skrub is all about. Just blank, pH-balancing formulation focused on de-funking.
And just as she evokes her boys to give again, their stereotypical boyishness impressed the creation of JB Skrub.
"This was born out of me standing outside of the door of my kids' bathroom screaming 'pits, nuts, butts, in that order,'" she shared.
From packaging design to scent, Julie's boys' personal tastes influenced the line.
"They have tested every product. It smells the way it smells because this is what our boys liked. It looks the way it looks because this is what the boys reacted to positively," she told us.
"What [Feeding America does] for food insecurity and for the dignity of the individual is so important. And if JB Skrub could contribute in a tiny way, I'm thrilled," she concluded.
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