Misha Collins was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Growing up, his family was poor and often homeless. He is an actor alongside Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles in the CW show Supernatural where he plays an angel called Castiel. Collins is the co-founder and board president of Random Acts, a non-profit organization dedicated to funding and inspiring acts of kindness around the world. Collins founded the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen (GISHWHES) in 2011. Entrance fees for the international competition go towards Random Acts, and in 2012, GISHWHES broke the world record for most pledges to perform an act of kindness.
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The "Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen" is an annual week-long competitive media scavenger hunt originally held each October or November, but more recently each August. Teams of 15 competitors earn points for submitting photos and videos of themselves completing prompts from a list they receive at the beginning of the week. |