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Michelle Obama To Present Taylor Swift With Charity Award Mar 28, 2012

First Lady Michelle Obama will make her first-ever appearance at Nickelodeon's Kids’ Choice Awards to present Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Taylor Swift with this year’s The Big Help Award in recognition of her extensive philanthropic endeavors, including her work with tornado and flood survivors in the United States. More →

Chris Pine And Dave Grohl To Read Kids Books At Charity Event Mar 27, 2012

Milk+Bookies has announced that they will host their Third Annual Story Time Celebration on Sunday, April 15, 2012 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. More →

Slash Presents Charity Check At GuitarTown Launch Mar 23, 2012

On Monday, March 12, Gibson GuitarTown II launched on The Sunset Strip in West Hollywood with the unveiling of the first nine 10-foot tall guitar sculptures. The selection includes works from renowned artists Shepard Fairey, Tristan Eaton, Free Humanity, Smog City and DeeKay, and celebrates top musicians, including Van Halen, Rage Against The Machine and Jane’s Addiction, among others. More →

Denzel Washington And Danny Glover To Attend Boys And Girls Club Gala Mar 22, 2012

Actor Denzel Washington, on behalf of the Boys & Girls Club of Mt. Vernon, will present his longtime friend and former college roommate NYS Senator Malcolm A. Smith with the Historic Leadership Award at the organization’s 100th Anniversary Gala on Saturday. More →

Wake Up With The Stars And Get Schooled Mar 20, 2012

The Get Schooled Foundation has announced that Victoria Justice, Brandy, Big Sean, Sean Paul, Terrence J and Rocsi have signed onto the Wake Up and Get Schooled campaign aimed at encouraging students to set a goal of getting to school every day. More →

Prince Harry Wants To Make His Charity Global Mar 13, 2012

Prince Harry has spoken of his desire to expand the work of his Sentebale charity from helping disadvantaged children in a single African country to carrying out projects worldwide. More →

Amy Winehouse Foundation Launches Scholarship Mar 6, 2012

The Amy Winehouse Foundation – a charity established soon after the singer passed away last year – has teamed up with the Sylvia Young Theatre School to offer an exclusive scholarship. More →

Hot Chelle Rae Will Play At Your School For Charity Mar 2, 2012

The Candie's Foundation is giving teens across the US a chance to win a concert at their high school by Hot Chelle Rae and Karmin! More →

Prince Charles And Cheryl Cole Attend Futures Gala Dinner Feb 28, 2012

Prince Charles was joined by Cheryl Cole, Jools Holland, Lulu, Michael McIntyre and Alison Moyet to raise vital funds for The Prince's Trust last week, at one of the most important fundraising events in The Prince’s Trust calendar. More →

Ne-Yo Encourages Attendance And Education During School Visit Feb 28, 2012

Grammy Award winner Ne-Yo surprised 588 students with a mini-concert and acted as the “Principal for the Day” at Aki Kurose Middle School Academy in south Seattle, the most diverse zip code in the country, yesterday. More →

Blair Underwood Launches Charity Initiative With Ancestry.com Feb 27, 2012

Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family history resource, has teamed up with one of its high-profile celebrity customers to support a national non-profit organization that helps youth overcome what are too often generational cycles of adversity. More →

Stars To Attend FilmAid International Oscar Night Event Feb 20, 2012

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and humanitarian aid organization FilmAid International will host an Oscar Night event at the ‘21’ Club in New York City in celebration of the 84th Academy Awards on Oscar Sunday, February 26. More →

Tony Hawk To Auction Motorbike For Charity Feb 17, 2012

Fans of Tony Hawk will soon be able to get their hands on a special piece of the skateboarding legend’s personal possessions. More →

Stephen Fry And Michael Caine Support Prince Charles' Job Ambassadors Feb 16, 2012

Prince Charles visited the headquarters of his youth charity The Prince's Trust this week to announce 100 new jobs for unemployed young people – who will then help a further 100,000 young people to find work. More →

Eva Longoria To Take Part In Campaign Hollywood Feb 15, 2012

Vanity Fair Vice President and Publisher Edward J. Menicheschi has announced the slate of events for the thirteenth installment of “Campaign Hollywood,” the magazine’s annual week-long celebration leading up to the Academy Awards. More →

Boy George To Perform At Prince's Trust Spring Ball Feb 14, 2012

The Prince's Trust has announced that Boy George will headline this year’s Spring Ball in May. More →

Glee Bully Wants Charity Cash By Valentine's Day Feb 13, 2012

Glee’s campus jock and closeted gay bully Dave Karofsky – played by Max Adler, International Spokesperson for City Hearts: Kids Say Yes to the Arts – has inspired his global Twitter following to donate more than $7,000 to an e-campaign for his new “Max’s ABC: Anti-Bullying through City Hearts” program in just the past 3 weeks. Now, his goal is to double that amount to $14,000 by Valentine’s Day, the 14th of February, in order to fund his Anti-Bullying program at one City Hearts site for the rest of this year. More →

Bar Refaeli Unveils Laureus Sport For Good Shirt Feb 9, 2012

Supermodel Bar Refaeli and tennis legend Boris Becker chose the heart of London on the eve of the Laureus World Sports Awards to unveil a new polo shirt designed by fashion house Shanghai Tang in support for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation's mission to use sport as a tool for social change and to help improve the lives of children around the world. More →

Prince's Trust 2012 Games Young Ambassadors Meet Prime Minister And Sport Legends Feb 9, 2012

Ten Prince's Trust 2012 Games Young Ambassadors met the British Prime Minister David Cameron at a reception held at 10 Downing Street recently. More →

Rose McGowan Visits The Gentle Barn Feb 7, 2012

Actress Rose McGowan experienced a special trip to The Gentle Barn this weekend, the same day the organization received a Toyota Highlander Hybrid as part of Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program. More →

Hugh Grant Attends Celebrity Charity Pub Quiz Feb 3, 2012

Hugh Grant, Jonathan Ross and former Doctor Who David Tennant put their grey-matter to the test at Centrepoint's annual Ultimate Pub Quiz on Tuesday. More →

Salman Rushdie And Michael Stipe To Host Charity Book Fair Feb 3, 2012

March 21 will see The Lunchbox Fund hold its annual Book Fair and auction – hosted by Salman Rushdie and Michael Stipe – at the Piedmonte Room, Del Posto. More →

Prince Charles Visits Cafe In Memory Of Murdered Student Feb 3, 2012

The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, met young people working to make society a better place through his Youth United initiative this week. More →

Glee Bully Inspires Fans To Donate To Anti-Bullying Campaign Jan 31, 2012

In honor of the 27th Anniversary of Los Angeles-based City Hearts: Kids Say Yes to the Arts, Max Adler, who plays closeted gay bully Dave Karofsky on “Glee,” has already managed to inspire fans from around the world to donate more than $6,000 in a matter of days. More →

Laureus World Sport Awards To Benefit Charity Jan 20, 2012

London will be the focus of the sporting world when it stages the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards Ceremony on Monday, February 6. More →

LTTS Interview: Young Star Talks Charity Jan 20, 2012

Nine-year-old actor Matthew Wayne may be young, but he has a big heart. The up-and-coming star recently talked to Look To The Stars’ Misty Schwartz about his charity work. More →

Coldplay To Play Charity Gig In Los Angeles Jan 19, 2012

Coldplay will perform live at a special iHeartRadio Benefit Concert on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 at Club Nokia at L.A. LIVE. More →

Victoria Justice Named As DonateMyDress.org Spokesperson Jan 18, 2012

Nickelodeon star Victoria Justice is the official celebrity spokesperson for the 2012 DonateMyDress.org (DMD) campaign. More →

Annie Lennox To Represent Prince Harry's Charity At Snow Polo Event Jan 17, 2012

Annie Lennox will be representing Prince Harry's Sentebale charity on January 21 at the Klosters Snow Polo tournament charity event in Switzerland. More →

Alice In Chains Hosts Fantasy Football Charity Auction Jan 17, 2012

The Alice in Chains and Friends Fantasy Football League launched its 3rd annual charity auction on eBay this month. More →