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Bill Clinton Announces Second Annual CGI America Meeting   May 10, 2012

  • Bill Clinton's charity work and causes
  • Chelsea Clinton's charity work and causes

Bill Clinton has announced the program for the second Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI America) meeting to be held in Chicago, June 7-8, 2012 at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers.

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Emily Deschanel Named As Charity Ambassador   May 3, 2012

  • Women for Women International's celebrity supporters
  • Emily Deschanel's charity work and causes

Women for Women International announced today actress Emily Deschanel has agreed to become a celebrity ambassador for the organization’s 2012 Mother’s Day campaign.

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Every Body Walk With The Cast Of The West Wing   May 2, 2012

  • Martin Sheen's charity work and causes
  • Allison Janney's charity work and causes

An all-star cast from the award-winning television series The West Wing reunited for a Funny or Die public service announcement that launched yesterday for Every Body Walk!, an inspiring campaign about the health benefits of walking.

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Rihanna To Headline Robin Hood Foundation Benefit   Apr 30, 2012

  • Rihanna's charity work and causes
  • Robin Hood's celebrity supporters
  • Lady Gaga's charity work and causes
  • Brian Williams's charity work and causes
  • Seth Meyers's charity work and causes
  • Eli Manning's charity work and causes

One of ‘Time Magazines 100 Most Influential People’ of 2012, Barbados-born recording artist Rihanna is scheduled to headline at the Robin Hood Foundation Benefit in New York City May 14, 2012.

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Willie Nelson Presented With Planet Defender Award   Apr 23, 2012

  • Willie Nelson's charity work and causes
  • Farm Aid's celebrity supporters

Rock the Earth, a national not-for-profit environmental organization that partners with the music industry, has announced the winners of its Seventh-Annual Planet Defender Awards.

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Win Lunch With Bill Clinton By Donating To Charity   Apr 3, 2012

  • Ben Stiller's charity work and causes
  • Bill Clinton's charity work and causes

Ben Stiller has put his name to a special email sent to supporters of the Clinton Foundation, raising awareness of a campaign that will see one lucky supporter join Bill Clinton for lunch in NYC.

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Jon Stewart To Host Conversation With Bill Clinton At CGI University Event   Mar 30, 2012

  • Bill Clinton's charity work and causes
  • Jon Stewart's charity work and causes
  • Biz Stone's charity work and causes
  • Usher's charity work and causes
  • Usher's New Look Foundation's celebrity supporters
  • Chelsea Clinton's charity work and causes

President Bill Clinton has announced the program and speakers for the fifth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U), which will be held March 30 – April 1, 2012 at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

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Bill Clinton Wants To Answer Your Questions About New Rwanda Project   Mar 29, 2012

  • Bill Clinton's charity work and causes

Bill Clinton wants to hear from you about an exciting new project he is involved with.

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Exclusive Interview: Chicago's Lee Loughnane Talks Charity With Look To The Stars   Mar 27, 2012

  • Chicago's charity work and causes
  • Lee Loughnane's charity work and causes
  • David Foster's charity work and causes
  • Lenny Kravitz's charity work and causes
  • Doobie Brothers's charity work and causes
  • American Cancer Society's celebrity supporters
  • Save The Music Foundation's celebrity supporters
  • Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation's celebrity supporters
  • Hannah and Friends's celebrity supporters
  • WhyHunger's celebrity supporters

LookToTheStars.org recently caught up with Chicago’s Lee Loughnane to talk about the band’s current charity campaign that sees fans bid for the chance to sing onstage with their idols.

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Bill Clinton Announces Solar Energy Commitments In Haiti   Mar 13, 2012

  • Bill Clinton's charity work and causes
  • Solar Electric Light Fund's celebrity supporters
  • Global Green's celebrity supporters
  • Artists for Peace and Justice's celebrity supporters
  • Habitat For Humanity's celebrity supporters
  • Heifer International's celebrity supporters
  • Partners in Health's celebrity supporters

President Bill Clinton last week announced four new commitments to provide solar energy to Haiti by Clinton Foundation partners.

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Enjoy Homegrown Chili At Super Bowl And Help Farm Aid   Feb 2, 2012

  • Farm Aid's celebrity supporters
  • John Mellencamp's charity work and causes

Centerplate, the largest hospitality partner to North America’s premier sports stadiums, convention centers, and entertainment venues, is proud to announce a ground breaking partnership with Farm Aid, and one of its founders, Indiana legend John Mellencamp, that will make Indianapolis’ Super Bowl XLVI the first ever to offer HOMEGROWN chili, sourced from sustainable family farms.

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Bill Clinton's Health Matters Today   Jan 17, 2012

  • Bill Clinton's charity work and causes
  • Chelsea Clinton's charity work and causes
  • Reed Alexander's charity work and causes
  • Deepak Chopra's charity work and causes
  • Goldie Hawn's charity work and causes
  • The Hawn Foundation's celebrity supporters
  • Billie Jean King's charity work and causes
  • Jillian Michaels's charity work and causes

Bill Clinton is today leading the Clinton Foundation’s inaugural Health Matters: Activating Wellness in Every Generation conference.

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Clinton Foundation Celebrates Accomplishments Of 2011   Jan 9, 2012

  • Bill Clinton's charity work and causes

The William J. Clinton Foundation has announced broad accomplishments in 2011 in the areas of economic opportunity, childhood obesity, emergency relief and long-term recovery, global health and nutrition, and climate and energy.

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Chelsea Clinton's New Year Wish For Charity   Jan 3, 2012

  • Chelsea Clinton's charity work and causes
  • Bill Clinton's charity work and causes

Chelsea Clinton had some nice things to say about her father’s on-going charity mission as 2011 came to a close.

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George Clooney Shows Support For Clinton Foundation   Dec 30, 2011

  • George Clooney's charity work and causes
  • Bill Clinton's charity work and causes

George Clooney has put his name to a special message from the Clinton Foundation.

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Bill And Chelsea Clinton Host Millennium Network Event   Dec 16, 2011

  • Chelsea Clinton's charity work and causes
  • Paul Rudd's charity work and causes
  • Bill Clinton's charity work and causes

Chelsea Clinton, Paul Rudd, and hundreds of rising leaders and philanthropists joined Bill Clinton in New York on December 8 in support of the Clinton Foundation’s innovative programs that are improving global health, promoting healthier childhoods, strengthening economies, and protecting the environment.

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WhyHunger Celebrates Successful Hungerthon   Dec 15, 2011

  • WhyHunger's celebrity supporters
  • Bruce Springsteen's charity work and causes
  • Switchfoot's charity work and causes
  • Taylor Swift's charity work and causes
  • Yoko Ono's charity work and causes
  • John Lennon's charity work and causes
  • Joss Stone's charity work and causes
  • Darryl McDaniels's charity work and causes
  • Jackson Browne's charity work and causes

2011 marks a banner year for WhyHunger with the most successful Hungerthon in the annual event’s 26-year history! Aided by its partners at SiriusXM, CBS Radio (including NYC’s WFAN 660 and WCBS 880), and charitybuzz, WhyHunger raised a record $764,000 for the fight against hunger and poverty, via its online auction and two-day radiothon.

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Bill And Chelsea Clinton To Host Millennium Network Event   Dec 1, 2011

  • Chelsea Clinton's charity work and causes
  • Paul Rudd's charity work and causes
  • Bill Clinton's charity work and causes

The Fray will be special musical guest at next week’s Clinton Foundation Millennium Network event on Thursday, December 8, at Terminal 5 in New York City.

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Bill Clinton Honored By Women For Women   Nov 21, 2011

  • Women for Women International's celebrity supporters
  • Bill Clinton's charity work and causes
  • Katie Couric's charity work and causes
  • Melky Jean's charity work and causes

Women for Women International presented President Bill Clinton the 2011 “Champion of Peace Award” at an event in New York on Thursday night.

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Join Ben Stiller And Donna Karan On Charity Trip To Haiti   Nov 18, 2011

  • Donna Karan's charity work and causes
  • Ben Stiller's charity work and causes
  • Urban Zen Foundation's celebrity supporters

Here is your chance to be part of the charity trip of a lifetime – a new celebrity charity auction on CharityBuzz.com is giving you the chance to bid on a seat in Donna Karan’s private plane for a weekend trip to Haiti on a humanitarian trip with Ben Stiller, Dec. 9 – 11, 2011.

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Imagine There's No Hunger With Yoko Ono   Nov 3, 2011

  • Yoko Ono's charity work and causes
  • WhyHunger's celebrity supporters
  • John Lennon's charity work and causes

On November 1st, Yoko Ono Lennon, Hard Rock International and WhyHunger invited the world to join them as they launched Imagine There’s No Hunger, a global campaign to raise awareness and funding for the fight against childhood hunger and poverty.

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John Lennon Educational Bus Visits Black Eyed Peas Concert   Oct 10, 2011

  • John Lennon's charity work and causes
  • Black Eyed Peas's charity work and causes
  • Robin Hood's celebrity supporters
  • Taboo's charity work and causes

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus pulled up to the Black Eyed Peas’ Concert 4 NYC at Central Park’s Great Lawn on Friday, September 30th to work with students from the Black Eyed Peas’ Peapod Foundation.

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Chelsea Clinton Congratulates School For Healthy Habits   Oct 7, 2011

  • Chelsea Clinton's charity work and causes
  • Bill Clinton's charity work and causes

Chelsea Clinton paid a visit to a school in Brooklyn last week to congratulate students and staff for their work with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to develop healthier habits such as practicing yoga and eating more fruits and vegetables.

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Meet Bill Clinton And Play Presidential Golf For Charity   Oct 5, 2011

  • Bill Clinton's charity work and causes
  • Lady Gaga's charity work and causes
  • Usher's charity work and causes
  • Bono's charity work and causes
  • The Edge's charity work and causes

A new celebrity charity auction will give one person the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet and take a photograph with Bill Clinton as well as play in the exclusive Presidential Golf Tournament on Oct. 16, 2011, in Los Angeles, CA.

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Attend Sting's Music Master Class For Charity   Oct 5, 2011

  • Sting's charity work and causes
  • Robin Hood's celebrity supporters

Here is an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime, exclusive package for one extremely lucky Sting fan to spend quality time with the world-renowned artist.

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Black Eyed Peas And Sting Raise Millions For Charity   Oct 4, 2011

  • Robin Hood's celebrity supporters
  • Black Eyed Peas's charity work and causes
  • Sting's charity work and causes
  • Lady Gaga's charity work and causes
  • Bruce Springsteen's charity work and causes
  • will.i.am's charity work and causes
  • Mary J. Blige's charity work and causes
  • Stevie Wonder's charity work and causes
  • Rufus Wainwright's charity work and causes
  • Billy Joel's charity work and causes

New Yorkers joined together over the weekend to help millions of their less fortunate neighbors.

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Sting's 60th Raises Millions For Charity   Oct 3, 2011

  • Lady Gaga's charity work and causes
  • Bruce Springsteen's charity work and causes
  • Stevie Wonder's charity work and causes
  • Billy Joel's charity work and causes
  • Mary J. Blige's charity work and causes
  • Sting's charity work and causes
  • Trudie Styler's charity work and causes
  • Tom Hanks's charity work and causes
  • Jake Gyllenhaal's charity work and causes
  • Melanie Griffith's charity work and causes
  • Robert Downey Jr's charity work and causes
  • will.i.am's charity work and causes
  • Herbie Hancock's charity work and causes
  • Rufus Wainwright's charity work and causes
  • Branford Marsalis's charity work and causes
  • Robin Hood's celebrity supporters

A host of stars – including Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, and Mary J. Blige – helped celebrate Sting’s 60th birthday on Saturday night, and raised $3.7 million for charity in the process.

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Sting To Host Celebrity Charity Birthday Party   Sep 30, 2011

  • Sting's charity work and causes
  • Bruce Springsteen's charity work and causes
  • Lady Gaga's charity work and causes
  • Stevie Wonder's charity work and causes
  • Mary J. Blige's charity work and causes
  • Herbie Hancock's charity work and causes
  • Robert Downey Jr's charity work and causes
  • Vince Gill's charity work and causes
  • will.i.am's charity work and causes
  • Rufus Wainwright's charity work and causes
  • Branford Marsalis's charity work and causes
  • Billy Joel's charity work and causes
  • Robin Hood's celebrity supporters

Sting will be joined onstage by a number of musical legends this weekend at a special charity concert celebrating his 60th birthday.

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Celebrity Activists Support Wall Street Occupation   Sep 28, 2011

  • Michael Moore's charity work and causes
  • Susan Sarandon's charity work and causes
  • Roseanne Barr's charity work and causes

Protesters in New York have received encouragement from a number of celebrities who support their ongoing occupation of Wall Street.

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Bill Clinton To Celebrate Charity Anniversary With U2 And Lady Gaga   Sep 14, 2011

  • Bill Clinton's charity work and causes
  • Lady Gaga's charity work and causes
  • Usher's charity work and causes
  • U2's charity work and causes
  • Bono's charity work and causes
  • The Edge's charity work and causes

Bill Clinton will celebrate 10 years of his William J Clinton Foundation next month with a special celebrity charity concert at the Hollywood Bowl.

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