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Miley Cyrus: 10 Ways To Get Ur Good On For Back To School   Aug 19, 2011

  • Youth Service America's celebrity supporters
  • Get Ur Good On's celebrity supporters
  • Justin Bieber's charity work and causes
  • Michelle Obama's charity work and causes
  • Miley Cyrus's charity work and causes
  • Pencils of Promise's celebrity supporters
  • First Book's celebrity supporters
  • After-School All-Stars's celebrity supporters
  • Blessings in a Backpack's celebrity supporters
  • Beyoncé Knowles's charity work and causes

Youth Service America (YSA) and Get Ur Good On have compiled a list of “10 Ways to Get Ur Good On for Back to School” – encouraging youth on how to stay engaged with community service when the summer ends and school starts.

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Stars Support First Book Campaign   Aug 10, 2009

  • First Book's celebrity supporters
  • Morgan Freeman's charity work and causes
  • Selena Gomez's charity work and causes
  • Marlee Matlin's charity work and causes
  • John Krasinski's charity work and causes
  • Neil Patrick Harris's charity work and causes
  • Patti LaBelle's charity work and causes
  • David Duchovny's charity work and causes

Following last year’s successful What Book Got You Hooked campaign, literacy charity First Book is once again joining with the stars to raise awareness.

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New Kids On The Block Step Up For Charity   Jun 9, 2009

  • New Kids On The Block's charity work and causes
  • Joey McIntyre's charity work and causes
  • First Book's celebrity supporters

New Kids On The Block’s Joey McIntyre is encouraging fans to donate books to needy children through his new charity, the Let’s Get This Foundation.

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Julianne Hough Issues $100,000 Challenge To Map Play Places   Mar 24, 2009

  • Julianne Hough's charity work and causes
  • Jumpstart's celebrity supporters
  • First Book's celebrity supporters

Two-time “Dancing with the Stars” champion and Mercury Nashville recording artist Julianne Hough has partnered up with KaBOOM!, a national non-profit, to map and rate playspaces everywhere online. Once it has this comprehensive user-generated playground audit, KaBOOM! will know which areas of the country have a great place for kids to play every day and which areas fall short. Toward this end, Julianne will donate $1 to select charities every time someone uploads a new place to play (up to $100,000).

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What Book Got The Stars Hooked?   Aug 14, 2008

  • First Book's celebrity supporters
  • Stephen Colbert's charity work and causes
  • Emma Thompson's charity work and causes
  • Edward Norton's charity work and causes
  • Scarlett Johansson's charity work and causes
  • David Duchovny's charity work and causes
  • Neil Patrick Harris's charity work and causes
  • John Krasinski's charity work and causes
  • Rebecca Romijn's charity work and causes
  • Barry Manilow's charity work and causes
  • Patti LaBelle's charity work and causes
  • Harry Shearer's charity work and causes
  • Joan Collins's charity work and causes

Before they were famous, they were reading under the covers with flashlights like the rest of us, and now, stars are sharing their love of reading with us through the What Got You Hooked? campaign.

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Stars Deliver For Literacy Charities   Oct 12, 2006

  • Kate Winslet's charity work and causes
  • Margaret Atwood's charity work and causes
  • Jonathan Pryce's charity work and causes
  • Phil Collins's charity work and causes
  • Katie Melua's charity work and causes
  • Halle Berry's charity work and causes
  • Mike Myers's charity work and causes
  • Lindsay Lohan's charity work and causes
  • Sharon Stone's charity work and causes
  • Alex Trebek's charity work and causes
  • Wayne Gretzky's charity work and causes
  • First Book's celebrity supporters

Kate Winslet, Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Pryce and Phil Collins are among 40 celebrities who have donated their time and artistic skills to the UK Pitney Bowes Pushing the Envelope campaign.

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