Celebrities Send Messages Of Support For Earth Hour

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:30:00 +0000

This Saturday, March 28, will mark Earth Hour, an initiative of the WWF in which people around the world are being encouraged to switch their lights off between 8:30 and 9:30pm in a bid to reach the target of one billion people who are committed to fighting climate change.

Earth Hour has grown from a single event in Sydney, Australia, in March 2007 to a global phenomenon that will change the way the world sees climate change. On March 31, 2007, over 2.2 million people and 2,100 corporations in Sydney turned their lights off for an hour, creating an energy saving of 10.2% – that’s roughly the same as taking 48,000 cars off the road!

A number of celebrities have thrown their support behind the initiative and have spoken about its importance:

Simple Plan Releases Charity Single

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:30:00 +0000

Canadian boyband Simple Plan has released a special charity single, with proceeds to be distributed to cancer charities around the world.

The Montreal-based released “Save You” – which is also found on Simple Plan’s self-titled third studio album – on iTunes yesterday, October 14, as a tribute to lead singer Pierre Bouvier’s brother Jay, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma cancer at the age of 28. Money from the single will be distributed by the Simple Plan Foundation, set up by the band in December 2005, to help young people in need by easing their difficult passage to adulthood.

Since it was established, the Foundation has donated over $100,000 to various charitable organizations around Canada and has raised over $200,000 at benefit events. They have also recently announced that 50 cents from each ticket sale from their upcoming tour will go to the Foundation.

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Celebrities Send Messages Of Support For Earth Hour

Simple Plan Releases Charity Single