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Stars Help Baby Buggy Raise $385,000 For Charity Jun 4, 2011

Baby Buggy, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing families in need with essential equipment, clothing, products, and educational tools and services for their children, held its annual Baby Buggy Bedtime Bash, Wednesday, June 1st at Victorian Gardens at Wollman Rink in Central Park. More →

Light A Birthday Candle For JK Rowling's Charity Jun 2, 2011

JK Rowling's charity, Lumos, is asking people around the world to support its Light A Birthday Candle campaign, a year after changing its name from the Children’s High Level Group. More →

Alicia Keys Announces Celebrity Charity Black Ball May 26, 2011

Alicia Keys and Mark Ronson will join forces in London next month to host the annual Keep A Child Alive Black Ball. More →

Jarvis Green To Host Charity Wine Tasting May 25, 2011

The Jarvis Green Foundation's wine tasting gala, which benefits disadvantaged single mothers in low income areas, comes to Baton Rouge later this month. More →

Dame Shirley Bassey Makes Celebrity Donation To Charity Shop May 23, 2011

Barnardo's flagship charity shop in Marylebone, UK, has received top-quality donations from star singer Dame Shirley Bassey. More →

Lewis Hamilton Buys Prince's Guitar For Charity May 12, 2011

A gilded guitar, once owned by Prince, raised $100,000 in a charity auction recently. More →

Jackie Chan Presents $3.3 Million To Charity In Japan May 8, 2011

Jackie Chan has presented The Salvation Army in Japan with a check for US$3,356,078 raised from the massive celebrity charity concert he helped organize in Hong Kong last month. More →

Meet Mary J. Blige In FFAWN Celebrity Charity Auction May 6, 2011

As a follow up to her recent Honors charity concert on May 1 in New York City, superstar Mary J. Blige is partnering with luxury charity auction site charitybuzz.com to raise funds for her nonprofit organization FFAWN (Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now). More →

Celebrity Love Letter To New York On 9/11 Anniversary May 5, 2011

A highly esteemed cast of celebrities will perform Sarah Tuft’s play ‘110 Stories’ this coming 9/11 as a love letter to NY to benefit a related charity. More →

America Ferrera And Aimee Garcia Support Graduation Initiative May 4, 2011

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting enlisted the support of Emmy-award winning actress America Ferrera of Ugly Betty on Tuesday in Washington, DC to launch its brand new education initiative, American Graduate, to help improve the nation’s high school graduation rates. More →

John Mayer And Keith Urban Join Tiger Woods At Charity Event May 2, 2011

Another exciting Tiger Jam culminated on Saturday night as John Mayer and Keith Urban took the stage at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas for a sensational concert which helped raise approximately $750,000 for programs of the Tiger Woods Foundation. More →

America Ferrera To Speak Out Against Dropout Epidemic Apr 28, 2011

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), in partnership with America’s Promise Alliance, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, announced today it has added three new speakers who will help launch a significant new initiative to combat the dropout epidemic in the United States on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 10:15 a.m. ET live on Facebook. More →

Don Felder To Bring An Evening At The Hotel California To Celebrity Charity Golf Event Apr 21, 2011

Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder will headline a special concert celebrating the 11th annual BMW Celebrity Charity Pro-Am Golf Tournament next month. More →

Pete Doherty To Get His Kit On For Celebrity Charity Soccer Apr 21, 2011

The latest line up has been announced for this year’s Celebrity Soccer Six events at Charlton Athletic Football Club on Bank Holiday Monday May 30th and Burnley Football Club on Sunday June 5th. More →

Hugh Jackman Gives Up Coffee And Sugar For Charity Apr 20, 2011

Hugh Jackman has vowed to give up coffee and sugar for a new charity campaign that encourages people to try and live on £1 a week to raise awareness of the 1.4 billion people around the world who live below the poverty line. More →

William Fichtner Wins Celebrity Charity Race Apr 19, 2011

William Fichtner was the winner of Saturday’s 35th annual Toyota Pro/Celebrity Charity Race through the streets of Long Beach, California. More →

LTTS Exclusive: Anna Wilding Writes In The Wake Of The Christchurch Earthquake Apr 18, 2011

New Zealand-born actor, director and producer Anna Wilding is currently visiting her hometown of Christchurch from her base in Los Angeles following the devastating earthquake that shook the city on February 22, killing over 180 people. Anna – the founder of the Wilding Foundation – is filming a documentary about the disaster with local production crews and has written this exclusive report exploring a city brought to its knees by a disaster that has destroyed the businesses and livelihoods of thousands. More →

Mary J. Blige To Honor Women At Celebrity Charity Concert Apr 13, 2011

On May 1, Mary J. Blige, Queen Latifah and ELLE magazine’s VP, Editor-in-Chief/Brand Content, Robbie Myers, will host FFAWN’s second annual Mary J. Blige Honors Concert. They’ll join close celebrity friends and trailblazers in the entertainment industry, and all will pay tribute to young girls with big dreams of becoming the leaders of tomorrow. More →

The Wiggles To Present Young Christchurch Earthquake Victims With New Shoes Apr 11, 2011

The Wilding Foundation and its founder, actress/director/producer Anna Wilding, have announced a special treat for two Christchurch families affected by the devastating earthquake that struck the New Zealand city on February 22. More →

Unsung Children's Champions Honored At Celebrity Charity Awards Mar 31, 2011

A host of British stars – including Simon Cowell, James Corden and Davina McCall – were spotted out-and-about at a special charity event in London last night to honor some unsung children’s champions. More →

Stars Get Blue For Child Abuse Prevention Month Mar 30, 2011

April marks the 28th anniversary of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time dedicated to child abuse education, awareness and prevention activities. More →

Bart Simpson's Happy House Charity Poker Tournament Mar 28, 2011

Nancy Cartwright, the iconic voice of Bart Simpson and Honorary Mayor of the North Valley, is hosting the 6th Annual Happy House Poker Tournament and BBQ at her Northridge home on May 28. More →

Jackie Chan Announces Celebrity Charity Concert For Japan Mar 24, 2011

Jackie Chan has announced that he will be holding a special fundraising concert for victims of the Japanese tsunami and earthquake in Hong Kong next month. More →

Annie Duke To Host Charity Poker For Life Rolls On Mar 24, 2011

Poker legend Annie Duke and Life Rolls On founder, Jesse Billauer, are set to host the 1st Annual “A Night of Poker” on May 7 in Gardena California to benefit Billauer’s Life Rolls On Foundation. More →

Will Smith Replaces Stolen Computers Mar 21, 2011

Actor Will Smith and his buddy Charlie Mack Alston have donated 29 top-of-the-line Apple laptops to a high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after learning that students had stolen sixty computers from the school. More →

Prince William Visits Earthquake Damage In New Zealand, Launches Charity Initiative Mar 17, 2011

Prince William is currently in Christchurch, New Zealand, to view damage resulting from the devastating earthquake that destroyed the homes and livelihoods of thousands of people last month, and to attend the memorial for the 180+ people killed. More →

Annie Lennox Returns From Charity Trip To Malawi Mar 17, 2011

Singer Annie Lennox visited Malawi last month as part of her role as special envoy for the Scottish branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPASB). More →

Eric Clapton's Guitars Raise Millions For Charity Mar 11, 2011

Eric Clapton has raised more than US$2.15 million for the drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre he founded by auctioning off his guitars in New York. More →

Supermodel Kylie Bax Donates Boots To Young Earthquake Victims In New Zealand Mar 8, 2011

Two American-based New Zealand women – supermodel and CEO of The Original NZ Boot Company Kylie Bax and director, actress, producer and founder of the Wilding Foundation Anna Wilding – have joined forces to donate and distribute a dozen pairs of designer sheepskin boots to children deeply affected by the 6.3 magnitude earthquake which struck Christchurch last week. More →

James Bond Joins Annie Lennox For International Women's Day Mar 7, 2011

James Bond star Daniel Craig appears in drag for a special video produced for a partnership of leading charities brought together by Annie Lennox. More →