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Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services Joins Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation For 21 Days To Be Kind Aug 15, 2019

Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services joined Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation for its second annual 21 Days to Be Kind Challenge to encourage young people, families, and teachers to build habits that foster kindness and promote the strength and wellness of their communities. More →

Stars To Participate In Jordan Bell Celebrity Basketball Game Aug 15, 2019

Jordan Bell has partnered with Race to Erase MS for the 1st Annual Jordan Bell Celebrity Basketball Game. More →

Bill Maher to Question Canada Goose at Annual Meeting Aug 15, 2019

Comedian and Honorary PETA Director Bill Maher will call on Canada Goose to stop selling jackets made with coyote fur and down feathers during its online annual meeting for shareholders on Thursday. More →

Octavia Spencer To Receive Inspiration Award at GLSEN Respect Awards - Los Angeles Aug 14, 2019

GLSEN, the leading education organization working to create safe and inclusive K-12 schools for LGBTQ youth, is pleased to announce that it will honor award-winning actress and activist Octavia Spencer with the Inspiration Award at the 2019 GLSEN Respect Awards – Los Angeles. More →

JK Rowling To Receive 2019 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Aug 14, 2019

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced its 2019 Ripple of Hope laureates: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, JK Rowling, writer of the renowned Harry Potter series and founder of the children’s charity Lumos; Wendy Abrams, environmental activist and founder of Cool Globes, Inc; and Glen Tullman, founder and executive chairman of Livongo Health. More →

Stars Announced For Save The Children Centennial Events Aug 13, 2019

Save the Children, the international humanitarian organization, announced today that Jennifer Garner will host its “Centennial Celebration: Once in a Lifetime” event on October 2 in Beverly Hills, with a special performance by five-time Grammy Award winner James Taylor. More →

Musicians On Call Launches Annual Online Auction Aug 13, 2019

Musicians on Call (MOC), a nonprofit that brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities, has launched its annual online auction, offering music fans the opportunity to bid on one-of-a-kind music and entertainment experiences. More →

Bryan Adams To Rock Prostate Cancer Foundation 20th Annual Gala Aug 12, 2019

The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) 20th Annual Gala in the Hamptons will take place Saturday, August 24th, 2019 at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, NY at 6:30 p.m. More →

Ricky Gervais Backs World Elephant Day Call to Protect This Gentle Giant Aug 12, 2019

Ahead of World Elephant Day (August 12) and an upcoming meeting on international wildlife trade in Geneva, Switzerland, Ricky Gervais has teamed up with Animal Defenders International (ADI) to call for elephant protections to be strengthened, not weakened. More →

Rankin's Latest Campaign Against Plastic Pollution Goes Viral Aug 12, 2019

As ocean pollution hits crisis levels, with our coastlines spilling over with plastic and marine life depleting rapidly, this emergency is now the number one priority for Surfrider Foundation Europe, an international nonprofit which has been fighting to preserve our oceans and coastlines since 1984. More →

Joaquin Phoenix's World Lion Day Plea to Protect This Iconic Species Aug 9, 2019

This World Lion Day (August 10), Joaquin Phoenix is joining Animal Defenders International (ADI) in calling on governments to act by voting to protect lions at the upcoming CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. More →

IfOnly Partners with CC Sabathia in Celebration of His Retirement Aug 9, 2019

IfOnly, offering the greatest experiences for the greater good, has partnered with professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees CC Sabathia and his PitCCh In Foundation, to offer unique experiences including VIP tickets to the ballplayer’s retirement gala and an in-person meeting with Sabathia on the field at Yankee Stadium. More →

Musicians On Call Launches Annual Online Celebrity Charity Auction Aug 8, 2019

Musicians on Call (MOC), a nonprofit that brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities, has launched its annual online auction, offering music fans the opportunity to bid on one-of-a-kind music and entertainment experiences. More →

O2 Silver Clef Awards 2019 Support Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy Aug 8, 2019

A host of stars including Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Dua Lipa, Black Eyed Peas, Years & Years, Mabel, Sheku, Gary Numan, Bernard Sumner and The Chemical Brothers were honoured at the annual O2 Silver Clef Awards, in support of Nordoff Robbins' life-changing music therapy. More →

Geena Davis And UN Women Chat About This Changes Everything Film Aug 8, 2019

On 5 August, UN Women broadcasted a Facebook Live conversation with Academy-Award winning actor and activist Geena Davis, ahead of the premiere of the film, This Changes Everything. More →

Laureus USA Announces 2019 Fashion Show Gala Featuring Star Athletes Aug 7, 2019

Laureus USA today announced details for the second annual Laureus Fashion Show Gala on Tuesday, September 10 at Mercedes-Benz Manhattan, featuring star athletes and Olympians walking the runway to support Laureus’ mission to improve the lives of youth and unite communities through the power of sport. More →

iHeartRadio Launches Its First-Ever Kid-Hosted Podcast During Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month Aug 7, 2019

iHeartMedia, the No. 1 commercial podcast publisher globally according to Podtrac, has teamed up with South Florida based charity sock company, Are You Kidding Socks and kid entrepreneurs Brandon Martinez (13 years old) and Sebastian Martinez (11 years old) to launch a new kid-hosted podcast “Are You Kidding Podcast” aimed to inspire kids to help other kids by finding creative ways to give back and benefit Stand Up To Cancer. More →

Shaquille O'Neal And Ciara Give More Children the Happy School Year They Deserve Aug 6, 2019

Today, Amazon announced an easy way for customers to donate a backpack full of school supplies via Alexa to a student in need. More →

Ricky Gervais, Peter Egan Welcome Pledge After Dog Meat Free Indonesia Exposes Horrific Cruelty Aug 6, 2019

Indonesia’s Regency of Karanganyar in Java has pledged an action plan to end its brutal dog meat trade, a move that will save almost 2,000 dogs from slaughter and human consumption each month. More →

Alexa Ray Joel To Perform At Summer Hamptons Evening Aug 6, 2019

Northwell Health will present the first annual Summer Hamptons Evening (SHE) on August 17, featuring a musical performance from Alexa Ray Joel. More →

Feinstein Institutes Summer Concert Headlined by Usher Raises $3.4 Million Aug 5, 2019

American singer-songwriter Usher recently headlined Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research 14th annual summer concert, raising more than $3.4 million to support medical innovations. More →

Tenth Annual East Hampton Fundraising Event For Harlem's Legendary Apollo Theater Aug 5, 2019

On Saturday, August 3rd, the tenth annual Apollo in the Hamptons was held at the East Hampton home of Apollo Vice Chairman, Ronald O. Perelman to benefit the non-profit Apollo Theater. More →

Holly Willoughby Interviews Child Refugee Aug 5, 2019

Holly Willoughby was left “inspired” after an interview “like never before” with 17-year-old, Bodoor, who told her about her experiences as a child refugee living in Jordan. More →

Jerry Garcia's Music Featured in World Music Compilation "Annapurna's Song, Music of the Himalayas" Aug 2, 2019

This year, to honor Jerry Garcia on his Aug. 1 birthday, the Jerry Garcia Foundation is happy to announce that it has partnered with Seven Seas Music to produce its first musical release, “Annapurna’s Song, Music of the Himalayas,” a compilation of music from the Himalayan region consisting of 12 recorded tracks. More →

Stars Attend Kiehl's 10th Annual LifeRide for amfAR Aug 2, 2019

Marking the 10th annual Kiehl’s LifeRide for amfAR, Kiehl’s brought past motorcyclist participants, celebrity supporters, and the public together to celebrate a decade of support and over $2 million raised for HIV/AIDS research. More →

Your Chance To Meet Stella McCartney and Sit Front Row at her Paris Fashion Week Show Aug 1, 2019

Here’s your chance to meet Stella McCartney and sit front row at her Paris Fashion Week Show. More →

Prince Harry Interviews Dr Jane Goodall For British Vogue Aug 1, 2019

Prince Harry has interviewed UN Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall for the latest issue of British Vogue. More →

BTS and UNICEF Call on Young People to Spread Kindness Jul 31, 2019

Global super stars and UNICEF supporters BTS have today – on UN International Day of Friendship – released an exclusive video that calls on young people to brighten someone’s day with kindness, as part of UNICEF’s campaign to #ENDviolence in and around schools. More →

Wish Kid Meets Seth MacFarlane Jul 31, 2019

It was more than chance for Chance Yon, who spent a magical afternoon with Seth MacFarlane, touring the studios of Family Guy, American Dad! and The Orville. More →

Shailene Woodley Sails To The Sargasso Sea With Greenpeace Jul 30, 2019

Today, Greenpeace launches an expedition to the Sargasso Sea, a unique region in the North Atlantic Ocean, to study the impact of plastics and microplastics on marine life, and to document the importance of this unique ecosystem for protection under a new Global Ocean Treaty that is being negotiated at the UN. More →