http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1258-bush-clinton-coastal-recovery-fund en-us 40 The latest news about celebrity good deeds and charity involvement The Rocket&#8217;s 13th annual Tux &amp; Tennies Charity Gala, coming in February, will award the event&#8217;s proceeds to the Bush Clinton Coastal Recovery Fund and the Yao Ming Foundation.</p> <p>The basketball team wanted to help local communities rebuild after the effects of last autumn&#8217;s Hurricane Ike. But team player Yao Ming has another passion as well – his Yao Ming Foundation, created last spring in his country of origin, China.</p> <p>Rockets.com quoted team owner Leslie Alexander: &#8220;There is still much work to be done in China to recover from the devastation that was caused by the earthquake there last May. Because these two natural disasters have affected so many lives in areas close to our hearts, I wanted to find a way to provide assistance to both causes.&#8221; <p><a href="/news/1794-yao-foundation-and-the-bush-and-cinton-fund-are-this-years-rocket-recipients">Read more</a></p> Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:30:00 +0000 urn:uuid:http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1794 http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1794-yao-foundation-and-the-bush-and-cinton-fund-are-this-years-rocket-recipients Bush Clinton Coastal Recovery Fund Yao Ming Foundation Yao Ming Celebrity Charity Philanthropy Giving Children Education Disaster Relief Literacy