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Warren Buffett's Busy Month For Charity Jul 12, 2011

At June’s twelfth annual charity auction, an anonymous winner paid over two and a half million dollars to have lunch for eight with billionaire Warren Buffett. More →

Pink Floyd Reunites For Celebrity Charity Auction Jul 4, 2011

Following the band’s one off reunion in London in May, members of Pink Floyd have signed a guitar to be auctioned for charity. More →

Glee Star Supports Homeless Young People In London Jun 28, 2011

Glee star and Virgin Unite ambassador Cory Monteith, has visited Foyer Centre in London to meet with young people being supported by the charity, which provides affordable and safe accommodation linked to employment, training opportunities and a range of other services. More →

Bill Clinton Honored At Celebrity Charity Hope For Children Gala Jun 8, 2011

Regis Philbin honored Bill Clinton at a special celebrity charity event on Tuesday, June 7, in New York. More →

CaCee Cobb And Donald Faison Give Their Soles To Charity Jun 7, 2011

The line wound around the Los Angeles Mission on Monday as Skid Row residents waited to get a new pair of shoes during the kick-off of National Barefoot Week. 874 pairs of shoes were distributed in Los Angeles, the first day of a week where more than 10,000 pairs of shoes were expected to be distributed in five cities nationwide. More →

Teen Stars To Join Habitat For Humanity Youth Build Jun 6, 2011

Teen stars from television, film and music will join young people from across North Los Angeles on Saturday, June 18 to help build homes for low-income working families as part of Habitat For Humanity San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valleys’ Youth Build. More →

Scrubs Star To Give Shoes To The Homeless At Celebrity Charity Event Jun 2, 2011

Scrubs star Donald Faison and Price of Beauty’s CaCee Cobb will be handing out shoes at the Los Angeles Mission next week. More →

Lenny Henry Announces Red Nose Day Total May 30, 2011

British comedian Lenny Henry has announced the latest Red Nose Day 2011 total in a special message to supporters of Comic Relief. More →

Glee Star Helps Virgin Unite Find Special Youth Ambassadors May 26, 2011

Virgin Unite, the non-profit foundation of the Virgin Group, and Glee star Cory Monteith have announced their search for six ‘special youth ambassadors’, who for three months will help promote the work of three youth charities that all support at-risk and homeless young people in the UK: Foyer Federation, The Albert Kennedy Trust and Depaul UK. More →

Help Free The Children With Richard Branson May 25, 2011

CharityBuzz.com is currently running a celebrity charity auction that will see two lucky people join Richard Branson at a special cocktail party in Miami on June 25. 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 →

Female Celebrities To Help Build Affordable Housing May 13, 2011

Female stars and business leaders will unite to help build affordable housing in San Fernando Valley this weekend. More →

Lorraine Kelly Named As Charity Ambassador May 11, 2011

UK TV personality Lorraine Kelly has become a Sightsavers International Ambassador, after she experienced the charity’s work preventing blindness and restoring sight in the deserts of Northern Kenya. More →

Tom Petty Gets A Golden Heart For Charity May 9, 2011

Rock icon Tom Petty – along with his wife Dana Petty – will be honored at a charity event in Beverly Hills tonight in front of guests that will include Debi Mazar, Ed Begley Jr., Larry Miller, Bobby Caldwell, Tony Galla and many others. 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 →

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 →

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 →

Celebrate Mother's Day With Celebrity Charity Auction Apr 26, 2011

Charitybuzz, the leading destination for luxury online charity auctions, presents its 3rd Annual Charitybuzz Mother’s Day Auction, featuring over 200 once-in-a-lifetime experiences and gifts with mom in mind, from the chance to meet Oprah Winfrey backstage at one the final tapings of The Oprah Winfrey Show to an afternoon with Barbra Streisand on the set of her newest film. More →

Celebrity Charity Easter Event At LA Mission Feeds Thousands Apr 25, 2011

The Los Angeles Mission began its 75th year of service to the homeless of Skid Row with one of the largest street events in its history. Thousands of homeless men, women and children crowded onto closed downtown streets for the Good Friday Event. They left with new shoes and Easter baskets, their feet were washed by volunteers, and their meal served by civic leaders and well-known entertainment industry figures. More →

Jon Bon Jovi Helps Homeless Youth Open Apartments Apr 20, 2011

Jon Bon Jovi and his Soul Foundation joined formerly homeless youth in a special ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday at a new Covenant House Rights of Passage apartments in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. 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 →

Stars Announced For Easter Celebrity Charity Event At LA Mission Apr 19, 2011

A whole bunch of stars have signed up to be part of a very special celebrity charity event at the Los Angeles Mission this Easter. 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 →

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 →

Avatar's Zoe Saldana To Attend Celebrity Charity Easter Event At LA Mission Apr 6, 2011

The Los Angeles Mission, celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2011, will join with celebrities when it serves more than 3,000 meals, provide nearly 1,000 Easter baskets with toys for the kids, and washes the feet of the homeless on Good Friday. 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 →

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 →

Law And Order Stars To Feed The Homeless Mar 24, 2011

Cast members of Law and Order: Los Angeles will help serve meals to over 250 homeless people at the Los Angeles Mission this Saturday, March 26. More →

Kate Winslet Brings Celebrity Support To Charity Event Mar 23, 2011

Kate Winslet helped host a very special charity fundraising dinner on Saturday, and surprised those present by donating the dress she was wearing to the cause. More →