Look To The Stars News: Nicole Richie

Nicole Richie Launches Baby Gift Registry

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:30:00 -0000

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are launching an online gift registry to provide baby products to moms in need.

Through the Richie Madden Children’s Foundation – inaugurated last year – needy families who register through social services agencies will be able to select the baby products they require that are posted on the Foundation’s website – much like how a bridal or baby shower registry works. Then donors can choose what to contribute. Observing that even a clean blanket was out of reach for some, Richie felt the wish-list was an efficient way to connect new moms with those who want to help.

“We take for granted the basic necessities,” Richie told People. “For some families, it’s a serious struggle. This is one way to ease the financial burden and help new babies have a good start in life. We are only working with companies and products that Joel and I would use. We’re checking every product out for safety – and all products are BPA-free.”

A changed man since the birth of his daughter earlier this year, Madden says, “I look at every single child and think of my own child… to think that 26,000 children die every day from simple things that we could prevent, just blows my mind.”

The registry should begin operations this autumn in Los Angeles and New York, with hopes of an eventual international expansion.

2008 Cartier Love Charity Braclets Launched In LA

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:30:00 -0000

Written by Tim Saunders

It wasn’t just about the bling when a major jeweler hosted a star-studded event to launch a line of exquisite bracelets to benefit a worthwhile charity last night.

Stars such as Nicole Richie, Joel Madden, Eva Mendes, Fergie, Hilary Duff, and Janet Jackson attended the official launch of the Love Charity Bracelet in Los Angeles, and pledged their support of the initiative.

This year’s bracelets are made of silk cord with different colors corresponding to a selected charity, and feature two links – one white and one rose gold. They retail for $995, with $200 of that price going towards one of the charities selected by each celebrity. The list of celebrities, colors, and charities include:

Janet Jackson – grey; the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance.
Fergie – orange; The Black Eyed Peas Foundation.
Good Charlotte – deep green; the Richie Madden Children’s Foundation.
Hilary Duff – purple; Blessings in a Backpack, a program run by USA Harvest.
Ashanti – royal blue; Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of America.

This is the third year the campaign has been run, and it has so far raised over $2.24 million for sixteen different charities.

“Cartier is about selling joy and emotion,” said Frédéric de Narp, president and chief executive officer of Cartier North America. “You can’t pretend to sell emotion if you don’t care for people.”

To view the bracelet and find out where to buy one, visit the Cartier website.

Mischa Barton Joins Nicole Richie At Children's Carnival

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:34:00 -0000

Written by Tim Saunders

The sun shone on a host of familiar celebrity faces attending a special charity children’s carnival in LA during the weekend.

Mischa Barton joined Nicole Richie and Joel Madden at the “A Time For Heroes Celebrity Carnival” in Brentwood on Sunday afternoon to raise funds for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and there was face painting and fun galore as the stars mingled with some of their youngest fans. The former OC babe sported a pair of pink angel wings for the event, and even read a children’s book – Olive My Love – to a bunch of kids who were eager to see their heroes in person.

The annual event, which has raised over $25 million over the last 18 years, also drew a plethora of other special guests, including Robin Williams, Blair Underwood, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and Denise Richards. This year’s carnival was expected to generate a further $1 million for the charity.

Nicole Richie Attends Charity T-Shirt Launch

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:36:00 -0000

Written by Tim Saunders

Nicole Richie attended the launch of the Signorelli Angel T-shirt at CUSP boutique in Los Angeles last week to benefit the Children’s Health Fund.

Signorelli – a high end casual clothing line that works with various charity organizations – held the event to launch their Angel apparel collection, which donates a portion of proceeds to the Children’s Health Fund (CHF).

During the launch, Richie pledged to raise $400,000 for the CHF through the sale of the Angel collection, which will be used to build a pediatric clinic on wheels to help the Fund bring urgently needed medical care to disadvantaged American children.

Signorelli – whose current socially-conscious efforts are to end extreme poverty in Africa by 2025, assist underprivileged children and the homeless with healthcare, prevent heart disease, protect the environment, stop global warming, end animal abuse, protect human rights, and put an end to breast cancer – has a special CHF collection that includes high end t-shirts, tanks, casual french terry jumpers, and rhinestoned hats which will retail at the top boutiques across the world, including Neiman Marcus’s Cusp, Kitson (LA), Fred Segal (LA), The Lounge (NYC), and Conley’s (Germany).

The Angel Tee, which has also been worn by Kim Kardashian, is available from Signorelli’s website.

Stars Call for Action on Disaster Relief

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:48:24 -0000

Written by Myrlia Purcell

Compassion is showing itself to be a universal language, as people from around the world are taking steps to help victims of the recent natural disasters in Asia. Celebrities are flocking to support the desperate nation of Burma/Myanmar, with Not On Our Watch, the charity started by Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, George Clooney and Jerry Weintraub, donating $500,000 towards rescue operations.

The group will use $250,000 for its own relief efforts, and has donated $250,000 of that amount to Save the Children, who, with UNICEF, are two of the few relief organizations currently deployed due to the military government’s reluctance to allow aid workers into the country. According to Britain’s Department for International Development, the country needs at least 10 times the amount of aid that the ruling junta leaders are currently allowing in.

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden have just released a PSA made in support of UNICEF’s work towards helping the victims of May 2nd’s cyclone, asking people to give what they can to help the survivors of the disaster which has left tens of thousands dead, and hundreds of thousands suffering.

Queen Elizabeth II has also made a “significant” personal donation to the efforts. While the amount of the donation was not disclosed, it is believed that the donation went to Britain’s Disasters Emergency Committee. The first British relief flight left Dubai on Monday, carrying shelter material for 43,000 families.

Organizing aid for victims of Monday’s 7.9 earthquake in China is Jackie Chan, who donated $1.4 million with charity-fund partner Emperor Entertainment Group chairman Albert Yeung. The earthquake, which has killed 12,000 people, was felt as far away as Thailand.

To make donations to help cyclone victims in Burma, visit the Save the Children, UNICEF and the Disasters Emergency Committee websites, and to help victims of the earthquake in China, visit Jackie Chan’s donation page, and choose “China Earthquake Fund”.

Nicole Richie Founds New Charity

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:36:07 -0000

Written by Tim Saunders

One of the hottest couples in Hollywood are expecting a baby – and have founded a children’s charity to celebrate.

Nicole Richie and Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden held a baby shower with a difference on November 18, with most of the gifts they received being donated to mothers in need. The couple formally introduced their new charity, the Richie Madden Children’s Foundation, in front of 90 guests at the Wizard Of Oz themed party.

“It’s really sweet,” said Rashida Jones, from NBC’s The Office, who joined guests such as Paris Hilton and Masha Gordon at the party. “With all the swag these days, we’re given so much stuff it’s almost wasteful. It’s kind of nice when we’re giving to each other to give to someone else.”

The Richie Madden Children’s Foundation is being established to help young mothers and families, and plans to donate 100 “Mom-To-Be” kits to the Los Angeles Free Clinic in December. They are currently asking for donations of items such as cribs and mattresses, diapers and liners, strollers and car seats, baby bottles and pacifiers, baby monitors, toys and books, baby carriers, and baby bathtubs to be included in the kits. A website for the new foundation is being planned, which will create and promote an online registry to inspire the purchases of items for families in need.

“We’ve had opportunities and know that we’re very blessed,” said Joel Madden, who is excited about the arrival of the new baby in January. “We couldn’t imagine having a baby and not being as blessed as we are. We’re just trying to help out some other young couples, and the Los Angeles Free Clinic – which provides healthcare, pre-natal care, and job opportunities for free – is the most amazing place I’ve ever seen.”

Earlier this year, the Los Angeles Free Clinic, which provides dependable and affordable healthcare and services, celebrated its 40th anniversary. For those who wish to contribute to the Richie Madden Children’s Foundation’s “Mom-To-Be” initiative, the clinic can be contacted via www.lafreeclinic.org.

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