Look To The Stars News: Charity Begins At Home

Jonas Brothers Top List Of Favorite Celebrity Charity Auctions

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Charity auction website Charity Folks has released its list of the Top 10 hottest celebrity draws for 2008.

Heading the list is the Jonas Brothers, who raised a massive $450,000 in an auction that offered VIP tickets and meet-and-greets and benefited their Change for the Children Foundation, the charity they set up to support programs that motivate and inspire children to face adversity with confidence, determination and a will to succeed.

Coming in a close second on the list was Billy Joel, who raised $400,000 for Charity Begins At Home from a private New York concert. Bruce Springsteen was third with $300,000, followed by Morgan Freeman, Howard Stern sidekick Robin Quivers, and the cast of The Sopranos.

An Intimate Evening With Billy Joel

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:00:00 +0000

Piano Man Billy Joel will hold an evening of questions, answers and a little music at the Hard Rock Cafe in Manhattan on October 27 to raise money for charity.

The “Master Class” event will raise money for Charity Begins At Home, which is currently celebrating its 30th anniversary of funding nonprofit agencies in the tri-state area. Established by Joel in 1978, the organization uses money from the singer’s concerts to fund charities that serve those dealing with child abuse, domestic violence, autism, cancer and other issues.

Tickets for the show – restricted to 400 – can be bid on at Charity Folks. 30 lucky people will get to sit on stage with the singer, and guests will be provided with hors d’oeuvres and cocktails.

Billy Joel - A Philanthropic Man

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:26:01 +0000

Billy Joel is back with his first new song since 1994 – sort of. The 58-year-old singer has made a triumphant return with “Christmas in Fallujah”, a protest song about the war in Iraq, with proceeds going to charity.

“I guess [it’s] just a cumulative effect of this war,” said the Grammy winning singer about how he came to write the song. “We’ve been there longer than World War II. I’ve been getting mail from service people over there, and there seemed to be a similar theme running through the letters, which was a sense of alienation from the home front. I think a lot of people are starting to feel like they’re forgotten.”

However, don’t expect to hear Joel’s trademark piano on the recording – in fact, don’t expect to hear much of Joel himself. The semi-retired entertainer decided to let a young musician from Long Island, 21-year-old Cass Dillon, take the lead vocals.