Get Lit-Words Ignite, a leading Los Angeles-based nonprofit that fosters literacy by engaging at-risk youth in literary performance, education, and teen poetry programs, hosted the nation’s very first classic poetry slam on April 28th at The Wiltern Theater during National Poetry month.
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Oxfam has revealed that British women are guilty of hoarding nearly £1.2 billion worth of bras that they don’t wear, and is launching the ‘Big Bra Hunt’, appealing to women up and down the country to dig deep into their drawers and donate their forgotten bras to the charity.
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Dame Helen Mirren has been announced as patron of a charity supporting volunteer lifesavers in the capital.
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A host of household names from the worlds of film, sport, TV, art and literature have helped to raise thousands of pounds for the National Literacy Trust. Supported by Pitney Bowes, the ‘Pushing the Envelope’ campaign secured support from 117 celebrities who customized envelopes to create unique works of art for the public to purchase.
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Prince Charles was joined by Cheryl Cole, Jools Holland, Lulu, Michael McIntyre and Alison Moyet to raise vital funds for The Prince’s Trust last week, at one of the most important fundraising events in The Prince’s Trust calendar.
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An eclectic mix of prominent names from the fields of art, design, fashion, television, theatre, film, sport and literature are getting creative this year by designing envelopes that will be sold to the public to help raise money for the National Literacy Trust.
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A host of celebrities have been showing their artistic side for charity by taking part in this year’s National Doodle Day.
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Leading cancer care charity Macmillan Cancer Support recently asked its celebrity supporters – including Kylie Minogue, Keira Knightley, Sting, Alesha Dixon, Joanna Lumley, James Corden, Anna Friel and Seth Rogen – to share their 100th birthday wishes in a short film 100 Years Of Macmillan: A Birthday Tribute.
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Ten years ago, world leaders promised to protect the rights of women in Afghanistan through international intervention, said Oxfam in a press release last week, which warned that, “the improvements for Afghan women’s rights gained over the last decade are at risk of slipping away and could be lost in a quick fix bargain for peace.”
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Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts is fronting a charity Clothes Throw to raise money for Alder Hey Imagine Appeal.
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The Small Steps Project will be holding the 2011 London Celebrity Shoe Auction and the premier of the new film at a fundraising evening at The Royal Society of Medicine on October 12.
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Celebrities from around the world are taking their commitment to save the planet to the next level to raise money for Greenpeace’s new flagship Rainbow Warrior. From backstage passes to private lunches you’ll see celebrities giving it up to the highest bidder in an attempt to raise money to pay for the world’s leading environmental organization’s new environmentally friendly ship.
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The Small Steps Project will be holding the 2011 London Celebrity Shoe Auction and the premier of the new film at a fundraising evening at The Royal Society of Medicine on October 12.
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Barnardo’s flagship charity shop in Marylebone, UK, has received top-quality donations from star singer Dame Shirley Bassey.
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Annie Lennox helped launch the Oxfam Celebrity Charity Curiosity Shop at Selfridges in London on Thursday, performing 4 songs and raising over £31,000 by allowing the audience to bid for each performance.
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Following last year’s incredible success, Britain’s biggest celebrity charity pop-up shop is back – and it’s better than ever.
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Oxfam is asking women to get together and Have a bit of a Do this March to raise money for the charity’s women’s projects.
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Tuesday night saw Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Suzanne Roberts among the honorees at the Women’s Image Network’s WIN Awards, along with thirteen other outstanding film and television nominees.
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Global Oxfam Ambassador and award-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren has donated the silver jacket she wore in her 1984 film 2010 to Oxfam, to raise money towards the charity’s West Africa Food Crisis Response.
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On Monday September 27, 2010, Camila Batmanghelidjh – also known as ’Britain’s most colourful charity leader’ – will be challenging the nation to light up a virtual brain for the children’s charity Kids Company.
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After the sell-out success of last year’s Stand-up for Peace, Children of Peace’s renowned comedy night is back with a fantastic line-up, in aid of an inspirational cause. The money raised will go towards projects that specifically bring Israeli and Palestinian children together in the hope that they will develop long lasting friendships.
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Home appliance leader LG Electronics USA, with assistance from stars from the stage and screen, including Tony Award winners Scarlett Johansson and Viola Davis, as well as Helen Mirren, Sean Hayes, Nathan Lane, Raquel Welch, Kristin Chenoweth and the band Green Day helped make the Great White Way “green” at the 64th Annual Tony Awards.
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LookToTheStars.org is happy to announced that Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales, an audiobook that raises funds for Artists for a New South Africa, has won two Audie Awards – including the audiobook industry’s top honor, Audiobook Of The Year.
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The Celebrity Oxfam Curiosity Shop opens today, May 14, in London – and a special online auction has been launched to celebrate.
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The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced three Audie finalists for the prestigious Audiobook of the Year Award and five finalists for the Distinguished Achievement in Production Award – including Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales, a charity release to raise money for Artists for a New South Africa.
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A selection of A-list stars have joined Oxfam and Selfridges to create, set-up, stock and staff Britain’s biggest charity pop-up shop.
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Jennifer Aniston is to host a special movie screening to raise funds for Haiti.
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Looking for a Christmas gift that gives back? Last year, Look to the Stars brought you a story about Nelson Mandela’s audiobook of African folktales read by your favorite stars. We have now learned that the Artists for a New South Africa (ANSA) audiobook has been nominated for a Grammy!
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On 2 December 2009 Avon UK and Refuge – a UK-based charity whose safe houses provide emergency accommodation for women and children when they are most in need – will host a press conference at the House of Commons to discuss the Four Ways to Speak Out campaign.
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Look To The Stars’ UK Correspondent Richard Barker was lucky enough to attend the Variety Club’s 57th Annual Showbiz Awards and filed this exclusive report and photos.
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