For this week’s Twitter Thursday, we’re doing something a little different. The people behind the charity search engine GoodSearch.com have offered up $50 to three winners to donate to a charity of their choice. So, instead of winning something for yourself, you’ll actually be able to up the karma points by giving back to your [...]
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Fashion designer and America’s Next Top Model judge Nigel Barker is picking up the old camera and getting involved with an ad campaign to help the millions of people suffering with breast cancer.
Barker is working with Fashion Targets Breast Cancer (FTBC) — an organization considered to be the “worldwide fashion community’s singular and most successful [...]
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One of my all-time favorite stars, Carrie Underwood, recently opened up her checkbook for a great cause.
On Friday, the country music star presented more than $117,000 of musical instruments to schools in her hometown of Checotah, Oklahoma.
The gift was a joint ever between Underwood’s C.A.T.S. Foundation (Checotah Animal, Town and Schools) and ACM Lifting Lives [...]
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Whereas most celebrities might run away from TMZ.com, John Mayer embraces the web-paparazzi in good humor — which has, more or less, created some pretty amusing moments. The latest one happened earlier this afternoon on Twitter when Mayer challenged TMZ boss Harvey Levin to dig up a mugshot of the musician from an arrest (speeding [...]
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American Idol hotshot Adam Lambert recently took to the internet to help raise money for DonorsChoose.org — one of our favorite organizations!
At the Donors Choose website teachers can submit project proposals for materials or experiences their students need to learn. Then it’s up to you to logon and give any amount to the projects that sound [...]
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Third Eye Blind is taking to their website to reach out to illegal downloaders.
Frontman Stephen Jenkins recently posted this plea after learning their new album was illegally released online:
“Wow! I leave the country and my album ends up leaking. I was in Jakarta performing for the fine citizens of Indonesia after their devastating terrorist attack—I [...]
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With the first installment in the Twilight vampire series raking in over $383 million at the worldwide box office, stars of the movie have discovered that their skyrocketing fame has worked wonders for their charity work. MTV recently profiled several of the actresses and actors in the film and found that they share one thing [...]
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Looks like the Duffmeister is rolling up those sleeves and getting involved!
Last week Hillary traveled to Columbia to distribute 3,000 knapsacks of food to poor children in a school district south of the capital city as part of the Blessings in a Backpack program.
The project was started by Duff and USA Harvest founder Stan Curtis to [...]
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A host of star musicians is set to gather and record a remake of Michael Jackson’s Will You Be There for charity. The song was released as a single in 1993 and also appeared on the soundtrack to the movie Free Willy.
Musicians expected to participate include Whitney Houston, John Mayer, Lionel Richie, Usher, Dionne Warwick, [...]
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With all those celebs getting hooked on various substances, it’s nice to see some of them are getting hooked on books!
What Book Got You Hooked is an initiative of First Book — a charity whose mission is to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books.
From now until [...]
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he doesnt have to become a hard core 24-7 vegan, just a small effort...