Trish uses her WWE Superstardom to make dreams come true and to make a difference.

The one thing Trish Stratus enjoys most about being a WWE Superstar is having the ability to touch lives and give back to the community that supports her.

"Being a WWE Superstar and because of our position on television a lot of people, children especially look up to us as role models and as their heroes. Well, I like to point out that many of the children we meet via charity arrangements and events are the real heroes. I admire their strength in facing adversity and these children that I have been fortunate enough to meet inspire me. I am thankful for my role within the WWE for every opportunity I am able to give back".

Just last week when Trish traveled to the UK as part of WWE’s “Road to Insurrextion” tour, she made Trish fan Carl Tilson live out his dream. Charity organization Dreams Come True gave Carl the chance to go backstage at last Friday’s show in Nottingham and meet a superstar. But there was only ever one wrestler on Carl’s shortlist. Determined to meet his heroine, he sent Trish an email and hoped that his dream would come true. And boy did it come true! Click here to read Stuart Wilson's interview he did for Brian's www.stratus-faction.com.

They say dreams can come true and they did at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom as Trish and fellow WWE Superstar Val Venis were among the celebrities who accompanied 265 sick and disadvantaged children from Southern Ontario and Western New York on a one day adventure to on the 14th annual "Dreams Take Flight." TSN recalls the adventure here, and the Toronto Sun recaps the fun here.

Trish is not the only WWE Superstar passionate about charitable causes. On Monday June 23 several hours before RAW at Madison Square Garden, Trish will join the Heartbreak Kid, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Goldberg, Triple H, Kevin Nash, and Ric Flair to sign autographs for a nominal fee at FYE in New York City’s Rockefeller Center.

All proceeds from that signing and from six subsequent autograph sessions in cities across the U.S. will go to the Armed Forces Family Scholarship and Assistance Fund (AFFSAF), which provides scholarships for higher education of children of all fallen personnel in the Iraqi and Afghan war operations. Beginning next week, fans can stop by the Rockefeller Center FYE and, for $20, receive a specially produced WrestleMania XX 11-by-17 poster and a wristband. Those fans can return on June 23 with the poster and the wristband and have the poster signed by the seven Superstars. Posters, if still available, can also be purchased on the day of the signing. Because this is a charity event, the Superstars at the autograph session -- scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. -- will only be signing the poster.

HBK came up with the idea for the fundraisers. In a telephone interview on Wednesday, the Heartbreak Kid, currently battling the stomach flu, said, “I was just watching FOX News one day. At that point, I think there were about 126 military personnel who had died in the war. ... I thought, ‘Geez, we ought to be about to do something (to help).’ “Being from a military family, I’m a huge patriot. Whether you agree with the war or you don’t, it doesn’t matter. You support the people who go and fight for you.” Michaels and a friend of his got in touch with WWE to start the planning process. He wanted to make the fundraisers something special. “I told (WWE officials) that I didn’t want it to be just something with a bunch of mid-card folks signing autograph mats,” he said. “They said, ‘If you want big-name people, you’re going to have to ask them.’” Michaels did just that. He personally approached the six other Superstars who are scheduled for the New York City event. “They were all definitely in,” he said.

The goal is to raise $20,000 at the New York event and a total of $100,000 for the entire tour. “I don’t want to raise a couple of thousand dollars,” he said. “I want to be able to raise a decent amount. If you can raise $100,000 -- that’s not big money, but with all the other places that are (raising money), you might be able to actually leave (families) with something.” Another concern for HBK was finding an organization that would actually funnel every cent of the monies raised to the families. Over the years, Michaels said, he’s participated or contributed to charitable causes only to find out later that much of the money was eaten away by administrative or other fees. But that won’t happen this time. Through the AFFSAF, every dollar raised goes directly to military families because there are no administrative fees incurred by the all-volunteer foundation. The AFFSAF is of and administered by The Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, a 501(c)3 charity.