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  <title>Jenny Jones To Give Further $1 Million To Community Heroes</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href="/contributor/14-tim-saunders"&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Former talk show host &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1558-jenny-jones"&gt;Jenny Jones&lt;/a&gt; is giving away another $1 million to community heroes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jones gave away $1 million last year through her &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1208-jennys-heroes"&gt;Jenny's Heroes&lt;/a&gt; program to individuals who submitted the best ideas for tangible, lasting community projects chosen for their significant long-term benefits. Among them were ordinary people doing extraordinary things for their communities, such as Dee Wild &amp;#8211; who was awarded $7000 by Jenny&amp;#8217;s Heroes to buy 15 new ham radios for her fellow volunteer search and rescue K9 handlers – and Rabbi Merrill Shapiro of the Flager County Cold Weather Shelter Coalition, who was awarded $3000 for a new computer printer, a year of high-speed internet access, and warm clothing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jenny&amp;#8217;s Heroes looks for specific ideas where they can purchase, repair, upgrade, provide equipment, or otherwise make improvements to benefit the community. Grants of up to $25,000 are made for individual projects.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The Hero does not benefit, they are all doing this for other people in the community, and that&amp;#8217;s why they are Heroes,&amp;#8221; Jones told &lt;em&gt;Look To The Stars&lt;/em&gt;. &amp;#8220;The money goes to the store or to the supplier or if someone is installing stuff – we pay him or her directly. For instance, I have a great relationship with Best Buy, among others. If a Hero is awarded a grant and they call me from Best Buy, I&amp;#8217;ll give the store manager my credit card to pay for the items. I make the purchases to the point where I have to be by the phone almost all the time. I am 100% hands on. Between reading the applications, personally updating the website and communicating with the Heroes.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jenny Jones is certainly no stranger to philanthropy. The Jenny Jones Foundation was established in 2005 as a means to provide assistance to those in need. Primary areas of focus are education, women&amp;#8217;s health, and improving communities throughout the country. She has donated heavily to breast cancer research – 100% of the proceeds from her 1997 autobiography went to the cause – and to education for the disadvantaged. She also donated the proceeds from her cookbook, &lt;em&gt;Look Good Feel Great&lt;/em&gt;, to breast cancer research at &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/332-city-of-hope"&gt;City of Hope&lt;/a&gt;. She unveiled Jenny&amp;#8217;s Heroes in 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I didn&amp;#8217;t know what to expect!&amp;#8221; she said. &amp;#8220;I know the Internet is so vast and there are so many people out there and I thought &amp;#8216;is anybody even going to know this is here&amp;#8217; and &amp;#8216;what if I get no responses&amp;#8217; but now I&amp;#8217;m at the point where I can&amp;#8217;t even keep count of how many applications I have, and I read them all. It&amp;#8217;s really, really been great.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jenny Jones is currently searching for more Heroes. If you or someone you know is trying to improve your community and create a positive lasting impact on humanity, please visit &lt;a href="http://www.jennysheroes.com/"&gt;Jenny&amp;#8217;s Heroes website&lt;/a&gt; to learn more about the Hero grants. To read &lt;em&gt;Look To The Stars&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#8217; exclusive interview with Jenny, click &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1461-igniting-a-chain-reaction-of-love-an-interview-with-jenny-jones"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Clint Eastwood Endorses New Charity</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;Newly launched &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1362-image-of-change"&gt;Image of Change&lt;/a&gt; plans to bring like-minded leaders together in the sports, entertainment and corporate industries that support a diverse scope of programs to empower and change local communities around the world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I founded Image of Change in response to the growing need for a professional philanthropic agency,&amp;#8221; announced Jodie Blum, the organization&amp;#8217;s founder and president. &amp;#8220;Too often I have seen the best intentions fall short of their goals. It has become obvious that many individuals who are looking to partner with great causes do not always have the resources, time or expertise to initiate a charitable foundation. Image of Change will remove the overwhelming aspect of operating a charitable foundation and therefore give the full attention to the partnership of these humanitarians and the causes they support.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Image of Change will serve as a philanthropic brand-management agency and collective platform to bring together high-profile humanitarians. Their personal, as well as shared commitments, to be positive examples, role models, models, mentors and activists in global change will transform the way that society identifies giving back.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Everything Jodie does is completed with dedication and care,&amp;#8221; says veteran actor &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1571-clint-eastwood"&gt;Clint Eastwood&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;#8220;Image of Change is sure to be a success with her at the helm.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Kevin Bacon To Be Honored For Networking With A Conscience</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;The Broadcast Film Critics Association (&lt;span class="caps"&gt;BFCA&lt;/span&gt;) has announced that renowned actor and philanthropist &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/400-kevin-bacon"&gt;Kevin Bacon&lt;/a&gt; will be presented with the third annual Joel Siegel Award by &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/8-meryl-streep"&gt;Meryl Streep&lt;/a&gt; at the 15th Annual Critics&amp;#8217; Choice Movie Awards.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The ceremony, hosted by &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/448-kristin-chenoweth"&gt;Kristin Chenoweth&lt;/a&gt;, will air live on VH1 Friday, January 15, 2010 at 9:00 PM ET/PT.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Given annually, this special award for philanthropy pays homage to beloved &amp;#8220;Good Morning America&amp;#8221; film critic and &lt;span class="caps"&gt;BFCA&lt;/span&gt; member Joel Siegel, who lost his long struggle with cancer in June, 2007.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kevin Bacon is one of the foremost actors of his generation and has starred in over 50 films. His talent for balancing starring roles with powerful supporting characters on both film and stage has allowed him to build a varied and critically acclaimed body of work. Kevin has proven his talents in a wide range of film genres from action thrillers to romantic comedies to heavy dramas, and even the occasional musical. Kevin most recently starred in &amp;#8220;Taking Chance&amp;#8221; for which he received Emmy, Golden Globe and &lt;span class="caps"&gt;SAG&lt;/span&gt; Award nominations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kevin Bacons&amp;#8217; Six Degrees foundation is about social networking with a social conscience. Through the &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/431-sixdegrees-org"&gt;SixDegrees.org&lt;/a&gt; web site you can support your favorite charities by donating or creating fundraising badges — as well as check out the favorite causes of other people, including celebrities. SixDegrees.org &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/174-kevin-bacon-launches-sixdegrees-org"&gt;was started with the nonprofit Network for Good in January 2007&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Kevin has always held a special place in the hearts of our membership since he won the very first Best Actor Award we ever gave out for &amp;#8216;Murder in the First&amp;#8217;,&amp;#8221; notes &lt;span class="caps"&gt;BFCA&lt;/span&gt; President Joey Berlin. &amp;#8220;The Joel Siegel Award was created to celebrate its namesake&amp;#8217;s way of life in the spotlight. It honors a person who understands that the true value of celebrity is as an enhanced platform to do good works for others. Kevin personifies the values celebrated by this award.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Since its inception in 1995, the Critics&amp;#8217; Choice Movie Awards has been a star-studded bellwether event of the movie awards season. The &lt;span class="caps"&gt;BFCA&lt;/span&gt; consistently picks nominees and winners that go on to garner more Academy Award® nominations and wins than any other movie awards shows. Of the 20 actors and actresses nominated for Oscars in 2009, 19 were first Critics&amp;#8217; Choice Awards nominees.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The 15th Annual Critics&amp;#8217; Choice Movie Awards, honoring the finest in cinematic achievement among 2009 film releases, announced its nominees on Monday, December 14, 2009. Final ballots will go out to the &lt;span class="caps"&gt;BFCA&lt;/span&gt; members on January 11, 2010 with the deadline for returning final ballots happening on January 13, 2010. For a full list of this year&amp;#8217;s nominees and information about the show visit &lt;a href="http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/critics_choice/_2010/"&gt;CriticsChoice.VH1.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7601-denise-richards-designs-shoes-for-charity"&gt;Denise Richards Designs Shoes For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7569-giving-back-fund-announces-top-30-celebrity-charity-donations-for-2011"&gt;Giving Back Fund Announces Top 30 Celebrity Charity Donations For 2011&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Malaak Compton-Rock To Talk For Charity In Kentucky</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href="/contributor/69-susan-fredricks"&gt;Susan Fredricks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Welcome House in Northern Kentucky has announced its annual fundraising benefit, &amp;#8216;Home is Where the Heart Is&amp;#8217;, will be held on January 30 at The Madison Grand Ballroom, Covington, Kentucky. Featured special guest speaker is &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1245-malaak-compton-rock"&gt;Malaak Compton-Rock&lt;/a&gt;, philanthropist, author and wife of entertainer &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/37-chris-rock"&gt;Chris Rock&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Compton-Rock is founder of The &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1406-angel-rock-project"&gt;Angel Rock Project&lt;/a&gt;, an e-village promoting everything to do with service, humanity, peace, equality, social responsibility, and sustainable change. She is also involved with the U.S. Fund for &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1-unicef"&gt;UNICEF&lt;/a&gt; and has founded the non-profit company, StyleWORKS, which provides a wide range of grooming services for women transitioning from welfare to the workplace. &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/563-oprah-gives-big-with-new-show"&gt;Compton-Rock was also a judge&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/103-oprah"&gt;Oprah Winfrey's&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8216;The Big Give.&amp;#8217;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Welcome House of Northern Kentucky Inc. was founded in 1982 to work with the community by providing assistance for families and individuals who are homeless or who may become homeless.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All proceeds from this charity event will go directly to Welcome House of Northern Kentucky. Tickets are $50 for individuals, $80 for couples and tables of ten seats are also available for $500. Tickets may be purchased in advance at www.welcomehouse-heart.com or by calling 859 431 8717.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Stars Want To Refresh Everything With Pepsi For Charity</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;Starting today, America can cast their votes at &lt;a href="http://www.refresheverything.com/"&gt;www.refresheverything.com&lt;/a&gt; for the refreshing consumer-generated ideas that they believe will make a positive impact on their communities. This is the first of eleven opportunities for the public to win grants from $5,000 up to $250,000 throughout the year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The first voting session ends on February 28 and the ideas that receive the top votes will be announced on Monday, March 1, 2010.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Pepsi Refresh Project, a groundbreaking effort to foster innovation in social good, will award more than $20 million this year to fund great ideas that refresh the world. The program launched on January 13 and has already exceeded expectations by receiving the monthly limit of 1,000 submissions in less than seven days with at least one from each state in the U.S. Joining this effort are actors &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/51-demi-moore"&gt;Demi Moore&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/400-kevin-bacon"&gt;Kevin Bacon&lt;/a&gt;, who have generated their own ideas for Pepsi Refresh and are competing for support in the Pepsi Refresh Celebrity Challenge, which also launches today.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The Pepsi Refresh Project puts the financial resources in the hands of those who are passionate about creating a better world. I am very pleased to be a part of this creative initiative to refresh our world,&amp;#8221; said Demi Moore. Moore will campaign for her own Pepsi Refresh Idea as part of the Pepsi Refresh Celebrity Challenge in support of &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1490-gems"&gt;GEMS&lt;/a&gt; – Girls Educational &amp;amp; Mentoring Services. The grant would provide support to outreach workers who help women who have experienced sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking integrate back into society as healthy, safe, productive individuals.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recent Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award winner, Kevin Bacon, will campaign for his idea: to give thousands of people a &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/431-sixdegrees-org"&gt;SixDegrees.org&lt;/a&gt; $20 Good Card — a gift card for charity — which they can use to support their favorite cause. &amp;#8220;I applaud Pepsi for its commitment to fostering social good and its tremendous work in encouraging people to submit their ideas on how to improve our nation. I am optimistic that great changes will be made throughout 2010 as a result of this,&amp;#8221; said Bacon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/refresheverything"&gt;Pepsi Refresh Project Facebook page&lt;/a&gt;, to cast your vote by February 28 in the Pepsi Refresh Celebrity Challenge for Moore or Bacon&amp;#8217;s idea. Pepsi will grant $250,000 to fund the idea that wins the most votes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Pepsi Refresh Facebook page will also feature an exclusive opportunity to watch the Pepsi Refresh Everything through Great Ideas Brainstorm live from New York City. The Brainstorm will bring together Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Jill Beraud, &lt;span class="caps"&gt;CMO&lt;/span&gt; and president of joint ventures for PepsiCo Americas Beverages; advisory board member, Majora Carter; as well as college students from the New York City area to discuss ideas that they believe will positively move the world forward. From 12:00 p.m. &lt;span class="caps"&gt;EST&lt;/span&gt; to 1:00 p.m. &lt;span class="caps"&gt;EST&lt;/span&gt;, viewers can submit questions in real time via Facebook and Twitter (@Pepsi), and engage with the hosts and audience. Content from the brainstorm will be available on Ustream, Facebook and a new iPhone application.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The overwhelmingly positive response we have received since launching our campaign has been incredible and we are confident that this program will only continue to flourish in 2010,&amp;#8221; said Beraud. &amp;#8220;This is the people&amp;#8217;s project, it&amp;#8217;s in their hands. We encourage all individuals to submit their creative and innovative ideas to the Pepsi Refresh Project and cast their votes for the ideas that they want to see come to life.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Pepsi Refresh Project can be found at www.refresheverything.com, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/refresheverything or on Twitter, @Pepsi or #pepsirefresh.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7674-stars-help-honor-sean-penns-work-in-haiti"&gt;Stars Help Honor Sean Penn's Work In Haiti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7607-kate-winslets-celebrity-friends-wear-the-golden-hat-for-autism"&gt;Kate Winslet's Celebrity Friends Wear The Golden Hat For Autism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7600-dosomething-org-announces-top-20-celebs-gone-good-2011"&gt;DoSomething.org Announces Top 20 Celebs Gone Good 2011&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7527-ronan-keating-attends-celebrity-charity-oxfam-gala-in-dubai"&gt;Ronan Keating Attends Celebrity Charity Oxfam Gala In Dubai&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7481-kevin-bacon-and-lindsay-lohan-help-raise-awareness-for-hunger-organizations"&gt;Kevin Bacon And Lindsay Lohan Help Raise Awareness For Hunger Organizations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Demi Moore's GEMS To Receive Pepsi Refresh Grant</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;Actress &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/51-demi-moore"&gt;Demi Moore&lt;/a&gt; secures victory over actor, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/400-kevin-bacon"&gt;Kevin Bacon&lt;/a&gt; to win the Pepsi Refresh Celebrity Challenge and Demi&amp;#8217;s selected cause, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1490-gems"&gt;GEMS: Girls Educational &amp;amp; Mentoring Services&lt;/a&gt; will be awarded the top prize of $250,000.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="caps"&gt;GEMS&lt;/span&gt; is the nation&amp;#8217;s largest non-profit organization designed to empower American girls and young women, ages 12-21 who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Photo: Pepsi Grant winner Demi Moore" class="photo story_wide" src="http://assets1.looktothestars.org/photo/3287-pepsi-grant-winner-demi-moore/story_wide.jpg?1316955415" title="Pepsi Grant winner Demi Moore" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A long-time anti-trafficking advocate, Demi unleashed the power of her social media network to get out the vote for her cause to benefit &lt;span class="caps"&gt;GEMS&lt;/span&gt;. &amp;#8220;The Pepsi Refresh Grant will allow &lt;span class="caps"&gt;GEMS&lt;/span&gt; to train 10 former victims as outreach workers and employ them to go back to their community and refresh the lives of thousands of victimized girls. I believe the work that &lt;span class="caps"&gt;GEMS&lt;/span&gt; is doing is nothing short of heroic!,&amp;#8221; says Demi who along with her husband, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/15-ashton-kutcher"&gt;Ashton Kutcher&lt;/a&gt;, launched the &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1458-dna-foundation"&gt;DNA Foundation&lt;/a&gt; committed to protecting the freedom of the world&amp;#8217;s most vulnerable citizens by forcing sex slavery out of the shadows and into the spotlight.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I am thrilled that &lt;span class="caps"&gt;GEMS&lt;/span&gt; has gained powerful allies in Demi Moore and The &lt;span class="caps"&gt;DNA&lt;/span&gt; Foundation and honored to be the beneficiary of a Pepsi Refresh Grant. The grant will support us in the important work of transforming survivors of domestic trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation into future leaders. This transformation is most evident with &lt;span class="caps"&gt;GEMS&lt;/span&gt; Outreach workers, young women who advocate for legislation to protect other young victims, challenge misperceptions of survivors and educate and support peers and at-risk girls,&amp;#8221; says Rachel Lloyd, &lt;span class="caps"&gt;GEMS&lt;/span&gt; founder/Executive Director.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Photo: Pepsi Grant" class="photo story_wide" src="http://assets1.looktothestars.org/photo/3286-pepsi-grant/story_wide.jpg?1317008436" title="Pepsi Grant" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I am excited that &lt;span class="caps"&gt;GEMS&lt;/span&gt; won the Pepsi Refresh grant. As a &lt;span class="caps"&gt;GEMS&lt;/span&gt; Outreach worker, I travel to juvenile detention facilities, group homes, and schools, to educate girls on the issues of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking. This is very important to me because often girls have no idea what really goes on and if I can reach them before an exploiter ever does they will know the truth of what that life really offers. I let them know that if they have been a victim of trafficking, &lt;span class="caps"&gt;GEMS&lt;/span&gt; is a place where they can get help and wont be judged,&amp;#8221; says Shaquana also a survivor who with the support of &lt;span class="caps"&gt;GEMS&lt;/span&gt;, graduated as high school valedictorian and is now a college sophomore.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pepsi will also award $100,000 to support Kevin&amp;#8217;s cause, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/431-sixdegrees-org"&gt;SixDegrees.org&lt;/a&gt;, which will distribute thousands of $20 SixDegree.org Good Card, a gift card which they can use to support a charity of their choice. Demi and Kevin&amp;#8217;s ideas are two of hundreds that have been submitted from around the country for a chance to win some of than $20 million available from the Pepsi Refresh Project.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more info on &lt;span class="caps"&gt;GEMS&lt;/span&gt; visit &lt;a href="http://www.gems-girls.org"&gt;www.gems-girls.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more info on Pepsi Refresh go to &lt;a href="http://www.refresheverything.com"&gt;www.refresheverything.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more info on Demi and Ashton Foundation visit &lt;a href="http://www.demiandashton.org"&gt;www.demiandashton.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7674-stars-help-honor-sean-penns-work-in-haiti"&gt;Stars Help Honor Sean Penn's Work In Haiti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7607-kate-winslets-celebrity-friends-wear-the-golden-hat-for-autism"&gt;Kate Winslet's Celebrity Friends Wear The Golden Hat For Autism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7600-dosomething-org-announces-top-20-celebs-gone-good-2011"&gt;DoSomething.org Announces Top 20 Celebs Gone Good 2011&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7527-ronan-keating-attends-celebrity-charity-oxfam-gala-in-dubai"&gt;Ronan Keating Attends Celebrity Charity Oxfam Gala In Dubai&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7496-new-years-eve-stars-stand-up-to-cancer"&gt;New Years Eve Stars Stand Up To Cancer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Jennifer Garner Visits School For Idol Gives Back</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href="/contributor/14-tim-saunders"&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/88-jennifer-garner"&gt;Jennifer Garner&lt;/a&gt; was in Kentucky recently to film segments for &lt;em&gt;Idol Gives Back&lt;/em&gt;, scheduled to hit the Fox Network on April 21.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Garner visited an elementary school in Brethitt County to encourage literacy in children.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;She was super. She worked wonderfully with the kids,&amp;#8221; &lt;a href="http://www.breathitt.kyschools.us/Schools/LBJ/Lbj.htm"&gt;&lt;span class="caps"&gt;LBJ&lt;/span&gt; Elementary School&lt;/a&gt; Principal Ron Combs told the Brethhitt Times-Voice. &amp;#8220;She was excited to be here, and she was familiar with the terrain of this area, since she grew up in West Virginia. She understands this region.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Garner is well known for advocating education and literacy in children. Earlier this year she asked &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/998-barack-obama"&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3693-jennifer-garner-calls-for-better-education-funding"&gt;additional funding for early childhood education&lt;/a&gt;. She also attended February&amp;#8217;s &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1510-milk-bookies"&gt;Milk+Bookies&lt;/a&gt; Story Time Celebration. Watch our exclusive video of the event &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/video/230-greg-grunberg-dave-grohl-attend-milk-bookies"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7677-robin-wright-calls-for-international-mineral-certification-system"&gt;Robin Wright Calls For International Mineral Certification System&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7603-nfl-players-help-fight-famine-in-africa"&gt;NFL Players Help Fight Famine In Africa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7475-stars-celebrate-babies-with-march-of-dimes"&gt;Stars Celebrate Babies With March Of Dimes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7443-obama-family-to-light-national-christmas-tree"&gt;Obama Family To Light National Christmas Tree&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7415-celebrity-moms-to-be-honored-at-charity-luncheon"&gt;Celebrity Moms To Be Honored At Charity Luncheon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Leeza Gibbons and Eric Roberts Help Choose PSA Contest Winner</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href="/contributor/2-myrlia-purcell"&gt;Myrlia Purcell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/347-leeza-gibbons"&gt;Leeza Gibbons&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/833-eric-roberts"&gt;Eric Roberts&lt;/a&gt; have helped to choose the winners of the Pause to Support a Cause video contest.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Seattle-based filmmaker Zeek Earl has been awarded the Grand Prize in the Chief Marketing Officer (&lt;span class="caps"&gt;CMO&lt;/span&gt;) Council&amp;#8217;s public service advertising contest, which was run on the &lt;a href="http://zooppa.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Zooppa crowdsourcing platform&lt;/a&gt;. Zooppa is a global social media network of nearly 60,000 creative enthusiasts developing people-inspired brand marketing and non-profit campaign concepts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The winning entries will become part of the global public service campaign to support &lt;a href="http://www.surveyforgood.org"&gt;Pause to Support a Cause&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mr. Earl&amp;#8217;s video, shown below, will tell you how you can help raise money for charity without having to move from where you are now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;embed allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" width="450" height="338" flashvars="xml_data=http://zooppa.com/videos/xml_data/6683.xml&amp;embed=1" wmode="transparent" quality="high" bgcolor="#efefef" name="slide" src="http://zooppa.com/players/video.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7536-stars-get-behind-the-american-red-cross-for-christmas"&gt;Stars Get Behind The American Red Cross For Christmas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7378-stars-to-attend-trunk-show-for-charity"&gt;Stars To Attend EM &amp;amp; Co Trunk Show For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7313-leeza-gibbons-launches-video-series-for-caregivers"&gt;Leeza Gibbons Launches Video Series For Caregivers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7109-stars-go-dunking-for-dogs-at-charity-event"&gt;Stars Go Dunking For Dogs At Charity Event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/6827-aarp-to-host-film-festival-as-part-of-life-50-event"&gt;AARP To Host Film Festival As Part Of Life@50+ Event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Malaak Compton-Rock Releases Book on Volunteering</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href="/contributor/2-myrlia-purcell"&gt;Myrlia Purcell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With years of charity experience under her belt, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1245-malaak-compton-rock"&gt;Malaak Compton-Rock's&lt;/a&gt; new book containing tips for creating a better world is now available.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076793170X?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=looktothestar-20&amp;amp;link_code=as3&amp;amp;camp=211189&amp;amp;creative=373489&amp;amp;creativeASIN=076793170X"&gt;If It Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can Too&lt;/a&gt; offers advice on how to find the right volunteer opportunity and how to get kids involved in a life of service, as well as offering tips on how to research charities and how to start a nonprofit.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Malaak, wife of &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/37-chris-rock"&gt;Chris Rock&lt;/a&gt;, is well-versed in the field of philanthropy. She spent 3 years working for &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1-unicef"&gt;UNICEF&lt;/a&gt; as head of the newly created Special Events and Celebrity Relations Department before founding her own charity, styleWORKS, an organization that provided comprehensive grooming services, such as hair styling, make-up application, skincare services, clothing, accessories, and image consulting to women moving from welfare to work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She also created and manages the Champions for Children Committee, a group of well-known individuals committed to raising awareness about the signs and prevention of child abuse.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Together with her husband, Compton-Rock runs The Angelrock Project South Africa, a trust that provides assistance to orphaned and vulnerable children, granny-led households and people living with &lt;span class="caps"&gt;HIV&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span class="caps"&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; in Diepsloot, a poverty-stricken shanty town in Johannesburg, South Africa. They also support &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/418-the-salvation-army"&gt;Bushwick Salvation Army Community Center&lt;/a&gt; in Bushwick, Brooklyn.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Her current focus is on the &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1406-angel-rock-project"&gt;Angel Rock Project&lt;/a&gt;, an on-line e-village promoting volunteerism, social responsibility, and sustainable change, and Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service, which takes at-risk kids from Bushwick, Brooklyn, on a two week service mission to South Africa to volunteer and experience the world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All of this knowledge and experience come together in her book, allowing her to pass on information that can help change the world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076793170X?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=looktothestar-20&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=211189&amp;creative=373489&amp;creativeASIN=076793170X"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photo: If It Takes A Village, Build One" class="photo story_wide" src="http://assets1.looktothestars.org/photo/3416-if-it-takes-a-village-build-one/story_wide.jpg?1316991913" title="If It Takes A Village, Build One" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Malaak Compton-Rock is changing the world! Her focus on helping young people become all that they can be is a stunningly simple blueprint for what all of us can do. If It Takes a Village, Build One is a must read if you want to make real change in your world.&amp;#8221;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#8212;Soledad O&amp;#8217;Brien, &lt;span class="caps"&gt;CNN&lt;/span&gt; anchor and special correspondent&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7836-mia-farrow-to-visit-chad-and-congo-this-weekend"&gt;Mia Farrow To Visit Chad And Congo This Weekend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7743-angelique-kidjo-wants-better-birth-registration-in-benin"&gt;Angelique Kidjo Wants Better Birth Registration In Benin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7723-serena-williams-introduces-schools-for-asia"&gt;Serena Williams Introduces Schools For Asia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7717-justin-bieber-joins-selena-gomez-at-unicef-concert"&gt;Justin Bieber Joins Selena Gomez At UNICEF Concert&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7632-youssou-ndour-temporarily-steps-down-as-unicef-ambassador"&gt;Youssou N'Dour Temporarily Steps Down As UNICEF Ambassador&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <title>LTTS Exclusive: Former NFL Champ Talks Charity</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href="/contributor/23-delinda-lombardo"&gt;Delinda Lombardo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ex-NFLer Jerry Rice hosted The Fresh Express Classic at &lt;span class="caps"&gt;TPC&lt;/span&gt; Stonebrae recently with a goal of raising $500,000 for Bay Area charities and non-profit organizations through the &lt;span class="caps"&gt;PGA&lt;/span&gt; Tours innovative &amp;#8216;Tickets Fore Charity program.&amp;#8217;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The charity event festivities kicked off the weekend with a celebrity poker tournament hosted by poker star Phil Hellmuth and Jerry Rice.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And while both Hellmuth and Rice were gracious in their duties as hosts, there were a slew of &lt;span class="caps"&gt;NFL&lt;/span&gt; greats taking part in this charity event. And one athlete in particular caught my eye: &lt;span class="caps"&gt;NFL&lt;/span&gt; legend and two-time Super-Bowl champion &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2164-darryl-pollard"&gt;Darryl Pollard&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pollard played seven seasons in the &lt;span class="caps"&gt;NFL&lt;/span&gt;, two seasons with Tampa and earning both his Super Bowl rings with the 1988 &amp;amp; 1989 San Francisco 49ers. Yet, despite his career fame, Pollard lacks a sense of entitlement generally seen in professional athletes and credits this to his upbringing. &amp;#8220;It all starts at home,&amp;#8221; he told us.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Look to the Stars&lt;/em&gt; was fortunate to meet this remarkable athlete and took a few minutes to pick his brain about his rare sincerity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is it possible for a professional athlete to retain a sense of social responsibility after a professional career?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes, but the most important thing is to know what you&amp;#8217;re doing and why you are doing it –because at the end of the day, it&amp;#8217;s what you were before (your professional career) and what you are after that&amp;#8217;s important. To truly carry on a legacy you must help make a difference- not just collect trophies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;What advice would you give younger players entering the league?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The hardest part of all, you can get caught in whirlwind, a world that&amp;#8217;s not real. When it all calms down, and the lights dim down, that sense of reality will not be there anymore. The attention may not be there one day, so if you have a cause that was near to you before, always keep it real. If you&amp;#8217;re an advocate for something you really believe in, people need to hear about it all the time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last and most importantly-keep it real and keep it professional. At the end of your career all you have is your achievements, your name and the professionalism on how you got things done. I have known a lot of organizations that have failed because they were being ran by family members and associates who did not understand non profit or how a non profit should be ran.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Which organizations do you feel are making a difference in the world?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1362-image-of-change"&gt;Image of Change&lt;/a&gt; is doing amazing work and I am proud to be a part of their organization. Athletes thinking about starting a foundation or want help to get their foundation right, should work with them. Top notch! One of the programs we support together is Youth Speaks. It&amp;#8217;s about giving kids a podium to speak what&amp;#8217;s on their mind and a sense of self esteem unlike anything I have seen before. They have thousands of kids across the country benefiting from their programs. These are a couple who are making it happen and are doing it for the right reasons.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2715-clint-eastwood-endorses-new-charity"&gt;Clint Eastwood Endorses New Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Shaun Robinson To Host Charity Event For Teenage Girls</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;Access Hollywood&amp;#8217;s &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2192-shaun-robinson"&gt;Shaun Robinson&lt;/a&gt; will join &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1634-in-a-perfect-world"&gt;In A Perfect World&lt;/a&gt; for a special event entitled &amp;#8220;I Am Perfect &amp;#8211; Exactly How I Am&amp;#8221; in August.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In association with &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1362-image-of-change"&gt;Image of Change&lt;/a&gt;, the event will bring together celebrities, media and a group of exceptional teenage girls to help In A Perfect World reach its mission to empower children and youth to become compassionate, socially-conscious and responsible leaders.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;During the event, celebrities from Shaun&amp;#8217;s book &amp;#8211; &lt;em&gt;Exactly As I Am&lt;/em&gt; &amp;#8211; will talk about their life experiences and share candid advice on what it takes to believe in yourself. In a Perfect World Youth Ambassadors will also discuss their community service projects and what it means to give back. All youth participants will organize and assemble a Back to School- Backpack Drive to benefit an LA classroom in need. And disadvantaged teenage girls from the LA area and organizations such as Girls, Inc will be treated to onne-in-a-life time makeovers by celebrity hair, make up and fashion stylists.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Photo: I Am Perfect - Exactly How I Am" class="photo story_wide" src="http://assets3.looktothestars.org/photo/3569-i-am-perfect-exactly-how-i-am/story_wide.jpg?1317055028" title="I Am Perfect - Exactly How I Am" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The event will take place on August 6 at the &lt;span class="caps"&gt;SLS&lt;/span&gt; Hotel Beverly Hills. &lt;em&gt;LookToTheStars.org&lt;/em&gt; will bring you more information when it is announced.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7718-an-evening-of-stars-for-the-united-negro-college-fund"&gt;An Evening Of Stars For The United Negro College Fund&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/6771-in-a-perfect-world-and-babakul-raise-charity-funds-at-celebrity-event"&gt;In A Perfect World And Babakul Raise Charity Funds At Celebrity Event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/6514-fashion-gives-back-at-charity-event-for-children-in-nicaragua"&gt;Fashion Gives Back At Charity Event For Children In Nicaragua&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/6232-stars-race-to-erase-ms-at-celebrity-charity-event"&gt;Stars Race To Erase MS At Celebrity Charity Event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Meet Chris Rock And Malaak Compton-Rock For Charity</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;Actor, comedian &amp;amp; author &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/37-chris-rock"&gt;Chris Rock&lt;/a&gt; and wife &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1245-malaak-compton-rock"&gt;Malaak&lt;/a&gt; have teamed up with premiere auction website Charity Folks to raise money for their charity, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1406-angel-rock-project"&gt;Journey For Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some of the incredible and unique charity packages available to bidders include a &amp;#8220;double date&amp;#8221; with Chris &amp;amp; Malaak Rock courtside at a New York Knicks game; two &lt;span class="caps"&gt;VIP&lt;/span&gt; tickets to &amp;#8220;The Tonight Show&amp;#8221; in Los Angeles and a meet-and-greet with host &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/442-jay-leno"&gt;Jay Leno&lt;/a&gt;; a day at NBC&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;The Today Show&amp;#8221; and a meet-and-greet with &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/774-al-roker"&gt;Al Roker&lt;/a&gt; for four fans; a two person &lt;span class="caps"&gt;VIP&lt;/span&gt; tour of &lt;span class="caps"&gt;CNN&lt;/span&gt; and meet-and-greet with Anchor &amp;amp; Special Correspondent Soledad O&amp;#8217;Brien; a one-of-a-kind Nickelodeon Kid&amp;#8217;s Choice Awards Bicycle autographed by &amp;#8220;Grown Ups&amp;#8221; stars Chris Rock, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1-adam-sandler"&gt;Adam Sandler&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2108-kevin-james"&gt;Kevin James&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1103-david-spade"&gt;David Spade&lt;/a&gt; and a special personalized special video gift produced by Chris Rock! They are all available at &lt;a href="http://www.charityfolks.com/cfauctions/auction_verticalngo.asp?slrid=1834"&gt;Charity Folks&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I didn&amp;#8217;t get the chance to travel outside of my neighborhood until I was a grown up and telling jokes,&amp;#8221; said Rock. &amp;#8220;Journey for Change allows kids from my neighborhood in Brooklyn to go to Africa to help those in need and then come back and advocate for change. So I want everyone to bid on these items to help my wife and I help as many kids as possible.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service is a unique and innovative partnership between Compton-Rock&amp;#8217;s The Angelrock Project, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/418-the-salvation-army"&gt;The Salvation Army&lt;/a&gt; Greater New York, and The Salvation Army Southern African Territory that originally brought thirty at-risk youth from Chris Rock&amp;#8217;s childhood community of Bushwick, Brooklyn to Johannesburg, South Africa in August 2008 for two weeks of global service.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The children, ages 12-15, participated in a rich volunteer, educational and mentoring program. They volunteered in the shanty towns of Diepsloot and Soweto, helping orphaned and vulnerable children and grannies in their homes, schools, community centers, orphanages, clinics and in their gardens. They also received education about the diverse culture of the country from the South African Tourism board.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The next global volunteer trip is scheduled for August 2010, and will take youth from the Bushwick, Brownsville, and Bedford-Stuyvesant Salvation Army Community Centers, as well as 15 college aged mentors from &lt;span class="caps"&gt;NYU&lt;/span&gt;, Pratt Institute, and Medgar Evers College.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The proceeds earned from this auction will help to fund the next global service trip as well as advocacy, service, and educational activities for the original group of 30 children.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Charity Folks is the leading online marketplace for nonprofit fundraising, corporate cause-marketing campaigns and celebrity-driven charity initiatives. Managing thousands of successful charity auctions, Charity Folks has raised millions for nonprofit organizations around the world, all while offering consumers highly-coveted auction lots donated by today&amp;#8217;s hottest celebrities, musicians, sports stars, high-profile personalities and top-tier brands. For further information visit &lt;a href="http://www.charityfolks.com/"&gt;www.charityfolks.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7446-robert-davi-releases-charity-song-for-christmas"&gt;Robert Davi Releases Charity Song For Christmas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  <title>Give Back Hollywood Hosts Night of Miracles</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;Last week saw the &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1645-give-back-hollywood-foundation"&gt;Give Back Hollywood Foundation&lt;/a&gt; and Fashion Forms&amp;#8217; &amp;#8220;Giving Lounge&amp;#8221;, in honor of the 68th Annual Golden Globes Awards, benefiting &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/777-childrens-miracle-network-hospitals"&gt;Children's Miracle Network Hospitals&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Photo: Julianne Hough and Todd Michael Krim" class="photo story_wide" src="http://assets1.looktothestars.org/photo/4253-julianne-hough-and-todd-michael-krim/story_wide.jpg?1316953861" title="Julianne Hough and Todd Michael Krim" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Julianne Hough with Give Back Hollywood Founder Todd Michael Krim&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Celebrities who attend the Giving Lounge on Thursday, January 13, were given the opportunity to make a difference by filming short PSAs for Children&amp;#8217;s Miracle Network Hospitals and spending time with some of the hospitals&amp;#8217; &amp;#8220;Miracle&amp;#8221; kids.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Photo: Tenley, Kiptyn meet Miracle Kids" class="photo story_wide" src="http://assets3.looktothestars.org/photo/4254-tenley-kiptyn-meet-miracle-kids/story_wide.jpg?1316997480" title="Tenley, Kiptyn meet Miracle Kids" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Kip &amp;amp; Tenley with some of the patients at the daytime event&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some of the stars who took part in making PSAs were &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1228-julianne-hough"&gt;Julianne Hough&lt;/a&gt;, Giuliana &amp;amp; Bill Rancic, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1724-mekhi-phifer"&gt;Mekhi Phifer&lt;/a&gt; (ER), &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2114-matt-lanter"&gt;Matt Lanter&lt;/a&gt; (90210), &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2182-candice-accola"&gt;Candice Accola&lt;/a&gt; (Vampire Diaries), Ali Fedotowsky (The Bachelorette), &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1059-raven-symone"&gt;Raven Symone&lt;/a&gt;, Lisa Vanderpump (Real Housewives of Beverly Hills), &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2418-kiptyn-locke"&gt;Kiptyn Locke&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2419-tenley-molzahn"&gt;Tenley Molzahn&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2420-tito-ortiz"&gt;Tito Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The inspiration behind the creation of the Giving Lounge is to encourage celebrities who attend these gifting suites to give back, as well as receive,&amp;#8221; said Todd Michael Krim, President &amp;amp; Founder of the Give Back Hollywood Foundation. &amp;#8220;It is my mission to not only put celebrities and charities together, but in doing so raise awareness and funds for important causes, such as Children&amp;#8217;s Miracle Network Hospitals, which helps to raise funds for 170 children&amp;#8217;s hospitals across North America.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Photo: Bill, Giuliana and Todd" class="photo story_wide" src="http://assets1.looktothestars.org/photo/4255-bill-giuliana-and-todd/story_wide.jpg?1317010132" title="Bill, Giuliana and Todd" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Todd Michael Krim with Night of Miracles Hosts, Bill &amp;amp; Giuliana Rancic&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Additionally, the Give Back Hollywood Foundation offered a private cocktail reception, &amp;#8220;A Night Of Miracles&amp;#8221;, hosted by &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2414-giuliana-rancic"&gt;Giuliana&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2415-bill-rancic"&gt;Bill Rancic&lt;/a&gt;, on Friday, January 14. The special evening event included a live performance by young Interscope artists Destinee and Paris choreographed by Laurieann Gibson, famed choreographer and star of &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1249-ryan-seacrest"&gt;Ryan Seacrest's&lt;/a&gt; new reality series &amp;#8220;The Dance Scene.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Photo: Destinee &amp;amp; Paris" class="photo story_wide" src="http://assets1.looktothestars.org/photo/4256-destinee-and-paris/story_wide.jpg?1316942744" title="Destinee &amp;amp; Paris" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sponsors participating in this year&amp;#8217;s Giving Lounge included; Ambe Skincare, Anheuser Busch, B2V Salon, Blue Angel Vodka, Brit Boy Fashions, Bryan Au, Chloe Events, Coca-Cola, Charlie Lapson, Christopher Kennedy Design, Coffee Bean &amp;amp; Tea Leaf, Crystal Limo, Deos, Discovery Bay Games, Fashion Forms, Hedo, Icing on the Ring, Just Dance 2, LA Confidential, Le Pain Quotidien, &lt;span class="caps"&gt;LUXE&lt;/span&gt;, Modern Flora, Monster Energy, NewBeauty Magazine, Nicheyourhome.com, One Hope Wine, &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ONE&lt;/span&gt; Water, &lt;span class="caps"&gt;OPI&lt;/span&gt;, Pressed Juicery, Show Me Your Mumu, Skinos, Think Thin, True Exotic Car Rental, Ubisoft, Unique Tan, Uppa Baby, Wilshire Wellness, Wonderland Bakery, Youngblood, among others.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <title>Party with Jimmy Fallon on Grammy's Eve</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/537-jimmy-fallon"&gt;Jimmy Fallon&lt;/a&gt; is set to host this year&amp;#8217;s Roots Jam Session on Friday, February 12th, benefitting &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1674-be-the-change"&gt;OpportunityNation&lt;/a&gt;, and you could be there, too!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Every year, award season brings the usual array of star-studded parties, but rarely do any of these become a celebrated institution. The Legendary Roots Crew, named one of the greatest live bands around by both Spin and Rolling Stone, have created the ticket to one of the most coveted and exclusive experiences of the season, delivering an innovative and unforgettable mix of musicians performing under one roof.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jimmy Fallon will act as this year&amp;#8217;s host, following in the footsteps of &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/447-don-cheadle"&gt;Don Cheadle&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/766-john-legend"&gt;John Legend&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/81-jada-pinkett-smith"&gt;Jada Pinkett Smith&lt;/a&gt; and Dave Chappelle, while Hennessy Artistry will serve as presenting partner. The announcement comes on the heels of The Roots&amp;#8217; 6 &lt;span class="caps"&gt;GRAMMY&lt;/span&gt; nominations, which are split between their two 2010 releases, Wake Up! (with John Legend) and How I Got Over.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In addition to the performances, &lt;span class="caps"&gt;THE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ROOTS&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="caps"&gt;JAM&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="caps"&gt;SESSION&lt;/span&gt; is annually interwoven with themes of social awareness, partnering with top organizations dedicated to creating global change. This year&amp;#8217;s cause partner is OpportunityNation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Launching at the 2011 Jam, the organization will focus on the revitalization of the &amp;#8220;American Dream&amp;#8221; &amp;#8211; in short, a campaign powered by the people to kick-start a nationwide conversation about opportunity while providing forums for those voices to be heard. OpportunityNation follows in the footsteps of the &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1835-michelle-obama"&gt;Michelle Obama&lt;/a&gt;-supported organization &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1674-be-the-change"&gt;ServiceNation&lt;/a&gt;, both launched by non-profit &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1674-be-the-change"&gt;Be the Change&lt;/a&gt;, which creates national issue-based campaigns by organizing coalitions of non-profits, social entrepreneurs, policymakers, private sector and civic leaders, academics, and citizens.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fans can visit &lt;a href="http://www.opportunitynation.org/"&gt;OpportunityNation.org&lt;/a&gt; to enter to win a trip for two to Los Angeles for the rare chance to attend the Roots Jam Session party. Hotel and airfare are included.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;We&amp;#8217;re extremely proud and humbled that what began as a simple night to put the focus back on the music has become an amazing opportunity to unite both major artists and new talent in an impromptu musical collaboration unlike many other experiences in the industry today, while also providing a voice to some extremely worthwhile cause campaigns&amp;#8221; said the Grammy-Award winning groups&amp;#8217; co-founder turned twitter celeb, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/860-ahmir-questlove-thompson"&gt;Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With an audience packed full of musicians and talent from every area of the entertainment industry, &lt;span class="caps"&gt;THE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ROOTS&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="caps"&gt;JAM&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="caps"&gt;SESSION&lt;/span&gt; is a night where legendary mash-ups and groundbreaking music is created. It is consistently praised as a truly unique evening where artists become fans and the performances and impromptu jams turn the night into a celebration of music. Past performers and attendees that reads like a &amp;#8220;who&amp;#8217;s who&amp;#8221; of the entertainment world: &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/200-jay-z"&gt;Jay-Z&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/481-norah-jones"&gt;Norah Jones&lt;/a&gt;, CeeLo, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/999-slash"&gt;Slash&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/924-black-eyed-peas"&gt;Black Eyed Peas&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/770-fall-out-boy"&gt;Fall Out Boy&lt;/a&gt;,Mos Def, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/19-beyonce-knowles"&gt;Beyoncé&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/708-queen-latifah"&gt;Queen Latifah&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/313-bill-maher"&gt;Bill Maher&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/120-snoop-dogg"&gt;Snoop Dogg&lt;/a&gt;, Matisyahu, Anita Baker, Queens of the Stone Age, K&amp;#8217;naan, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/653-corinne-bailey-rae"&gt;Corinne Bailey Rae&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1809-elizabeth-banks"&gt;Elizabeth Banks&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/743-john-mayer"&gt;John Mayer&lt;/a&gt;, Chelsea Handler, Travis Barker and &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/638-prince"&gt;Prince&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All &lt;a href="http://www.opportunitynation.org/"&gt;contest entries&lt;/a&gt; must be received by Friday, February 4th.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;About &amp;#8216;The Roots Jam Session&amp;#8217; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.rootsjamsession.com"&gt;The Roots Jam Session&lt;/a&gt;, occurring annually the night before the Grammys, has become an industry staple through the years and has become one of the most anticipated experiences of award season. Having been covered in everything from The Washington Post to People Magazine, the annual Jam is produced by Kevin Seldon of Keldof Marketing and Tina Farris of Tina Farris Tours. The Roots are Ahmir &amp;#8220;?uestlove&amp;#8221; Thompson (drums), Kamal Gray (keyboards), Kirk &amp;#8220;Captain Kirk&amp;#8221; Douglas (guitar) , Owen Biddle (bass), Frank Knuckles (percussion), Damon &amp;#8220;Tuba Gooding&amp;#8221; Bryson (sousaphone), and Tarik &amp;#8220;Black Thought&amp;#8221; Trotter (emcee).&lt;/p&gt;
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  <title>Meet Justin Bieber, Help Sick Kids</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href="/contributor/2-myrlia-purcell"&gt;Myrlia Purcell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1645-give-back-hollywood-foundation"&gt;Give Back Hollywood Foundation&lt;/a&gt; has launched a Grammy auction to benefit &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/777-childrens-miracle-network-hospitals"&gt;Children's Miracle Network Hospitals&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span class="caps"&gt;CMNH&lt;/span&gt;), with exciting auction items like concert tickets and meet &amp;amp; greets with &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1157-maroon-5"&gt;Maroon 5&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/98-good-charlotte"&gt;Good Charlotte&lt;/a&gt; and One Republic.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Photo: Maroon 5 Supports Give Back Hollywood and CMNH" class="photo story_wide" src="http://assets3.looktothestars.org/photo/4393-maroon-5-supports-give-back-hollywood-and-cmnh/story_wide.jpg?1317041948" title="Maroon 5 Supports Give Back Hollywood and CMNH" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also up for grabs are &lt;span class="caps"&gt;VIP&lt;/span&gt; tickets to &lt;em&gt;American Idol&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;So You Think You Can Dance&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bidders in the London area have a chance to win two tickets to a &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2052-justin-bieber"&gt;Justin Bieber&lt;/a&gt; concert&amp;#8230; and meet him backstage after the show!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Photo: Justin Bieber support Give Back Hollywood and CMNH" class="photo story_wide" src="http://assets1.looktothestars.org/photo/4394-justin-bieber-support-give-back-hollywood-and-cmnh/story_wide.jpg?1317051411" title="Justin Bieber support Give Back Hollywood and CMNH" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To place a bid and help support the CMNH&amp;#8217;s life-saving work, visit the &lt;a href="http://www.charitybuzz.com/auctions/givebackhollywood/catalog_items"&gt;CharityBuzz website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7754-young-actor-talks-charity-with-look-to-the-stars"&gt;Young Actor Talks Charity With Look To The Stars&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7666-stars-mark-second-anniversary-of-earthquake-in-haiti"&gt;Stars Mark Second Anniversary Of Earthquake In Haiti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  <pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Give Back Hollywood Foundation</category>
  <category>Children's Miracle Network Hospitals</category>
  <category>Maroon 5</category>
  <category>Good Charlotte</category>
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  <title>Jack Black To Attend Celebrity Charity Story Time Celebration</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;The Second Annual &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1510-milk-bookies"&gt;Milk+Bookies&lt;/a&gt; Story Time Celebration will take place on Sunday, March 20.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Attending will be celebrity guests such as Chris Pine, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/286-jack-black"&gt;Jack Black&lt;/a&gt;, Julie Bowen (&amp;#8220;Modern Family&amp;#8221;), &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1031-jennie-garth"&gt;Jennie Garth&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2794-jonah-hill"&gt;Jonah Hill&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/451-jeff-probst"&gt;Jeff Probst&lt;/a&gt;, Josh Holloway (&amp;#8220;Lost&amp;#8221;), Maya Rudolph, Sarah Chalke (&amp;#8220;Mad Love&amp;#8221;), &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1637-jason-biggs"&gt;Jason Biggs&lt;/a&gt; (&amp;#8220;Mad Love&amp;#8221;), Nathan Fillion (&amp;#8220;Castle&amp;#8221;), Stefan Lassard (&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/614-dave-matthews-band"&gt;Dave Matthews Band&lt;/a&gt;), Allison Brie (&amp;#8220;Community&amp;#8221;) and many more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Families will be able to enjoy their favorite childhood stories in the celebrity reading room, create story-inspired arts &amp;amp; crafts, photo flipbooks and of course, eat milk and cookies. There will be a giant &amp;#8220;bookstore&amp;#8221; where families can select books, inscribe them and donate them using Milk + Bookies to distribute these books to children that do not have access to books of their own. This year&amp;#8217;s book donation recipients will be Los Angeles foster kids who are serviced through the Westside children&amp;#8217;s Center and The Children&amp;#8217;s Bureau.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Milk + Bookies is a nationwide charitable organization that inspires children to give back, using books as its currency. The organization facilitates opportunities for children to raise book donations and give back to their peers who do not have access to books of their own by providing them the tools to host small events nationwide. Milk + Bookies combines two essential and worthwhile efforts: service learning and literacy promotion.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last year&amp;#8217;s Story Time Celebration featured &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/341-greg-grunberg"&gt;Greg Grunberg&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/917-foo-fighters"&gt;Foo Fighters'&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1174-dave-grohl"&gt;Dave Grohl&lt;/a&gt;. Check it out &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/video/230-greg-grunberg-dave-grohl-attend-milk-bookies"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The event will take place at Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles. More information can be found &lt;a href="http://www.milkandbookies.org/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7840-paul-mccartney-honored-as-musicares-person-of-the-year"&gt;Paul McCartney Honored As MusiCares Person Of The Year&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7788-stars-to-come-out-for-paul-mccartney-at-charity-gala"&gt;Stars To Come Out For Paul McCartney At Charity Gala&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7776-celebrities-and-companies-help-in-horn-of-africa"&gt;Celebrities And Companies Help In Horn Of Africa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7750-sag-awards-auction-features-items-from-george-clooney-and-leonardo-dicaprio"&gt;SAG Awards Auction Features Items From George Clooney And Leonardo DiCaprio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7738-jack-black-and-stephen-stills-to-sing-about-autism"&gt;Jack Black And Stephen Stills To Sing About Autism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Milk+Bookies</category>
  <category>Chris Pine</category>
  <category>Jack Black</category>
  <category>Julie Bowen</category>
  <category>Jennie Garth</category>
  <category>Jonah Hill</category>
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  <category>Maya Rudolph</category>
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  <title>Stars Take The Hollywood Pledge For Charity</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;Inspired by &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/4745-bill-gates-and-warren-buffetts-600-billion-charity-challenge"&gt;Bill Gates &amp;amp; Warren Buffett&amp;#8217;s Giving Pledge&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1645-give-back-hollywood-foundation"&gt;Give Back Hollywood Foundation&lt;/a&gt; has brought together some of the biggest names in music, fashion, sports and entertainment to demonstrate their commitment to philanthropy with the launch of the &amp;#8220;Hollywood Pledge&amp;#8221;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Stars who have already taken the Pledge include &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/796-laurence-fishburne"&gt;Laurence Fishburne&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/124-richard-gere"&gt;Richard Gere&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2163-dwight-howard"&gt;Dwight Howard&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1529-hugh-jackman"&gt;Hugh Jackman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/220-jewel"&gt;Jewel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1366-kim-kardashian"&gt;Kim Kardashian&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/319-ricky-martin"&gt;Ricky Martin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/436-kelly-osbourne"&gt;Kelly Osbourne&lt;/a&gt;, Rachel Zoe, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1216-jordin-sparks"&gt;Jordin Sparks&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/53-denzel-washington"&gt;Denzel Washington&lt;/a&gt;, and many others.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Celebrities take the Hollywood Pledge through the &lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodpledge.com/"&gt;HollywoodPledge.com&lt;/a&gt; website and list the charity or charities they support. Fans are also encouraged to give back, whether through monetary donations, volunteer work, or just getting involved in their communities to make a difference.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;For more than seven years, The Give Back Hollywood Foundation has linked celebrities with meaningful causes and produced hundreds of charity events, especially those focused on children, health and disaster relief,&amp;#8221; explains founder and president Todd Krim. &amp;#8220;The Hollywood Pledge, inspired by the &amp;#8216;Giving Pledge,&amp;#8217; is a natural evolution of this effort and intended to drive the adoption of charity causes by the leading figures in entertainment, which in turn can become an incredible motivator for fans worldwide to embrace the same commitment.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ABC&lt;/span&gt; Television Network, The Hollywood Reporter and the Screen Actors Guild Foundation have signed on as official partners of the Hollywood Pledge. All three of these organizations have pro-social initiatives, ABC&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;A Better Community,&amp;#8221; The Hollywood Reporter&amp;#8217;s July issue focusing on &amp;#8220;Philanthropy and Hollywood,&amp;#8221; and the Screen Actors Guild Foundation&amp;#8217;s Children&amp;#8217;s Literacy Initiative. Additional sponsors of the Pledge include JetBlue, Fashion Forms, Glam Rock Watches, Coca-Cola, L&amp;#8217;Anza Healing Haircare, LePosh Salon, Niche Your Home, Coffee Bean, Honfoto and Fig &amp;amp; Olive.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Give Back Hollywood Foundation will host an exclusive &lt;span class="caps"&gt;VIP&lt;/span&gt; Hollywood Pledge Launch Party and Beauty Retreat at a private mansion in Beverly Hills on Saturday, June 4th from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Guests will be introduced to the Pledge and given the opportunity to use social media to support various charities including &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1167-dosomething-org"&gt;DoSomething.org&lt;/a&gt;, Cancer Research Institute, Can-Do, the &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/302-screen-actors-guild-foundation"&gt;Screen Actors Guild Foundation&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/777-childrens-miracle-network-hospitals"&gt;Children's Miracle Network Hospitals&lt;/a&gt; (which will be launching its 100 Million Miracles Campaign at the event). Guests will also be treated to beauty services such as massages, manicures, pedicures and hairstyling, along with a sponsored open bar featuring &lt;span class="caps"&gt;VNC&lt;/span&gt; Cocktails and catered culinary delights from some of Hollywood&amp;#8217;s favorite restaurants and Chef Micah Killough. Buddha Bar-style grooves by DJ Josh LeCash and actress Taryn Manning as well as a live musical performance by American Idol finalist Blake Lewis are among the highlights of this one-of-a-kind event.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Find out more &lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodpledge.com/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7828-stars-join-twitter-for-the-critters-challenge"&gt;Stars Join Twitter For The Critters Challenge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7820-brad-pitt-makes-it-right-with-celebrity-charity-auction"&gt;Brad Pitt Makes It Right With Celebrity Charity Auction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7819-kim-kardashian-and-kris-humphries-sign-baseball-for-charity-auction"&gt;Kim Kardashian And Kris Humphries Sign Baseball For Charity Auction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7754-young-actor-talks-charity-with-look-to-the-stars"&gt;Young Actor Talks Charity With Look To The Stars&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7751-ltts-exclusive-dancing-with-the-stars-louis-van-amstel-talks-charity"&gt;LTTS Exclusive: Dancing With The Stars' Louis Van Amstel Talks Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Give Back Hollywood Foundation</category>
  <category>Laurence Fishburne</category>
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  <title>Royal Visit Changes Attitudes In Canada</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href="/contributor/17-elizabeth-willoughby"&gt;Elizabeth Willoughby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As part of their first official tour through Canada, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/396-prince-william"&gt;Prince William&lt;/a&gt; and his new wife &amp;#8211; the &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2421-kate-middleton"&gt;Duchess of Cambridge&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; made a visit to a centre for street kids in Quebec City.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Giving guidance and support to disadvantaged youth is one of the three areas of focus for the &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1652-the-foundation-of-prince-william-and-prince-harry"&gt;Foundation&lt;/a&gt; Prince William set up with his brother, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/397-prince-harry"&gt;Prince Harry&lt;/a&gt;, in 2009. Nevertheless, with the reputation of the Canadian province least affectionate towards British royalty, some of the centre&amp;#8217;s youth had lackluster expectations about the visit, yet planned to participate out of a sense of obligation to the centre.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After the visit, however, the story changed. Excited and enthusiastic teenagers sang praises of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Across Canada, people have been impressed again and again by William and Kate&amp;#8217;s genuine interest in individuals and the sense of normalcy about them, despite their station.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Of course he&amp;#8217;s royalty,&amp;#8230; But he seems close to people. He seemed like a normal guy,&amp;#8221; said one young man at the centre, according to a Globe and Mail report.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;They were really interested in my life story,&amp;#8221; said another. &amp;#8220;It was a real surprise. &amp;#8230;I wasn&amp;#8217;t sure what to expect, but they are people with such an open spirit,&amp;#8221; the paper reported.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A few days later on the other side of the country, the couple impressed the locals again when they touched down at the Calgary airport. A little six-year-old girl, who is fighting the same cancer that her mother died from not long ago, ran across the tarmac in a pink dress and headband to give Kate&amp;#8217;s legs a hug. It was her wish to meet a princess.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;They were beyond lovely with her,&amp;#8221; the Calgary mayor told the Globe. &amp;#8220;What kind people.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7851-prince-harry-becomes-patron-of-mount-everest-climb-for-charity"&gt;Prince Harry Becomes Patron Of Mount Everest Climb For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7699-prince-williams-message-to-charity-antarctic-trekkers"&gt;Prince William's Message To Charity Antarctic Trekkers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7696-prince-william-named-as-young-offenders-charity-patron"&gt;Prince William Named As Young Offenders Charity Patron&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7690-prince-william-congratulates-charity-south-pole-expedition"&gt;Prince William Congratulates Charity South Pole Expedition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7686-annie-lennox-to-represent-prince-harrys-charity-at-snow-polo-event"&gt;Annie Lennox To Represent Prince Harry's Charity At Snow Polo Event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>William And Kate Create Care Packages For Military Children</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, better known to Royals watchers as &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/396-prince-william"&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2421-kate-middleton"&gt;Kate&lt;/a&gt;, took part in a care package stuffing event at the Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles during their trip to the US. In partnership with the &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/227-united-service-organization"&gt;USO&lt;/a&gt; and Blue Star Families, the Royal Couple helped to create 1,000 care packages for military children as part of their highly anticipated North American trip.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Photo: William and Kate With USO" class="photo story_half_width" src="http://assets3.looktothestars.org/photo/5040-william-and-kate-with-uso/story_half_width.jpg?1311056408" title="William and Kate With USO" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The kits that were produced focus on the children of military families who have parents deployed. Conceived and created by the Trevor Romain Foundation, &amp;#8220;With You All the Way&amp;#8221; kits help children and their families prepare for deployment, stay connected during the separation and plan for reintegration upon their return home.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The &lt;span class="caps"&gt;USO&lt;/span&gt; is extremely proud to be a partner in this very important effort to connect people who have served in the military, and their spouses, with potential employers,&amp;#8221; said Frank Thorp, senior vice president for marketing and communications for &lt;span class="caps"&gt;USO&lt;/span&gt;. &amp;#8220;And stuffing Trevor Romain &amp;#8216;With You All The Way&amp;#8217; kits as the service project for the event was perfect as it also reminded us of the challenges that children of our troops make when their Moms and Dads serve.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The kits that were assembled by the Royal Couple and volunteers will be delivered to kids and families based in California, the island of Guam and other areas that are in need of the valuable comfort and support that Trevor Romain consistently delivers for the &lt;span class="caps"&gt;USO&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Prior to the care package stuffing event, the Royal Couple assisted ServiceNation: Mission Serve, a civilian-military initiative dedicated to bringing together civilian and military communities through service and volunteerism, in conducting the organization&amp;#8217;s largest job fair for military veterans called &amp;#8220;Hiring Our Heroes Los Angeles.&amp;#8221; The goal was to connect 1,500 veterans and their families with 200 prospective employers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;We are absolutely thrilled that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will join us in supporting and engaging our nation&amp;#8217;s heroes in the workplace and in service,&amp;#8221; said ServiceNation Executive Director Greg Propper prior to the event. &amp;#8220;We are working to inspire a powerful culture of service in America, and the July 10 hiring fair and service project offers a tremendous advancement in this effort.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1652-the-foundation-of-prince-william-and-prince-harry"&gt;The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry&lt;/a&gt; is the Princes&amp;#8217; primary charitable vehicle and has as one of its core aims to raise awareness and support for the Servicemen and women who put their lives on the line for their country. A key part of this focus is assisting efforts to ensure the best possible re-integration and employment of veterans and military families. The Foundation recognizes the tremendous work being done on this in the United States, led by First Lady &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1835-michelle-obama"&gt;Michelle Obama&lt;/a&gt; and Dr. Jill Biden through &lt;a href="http://joiningforces.uso.org/"&gt;their Joining Forces initiative&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7793-kellie-pickler-joins-road-to-ram-jam-for-the-uso"&gt;Kellie Pickler Joins Road To Ram Jam For The USO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7715-michelle-obama-to-talk-school-nutrition-standards"&gt;Michelle Obama To Talk School Nutrition Standards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7700-jill-biden-pens-childrens-book-for-charity"&gt;Jill Biden Pens Children's Book For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7699-prince-williams-message-to-charity-antarctic-trekkers"&gt;Prince William's Message To Charity Antarctic Trekkers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7696-prince-william-named-as-young-offenders-charity-patron"&gt;Prince William Named As Young Offenders Charity Patron&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Prince William</category>
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  <title>Miley Cyrus: 10 Ways To Get Ur Good On For Back To School</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1156-youth-service-america"&gt;Youth Service America&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span class="caps"&gt;YSA&lt;/span&gt;) and &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1737-get-ur-good-on"&gt;Get Ur Good On&lt;/a&gt; have compiled a list of &amp;#8220;10 Ways to Get Ur Good On for Back to School&amp;#8221; – encouraging youth on how to stay engaged with community service when the summer ends and school starts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Back to School list includes ways for young people to make a difference with the cast of Glee, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2052-justin-bieber"&gt;Justin Bieber&lt;/a&gt;, First Lady &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1835-michelle-obama"&gt;Michelle Obama&lt;/a&gt;, and many more. Young people actively engaged in their communities not only learn the importance of giving back, but also life and workforce skills.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Its time to Get Ur Good On for Back to School! &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1056-miley-cyrus"&gt;Miley Cyrus&lt;/a&gt; and her partners at &lt;a href="http://www.ysa.org/"&gt;&lt;span class="caps"&gt;YSA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; want to make sure &lt;span class="caps"&gt;YOU&lt;/span&gt; kick-off the school year by making a difference. Read this list of ten ways to Get Ur Good On for Back to School with Glee, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1682-pencils-of-promise"&gt;Pencils of Promise&lt;/a&gt;, Pretty Little Liars, and much more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Join the cast of Pretty Little Liars in hosting a school supply drive. Ask friends to buy extra pencils, paper, and pens while supply shopping. Collect items and donate to the &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USe8DNcSlwI"&gt;Staples for Students&lt;/a&gt; drive.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Harry Potter, The Lying Game, Miles to Go, Matched. Help children in need receive great books by joining a local &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1145-first-book"&gt;First Book Advisory Board&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Love Algebra? Won last year&amp;#8217;s spelling bee? Sign up to &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/186-after-school-all-stars"&gt;tutor kids&lt;/a&gt; in a lower grade level or at another school.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;The Glee movie opens in August! Read this blog post about how &lt;a href="http://www.ysa.org/blog/2010/12/09/glee-ful-service"&gt;Glee relates to service&lt;/a&gt; and join the students of William Mckinley High School in raising awareness about &lt;a href="http://www.itgetsbetter.org/"&gt;anti-bullying&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.r-word.org/r-word-take-action.aspx"&gt;tolerance&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Hurricane peaks at the end of August. Crank up a great playlist, get snacks, and gather friends and make disaster preparedness kits. A teenager and former &lt;span class="caps"&gt;YSA&lt;/span&gt; grantee used grant money to start the organization Always Ready Kids; its site provides tips on &lt;a href="http://www.alwaysreadykids.org/Home.html"&gt;kit making&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Build a school in a developing nation with Pencils of Promise; one of Justin Bieber&amp;#8217;s favorite organizations! Download an &lt;a href="http://www.pencilsofpromise.org/join-the-movement"&gt;advocacy toolkit&lt;/a&gt; and join the movement.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Miley supports &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1565-blessings-in-a-backpack"&gt;Blessings in a Backpack&lt;/a&gt;, a childhood hunger focused organization. Join her in the fight against childhood hunger and plan a service project to address the issue. Apply for a &lt;a href="http://www.ysa.org/grants/sodexoyouth"&gt;Sodexo Youth Grant&lt;/a&gt; by September 16th to fund your project.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;August 12th was International Youth Day. Post status updates on Facebook and tweet about contributions young people have made to change the world. Find ideas on the TEDxYouth &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDxYouth?blend=3&amp;amp;ob=5"&gt;YouTube channel&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;The first day of school is like a fashion show, but not all kids can afford new outfits. Host a &lt;a href="http://www.serve.gov/toolkits/clothing-drive/index.asp"&gt;clothing drive&lt;/a&gt; and donate items to a local community or religious center.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Eat well to study well. Work with school staff and administrators to ensure that the school cafeteria and vending machines offer &lt;a href="http://www.healthiergeneration.org/schools.aspx?id=3294"&gt;healthy options&lt;/a&gt;, encourage classmates to get moving with First Lady Michelle Obama and &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/19-beyonce-knowles"&gt;Beyoncé&lt;/a&gt;, or apply for a &lt;a href="http://ysa.org/HEROES"&gt;United Health &lt;span class="caps"&gt;HEROES&lt;/span&gt; grant&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
&lt;ul class="item-links"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7828-stars-join-twitter-for-the-critters-challenge"&gt;Stars Join Twitter For The Critters Challenge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7826-stars-donate-to-grammy-charity-online-auctions"&gt;Stars Donate To Grammy Charity Online Auctions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7717-justin-bieber-joins-selena-gomez-at-unicef-concert"&gt;Justin Bieber Joins Selena Gomez At UNICEF Concert&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7715-michelle-obama-to-talk-school-nutrition-standards"&gt;Michelle Obama To Talk School Nutrition Standards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7700-jill-biden-pens-childrens-book-for-charity"&gt;Jill Biden Pens Children's Book For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>SodaStream Gives Back At Celebrity Charity Event</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;Eco-conscience SodaStream co-sponsored the &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1645-give-back-hollywood-foundation"&gt;Give Back Hollywood Foundation's&lt;/a&gt; Benefit for the VH1 &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/277-save-the-music-foundation"&gt;Save The Music Foundation&lt;/a&gt; last week.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Photo: Sodastream Event" class="photo story_half_width" src="http://assets2.looktothestars.org/photo/5247-sodastream-event/story_half_width.jpg?1314858941" title="Sodastream Event" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On Friday, August 26, celebrities gathered at the &lt;span class="caps"&gt;SLS&lt;/span&gt; Hotel in West Hollywood to support the VH1 Save the Music Foundation at the Give Back Hollywood Celebrity Benefit. &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/292-kelly-rowland"&gt;Kelly Rowland&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1777-christina-milian"&gt;Christina Milian&lt;/a&gt;, Far East Movement, Carolina Liar, Tiffany Hines, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1836-vanessa-simmons"&gt;Vanessa Simmons&lt;/a&gt;, Tamar Braxton, Vanessa Lengles, the Hollywood Undead and many more attended this &lt;span class="caps"&gt;VMA&lt;/span&gt; kick off party.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Photo: Sodastream Event 2" class="photo story_half_width" src="http://assets2.looktothestars.org/photo/5248-sodastream-event-2/story_half_width.jpg?1314858993" title="Sodastream Event 2" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Guests were treated to an amazing performance by Kelly Rowland protégé Luke James, who blew the roof off of the &lt;span class="caps"&gt;SLS&lt;/span&gt; Hotel. Eco-conscience SodaStream was on hand serving homemade soda via their newest soda maker, the Pink Fizz. Proceeds from the Pink Fizz benefit &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/534-susan-g-komen-for-the-cure"&gt;Susan G. Komen for the Cure&lt;/a&gt; in the fight against Breast Cancer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Photo: Sodastream Event 3" class="photo story_half_width" src="http://assets3.looktothestars.org/photo/5249-sodastream-event-3/story_half_width.jpg?1314859008" title="Sodastream Event 3" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The VH1 Save The Music Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring instrumental music education in America&amp;#8217;s public schools, and raising awareness about the importance of music as part of each child&amp;#8217;s complete education.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7827-big-names-to-celebrate-muhammad-alis-70th-birthday-at-charity-gala"&gt;Big Names To Celebrate Muhammad Ali's 70th Birthday At Charity Gala&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7681-stars-to-celebrate-muhammad-ali-at-charity-event"&gt;Stars To Celebrate Muhammad Ali At Charity Event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7648-ltts-exclusive-brandon-tyler-russell-talks-charity"&gt;LTTS Exclusive: Brandon Tyler Russell Talks Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7564-vh1-divas-bring-soul-to-charity"&gt;VH1 Divas Bring Soul To Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7547-vh1-divas-to-pay-tribute-to-amy-winehouse"&gt;VH1 Divas To Pay Tribute To Amy Winehouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Give Back Hollywood Foundation</category>
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  <title>Celebrities To Gather At Farrah Fawcett Charity Event</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Friends of Farrah&lt;/em&gt;, an intimate gathering to benefit the &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1576-farrah-fawcett-foundation"&gt;Farrah Fawcett Foundation&lt;/a&gt;, will take place at the Soho House West Hollywood on Tuesday, September 13th from 7 pm to 10 pm.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Alana Stewart and Jaclyn Smith are co-hosting the &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1645-give-back-hollywood-foundation"&gt;Give Back Hollywood Foundation&lt;/a&gt; event to honor the late &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1852-farrah-fawcett"&gt;Farrah Fawcett&lt;/a&gt;, with celebrities such as Ryan O&amp;#8217;Neil, Raquel Welch, Sean Stewart, Ashley Hamilton and Chery Tiegs expected to attend. Additionally, Barbie designer Bill Greening will be on-hand to personally autograph the Black Label Collector Edition Farrah Fawcett Barbie Doll.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Farrah Fawcett Foundation&amp;#8217;s mission is to provide funding for alternative methods of cancer research, clinical trials, prevention, and awareness with an emphasis on anal and pediatric cancers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7400-kevin-jonas-hosts-x-box-miracle-of-music-charity-event"&gt;Kevin Jonas Hosts X-Box Miracle Of Music Charity Event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7376-kevin-jonas-to-host-x-box-miracle-of-music-benefit"&gt;Kevin Jonas To Host X-Box Miracle Of Music Benefit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/6867-sodastream-gives-back-at-celebrity-charity-event"&gt;SodaStream Gives Back At Celebrity Charity Event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/6389-stars-take-the-hollywood-pledge-for-charity"&gt;Stars Take The Hollywood Pledge For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/6101-julianne-hough-to-perform-at-john-wayne-charity-event"&gt;Julianne Hough To Perform At John Wayne Charity Event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <category>Ryan O'Neil</category>
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  <title>LTTS Exclusive Interview: Nick Cannon Talks Charity</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href="/contributor/82-abhishek-seth"&gt;Abhishek Seth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Look To The Stars&amp;#8217; Abhishek Seth recently got to talk with &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2057-nick-cannon"&gt;Nick Cannon&lt;/a&gt; about his charity work, making the world a better place&amp;#8230; and socks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;What got you interested in charity?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I was always taught: &amp;#8220;To whom much is given, much is required.&amp;#8221; I&amp;#8217;ve been blessed tremendously throughout my life — so I have to be a blessing to others. It&amp;#8217;s my duty, and I enjoy it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is there anyone in particular who has inspired your philanthropy?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have definitely looked up to so many people that have given way more and done so much, before me. &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/728-russell-simmons"&gt;Russell Simmons&lt;/a&gt; is someone in my life. And the same with &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/861-quincy-jones"&gt;Quincy Jones&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#8217;s definitely people like them who have shown me the way.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;You do a lot of work for &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1167-dosomething-org"&gt;DoSomething.org&lt;/a&gt;. What about the organization attracted you?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;DoSomething.org is the only organization that puts the effort where their mouth is.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It literally gives young people an outlet to do whatever they wanna be a part of. DoSomething gives them direction: It doesn&amp;#8217;t just say &amp;#8220;Hey, do good,&amp;#8221; or &amp;#8220;Be a part of charity.&amp;#8221; They show you how, and it allows young people to lead by example.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Why should your fans get involved with DoSomething?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Because DoSomething is real—it&amp;#8217;s not just an organization to make money. It literally wants young people to get out there, you know—and do something.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#8217;s young people inspiring young people.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you were to make a charity for your twins — the Roe-Roc Foundation —what would its main causes be?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I would allow them to make that decision.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#8217;s one of the reasons why I do give back, and do a lot of philanthropic work. I want to be able to show my children there are many different ways to try to make this world a better place.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#8217;s one of the main things in life: to leave this place better off than it was before we got here.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So I wanna be able to show my kids everything from feeding the homeless on Holidays, to visiting the sick; to helping to raise money for research for fatal diseases—all of those things.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I wanna be able to say, &amp;#8220;Look, there&amp;#8217;s tons of things to be a part of, what are you passionate about?&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Photo: Nick Cannon helps out Feeding America" class="photo story_wide" src="http://assets3.looktothestars.org/photo/5418-nick-cannon-helps-out-feeding-america/story_wide.jpg?1317720525" title="Nick Cannon helps out Feeding America" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;You currently have several &amp;#8220;Nick-branded&amp;#8221; organizations. Tell me about them. What is their overriding mission?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My foundations that I have now all surround youth. I&amp;#8217;m a youth advocate—an advocate for youth empowerment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nick, why do you feel so strongly about young people?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It sounds cliché, but they&amp;#8217;re the future—this is the young people&amp;#8217;s world. And the Millennials are excited about service, and so I want to continue and empower them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fashion is a humongous part of your life, aka &lt;a href="http://t.co/VlIukc2E"&gt;#SockSwag&lt;/a&gt;. What would be the first few things from your closet, you would auction off for a good cause?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Definitely my socks. (chuckles)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do you find issue placement—in music videos, tweets, and tweetpics—a useful way to bring awareness to social issues? (Like your pro-life song, &lt;a href="http://www.pp2g.tv/vYXt6Znk_.aspx"&gt;Can I Live&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Absolutely. That&amp;#8217;s one of the beauties of music.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Music is community news, really. And to get out there and to be a voice in the huger music—to share stories and change people&amp;#8217;s lives. That&amp;#8217;s what music ultimately—aside from record sales and charts—is really about: Touching people&amp;#8217;s hearts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do think artists nowadays are placing issues in their music, or is it a very rare occurrence?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Like I said, the Millennials are more aware right now. They&amp;#8217;re excited about making the world a better place, and it&amp;#8217;s reflected in music.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Which of your recent work reflects your feelings on world issues?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Probably my stand-up, more than anything.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#8217;s just the role basic to me, for who I am, and the things that I believe. It&amp;#8217;s unfiltered and sometimes, not politically correct, as others may want it to be.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#8217;s me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;What about the world do you want to improve?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Unity — and the environment. We are all living on the same planet. We should all take care of it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;How do you think we and your fans can become environmentally active?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Honestly, I&amp;#8217;m still a believer in the Green Movement—whatever we can do to lower our Carbon Footprint I think is always positive.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil for instance. Going back to using hybrid cars, and electric cars. Do things to save energy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;You mentioned unity. What can we all do to become more united?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our world is a neighborhood. Just embracing each other—instead of trying to force our beliefs on others; let&amp;#8217;s just try to understand why other people believe what they believe.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;How do you think Hollywood, &lt;span class="caps"&gt;MTV&lt;/span&gt;, and the radio, can help the world&amp;#8217;s problems?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Just by reflecting. Just by putting a mirror in front of it: &amp;#8220;This is the world, good or bad.&amp;#8221;I think that&amp;#8217;s a wise thing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#8217;s what entertainment should really be about. We don&amp;#8217;t have to preach, but we definitely have to be honest, and show what life is about.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lastly, how do you promote charity among your friends and, of course, with &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/598-mariah-carey"&gt;Mariah&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#8217;t think you necessarily need to promote it: You just need to do it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My wife is actually great at that. Mariah does so much philanthropic stuff the world will never know about. She does it because she&amp;#8217;s doing it, from the goodness of her heart.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This interview would have been impossible without the help of: Dollie Bishop, Laura Giangiulio, Chloe Lee, Naomi Hirabayashi—and, of course, Nick Cannon.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7840-paul-mccartney-honored-as-musicares-person-of-the-year"&gt;Paul McCartney Honored As MusiCares Person Of The Year&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7833-mariah-carey-joins-jenny-craigs-campaign-for-american-heart-month"&gt;Mariah Carey Joins Jenny Craig's Campaign For American Heart Month&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7788-stars-to-come-out-for-paul-mccartney-at-charity-gala"&gt;Stars To Come Out For Paul McCartney At Charity Gala&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7744-elton-john-to-host-annual-oscar-viewing-party-for-charity"&gt;Elton John To Host Annual Oscar Viewing Party For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7679-paul-mccartney-to-perform-at-musicares-person-of-the-year-event"&gt;Paul McCartney To Perform At MusiCares Person Of The Year Event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Kevin Jonas To Attend Ronald McDonald House Event</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;To commemorate October&amp;#8217;s National Children&amp;#8217;s Health Month, &lt;span class="caps"&gt;AOL&lt;/span&gt; is making a difference for children battling cancer by donating an &lt;span class="caps"&gt;AOL&lt;/span&gt; Media Room to the &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/983-ronald-mcdonald-house-charities"&gt;Ronald McDonald House&lt;/a&gt; in New York.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On Friday, October 7, 2011 at 3PM, young cancer patients and their families will gather at the Ronald McDonald House New York&amp;#8217;s (&lt;span class="caps"&gt;RMH&lt;/span&gt;-NY) newly renovated &lt;span class="caps"&gt;AOL&lt;/span&gt; Media Room with &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2315-kevin-jonas"&gt;Kevin Jonas&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; of the multi-platinum selling, Grammy nominated artists, the &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1316-jonas-brothers"&gt;Jonas Brothers&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; to celebrate its unveiling.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Highlights will include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Total of 15 computers donated with each work station set up for one-on-one tutoring, and group learning scenarios for children in treatment, as well as their siblings staying at the House.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="caps"&gt;AOL&lt;/span&gt; Media Room has been aesthetically renovated to emulate happiness and designed to accommodate the users of the room – children, those in wheelchairs, and their siblings staying at the House.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Kevin Jonas of the Jonas Brothers will be onsite during the ribbon cutting. Kevin is an ambassador and honoree of Variety&amp;#8217;s Power of Youth initiative, encouraging young people everywhere to get involved in philanthropic and humanitarian causes. Kevin also supports a wide range of charities including children-focused organizations like: &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/80-st-jude-childrens-research-hospital"&gt;St. Jude Children's Research Hospital&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1167-dosomething-org"&gt;DoSomething.org&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/83-make-a-wish-foundation"&gt;Make-A-Wish Foundation&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/195-musicares"&gt;MusiCares&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is just one example of the creative and engaging educational activities available at Ronald McDonald House New York for kids battling cancer. Through educational accessibility such as this one, residents are able to focus on fun and educational activities – and find reprieve from the stress of undergoing cancer treatment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ronald McDonald House New York is a &amp;#8220;home away from home&amp;#8221; that offers children with cancer and their families shelter and support while they undergo active treatment. Since its founding, more than 25,000 children have stayed at Ronald McDonald House New York.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ronald McDonald House New York is situated at 405 East 73rd Street.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7840-paul-mccartney-honored-as-musicares-person-of-the-year"&gt;Paul McCartney Honored As MusiCares Person Of The Year&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7826-stars-donate-to-grammy-charity-online-auctions"&gt;Stars Donate To Grammy Charity Online Auctions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7788-stars-to-come-out-for-paul-mccartney-at-charity-gala"&gt;Stars To Come Out For Paul McCartney At Charity Gala&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7780-kate-garraway-named-as-make-a-wish-ambassador"&gt;Kate Garraway Named As Make-A-Wish Ambassador&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Miley Cyrus: 10 Ways To Get Ur Good On For Anti-Bullying Month</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;October is National Bullying Prevention Month and &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1056-miley-cyrus"&gt;Miley Cyrus&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1737-get-ur-good-on"&gt;Get Ur Good On&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1156-youth-service-america"&gt;Youth Service America&lt;/a&gt; are encouraging everyone to take an active role in preventing bullying.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Miley wrote about her experiences being bullied in her autobiography &lt;a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1606262/miley-cyrus-writes-about-being-bullied-new-book.jhtml"&gt;Miles To Go&lt;/a&gt; and often speaks out against bullying. There are so many news stories about the effects of bullying on young people; make sure we do not read another story about a young person being physically and mentally abused by their peers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Join Miley, her friend Emily Osment, and many more to take a stand against bullying! View this list of 10 Ways to Get Ur Good On for anti-bullying:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Educate yourself and peers about &lt;a href="http://www.stopbullying.gov/topics/what_is_bullying/index.html"&gt;bullying&lt;/a&gt;. Check out these tools from StopBullying.gov: &lt;a href="http://www.stopbullying.gov/topics/warning_signs/index.html"&gt;recognize warning signs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.stopbullying.gov/young_adults/being_bullied/index.html"&gt;find out how to deal&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.stopbullying.gov/topics/get_help/index.html"&gt;where to get help&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Write a song about bullying, perform it and share the video with friends, family and on GetUrGoodOn.org. Brother-sister duo Michael and Marissa hope their anti-bullying song, &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbxszWevx_4&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded"&gt;The Same&lt;/a&gt;, inspires people to treat each other better.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Take a stand! Tell friends to stop gossiping about other people and spreading rumors. Do not be afraid to stop verbal bullying.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Sign the &lt;a href="http://www.pacerteensagainstbullying.org/#/sign-the-petition"&gt;Pacer Center&amp;#8217;s Teens Against Bullying&lt;/a&gt; petition &amp;#8211; &amp;#8220;The end of bullying begins with me.&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Miley&amp;#8217;s good friend and former Hannah Montana co-star, Emily Osment, recently stared in the &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ABC&lt;/span&gt; Family movie &lt;a href="http://abcfamily.go.com/movies/cyberbully/"&gt;Cyberbully&lt;/a&gt;. Join her and other &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ABC&lt;/span&gt; Family stars in raising awareness about cyberbullying. Get the &lt;a href="http://abcfamily.go.com/movies/cyberbully/delete-digital-drama"&gt;Delete Digital Drama&lt;/a&gt; badge for Facebook and Twitter and act on it &amp;#8211; don&amp;#8217;t post negative, mean, or hurtful comments on social media accounts or via email.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Love to write? Submit an article to the school newspaper on how students can prevent bullying. Find information on how to get started &lt;a href="http://www.pacerteensagainstbullying.org/#/act/peer-activities/school-newspaper.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Join Glee&amp;#8217;s &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2184-jane-lynch"&gt;Jane Lynch&lt;/a&gt; and Lauren Potter to &lt;a href="http://www.r-word.org/r-word-not-acceptable-psa.aspx"&gt;spread the word to end the word&lt;/a&gt;. Do not use the r-word and tell friends and family members to do the same.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;October 12th is &lt;a href="http://www.pacer.org/bullying/nbpm/unity-day.asp"&gt;Unity Day&lt;/a&gt;! Wear orange to raise awareness and show support to end bullying. Ask a teacher to help present this idea to the principal and encourage all students to wear orange too.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Support &lt;span class="caps"&gt;LGBT&lt;/span&gt; youth dealing with bullying and train to become a &lt;a href="http://www.thetrevorproject.org/volunteers/opportunities"&gt;Lifeline Counselor&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href="http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/409-the-trevor-project"&gt;The Trevor Project&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Read about &lt;a href="http://www.familyfirstaid.org/youth-violence.html"&gt;risk factors and at risk groups&lt;/a&gt; for teen violence. Use this information to prevent physical violence among friends and classmates.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

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