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Youssou N'Dour Celebrates 20 Years As UNICEF Ambassador Jul 1, 2011

Grammy Award-winning musician Youssou N'Dour marked his 20th anniversary as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador this week by calling for a continued push to help save and improve the lives of the most vulnerable children around the world. More →

John Legend To Front Education Campaign Jul 1, 2011

John Legend is set to front a new initiative to help lower the rate of high school dropouts. More →

Sarah Leners To Host Charity Event For Chocaholics Jul 1, 2011

Actress Sarah Leners will host a charity event with a difference – the 2011 Indulge Los Angeles Olympic Collection – later this year. More →

Dan Aykroyd To Host United Cerebral Palsy Charity Gala Jun 30, 2011

Dan Aykroyd will be hosting the 2012 United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) of Central Florida “Evening at the Palace” Gala. More →

Celebrity Charity Golf And Dinner To Benefit United Cerebral Palsy In NYC Jun 30, 2011

The 10th Annual UCP Charity Golf Tournament and Celebrity Dinner will be held on Monday, July 25, 2011 at Brae Burn Country Club and Century Golf Clubs in Westchester County, New York. The annual tournament attracts over 200 golfers from the tri-state area for a fun day of golf and entertainment in support of the vital programs of UCP of NYC. More →

Jon Stewart Gives Celebrity Support To Charity Runners Jun 29, 2011

Team UCP – representing United Cerebral Palsy of New York City – participated in the 2011 Achilles Hope & Possibility Race in Central Park on Sunday (June 26) and was joined by Jon Stewart. More →

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

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

Taylor Swift Supports St. Jude's Childrens Hospital Jun 28, 2011

Taylor Swift has recently teamed up with the Academy of Country Music (ACM) to donate $50,000 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Every year the Entertainer of the Year, which is currently Swift, chooses a charity to donate to and the ACM doubles the amount chosen. More →

George Michael To Honor Elizabeth Taylor At Charity Concert Jun 24, 2011

George Michael is organizing a charity concert in London to raise money for the Elizabeth Taylor Memorial Fund, an initiative of the Elton John AIDS Foundation. More →

EastEnders Star Named As Kidney Research UK Charity Ambassador Jun 24, 2011

One of the cast from Britain’s favorite soap has teamed up with a leading UK charity to help in the fight against kidney disease. More →

Basketball Stars Visit Malnutrition Center In Haiti Jun 24, 2011

NBA star Samuel Dalembert and WNBA star Nykesha Sales were in Haiti recently, to visit a malnutrition center with UNICEF. More →

Richard Gere Takes Pilgrim To Korea For Charity Jun 23, 2011

Richard Gere is in Korea to support an exhibition of his photos in Seoul raising money for charities involved with the Tibetan human rights campaign. More →

Danny Glover Visits Cuba With UNICEF Jun 22, 2011

Danny Glover was in Cuba with UNICEF last week to attend the opening session of a workshop on “Cuba and the Afro-Descendant Peoples of the Americas.” More →

Shakira Talks Education In Jerusalem Jun 22, 2011

Global education advocate and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Shakira visited the Max Payne “Hand in Hand” School for Bilingual Education in Jerusalem on Tuesday, meeting with students to talk about the power of education. More →

Celebrities ‘C’ Themselves for the American Cancer Society Jun 21, 2011

Showtime’s “The Big C” and the American Cancer Society have partnered to help create a world with less cancer and more birthdays! More →

Hollywood Supports Organ And Tissue Donations Jun 21, 2011

Celebrating Hollywood’s support for organ and tissue donation, Donate Life Hollywood will host the third annual Donate Life Hollywood Inspire Awards on June 22. More →

Photos: Bethenny Frankel Checks In For Check Ups Jun 20, 2011

Bravo star Bethenny Frankel hit the streets of NYC this week in support of Clorox and the Children's Health Fund's Check-in for Checkups program that provides free health care visits to kids in need. More →

Hollywood Heroes To Be Honored By Prevention Jun 20, 2011

Laura Petasnick, Publisher of Prevention, has announced the honorees of the magazine’s second annual “Prevention Honors Hollywood Heroes,” an evening in celebration of remarkable women committed to making a world of difference. More →

Elton John To Host Annual Celebrity Charity Ball Next Week Jun 17, 2011

Sir Elton John will once again host his annual White Tie and Tiara Ball at his home in the UK next week to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation. More →

Charities Benefit From Life In A Day Jun 17, 2011

A number of charities have joined the RSPCA in linking with a ground-breaking new film called ‘Life in a Day’, directed by Academy Award winning director Kevin Macdonald and executive produced by Ridley Scott (Alien, Bladerunner). More →

Stars Send Birthday Wishes To Hearing Loss Charity Jun 16, 2011

The UK’s largest charity for the deaf and hard-of-hearing is celebrating its 100th birthday by changing its name – and a host of celebrities are sending birthday wishes. More →

Stars Donate Items To Celebrity Charity Auction To Help Joplin Jun 16, 2011

A number of stars – including Johnny Depp, Yoko Ono, Patricia Arquette, Bono, Jeff Probst, Justin Timberlake, Eminem and Jack Johnson – have donated items to a great auction raising money for the people of Joplin, the Missouri town where an estimated 30% of the buildings were destroyed and over 150 people were killed by a tornado on May 22. More →

Eliza Doolittle Featured In Charity Bottletop Band Jun 16, 2011

UK charity Bottletop is proud to announce the release of the new single from their star-studded musical collective The Bottletop Band. ‘One In a Million’ featuring Eliza Doolittle (June 27) is the second track to be released from their upcoming debut album Dream Service (August 8 2011). More →

Learn Songwriting From Paul Simon For Charity Jun 15, 2011

Budding song writers listen up – here is your chance to learn the art from the master himself: Paul Simon. More →

Meet Justin Bieber At Fragrance Launch For Charity Jun 15, 2011

Want to meet Justin Bieber at the launch of his new fragrance in NYC and benefit a great cause at the same time? More →

National Wildlife Federation To Honor Alyssa Milano And Anderson Cooper Jun 15, 2011

The National Wildlife Federation will honor Alyssa Milano, Anderson Cooper, Lawrence Bender and Howard Ruby at its Voices For Wildlife Gala in Los Angeles tonight, June 15. More →

Marlee Matlin And Celebrity Friends To Deliver Hearing Aids To Children Jun 14, 2011

With the help of a star-studded line-up of celebrities from daytime, primetime and reality television, the Starkey Hearing Foundation, dedicated to building better lives for the hearing impaired by providing hearing instruments to those in need, announced today that it will deliver the gift of hearing to more than 100 under-served, hearing-impaired children and adults from the Las Vegas area. More →

Michael C. Hall: Walk As If Your Life Depends On It Jun 14, 2011

Dexter star Michael C. Hall talks about his fight against Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in a new video encouraging people to take part in a special event for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. More →

Jarvis Cocker To Hit The Funfair For Charity Jun 14, 2011

The National Autistic Society (NAS) is the chosen beneficiary of a special charity evening organised by Carters Steam Fair, a traditional travelling funfair in the UK. The event will see Jarvis Cocker and Johnny Borrell of the band Razorlight help run some of the rides. More →

Liza Minnelli And Jennifer Hudson To Sing At Celebrity Charity Gala Jun 13, 2011

The American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) will pay tribute to actor James Franco and designer Michael Kors at its second annual Inspiration Gala New York on June 14th at the Museum of Modern Art. More →