Look To The Stars News: Big Brothers Big Sisters

Nick Lachey Helps Set World Record At Charity Event

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Football fan Nick Lachey and NFL football legends such as Jim Kelly and Rodney Peete helped Tostitos set a Guinness World Record and kicked off the college bowl game season in New York City on Friday, with Tostitos Fiesta in the Square, a one-of-a-kind football-themed “party with a purpose” to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Nick Lachey joins Tostitos brand to kick off the college football bowl game season by hosting the Tostitos Fiesta in the Square

Football Legends To Join Nick Lachey At Charity Fiesta In The Square

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000

The Tostitos brand has announced plans to kick off the college football bowl game season by hosting one of the most exciting social occasions of 2011 – the “Tostitos Fiesta in the Square.”

This one-of-a-kind football-themed “party with a purpose” will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters and take place in the heart of New York City from 1:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 16, 2011. The celebration will convert the Times Square Military Island into a regulation-size college football endzone where fans will help the Tostitos brand set a new Guinness World Records title for the most people to kick successful American football field goals in six hours. As part of the event, the Tostitos brand will donate $100,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters. If a new Guinness World Records title is set, the Tostitos brand will double that amount for a total donation of $200,000.

Highlights from the event will be shared during the nationwide broadcast of the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on ESPN on January 2, 2012. Tostitos, a flagship brand of PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division, has sponsored the Fiesta Bowl for the past 17 years.

Warren Buffett Gets Animated For Charity

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:30:00 +0000

A Squared Entertainment and By Kids For Kids Co. have teamed up with CreditReport.com to launch Warren Buffett’s Secret Millionaires Club “Learn and Earn” financial literacy promotion.

An expansion of the Secret Millionaires Club animated series that features Warren Buffett mentoring a group of kids through their own business adventures, key aspects of the campaign include: the “Learn and Earn” promotion, which offers educational materials for kids in grades 3 – 6; the “Grow Your Own Business” Challenge — based on Mr. Buffett’s financial lessons — which invites kids to submit ideas for their own entrepreneurial endeavors for the chance to win $5,000 with finalists given the opportunity to present their business ideas to Mr. Buffett himself in his hometown of Omaha; and the premiere of the first Secret Millionaires Club television special on The Hub TV network.

Exclusively sponsored by CreditReport.com, the Secret Millionaires Club “Learn and Earn” financial education activities are being offered to kids in more than 100,000 U.S. schools, as well as numerous youth organizations throughout the country, including Jr. Achievement, 4H, Girls Inc, and Big Brothers Big Sisters. The yearlong promotion, managed by kids marketing agency By Kids For Kids, provides fun, educational activities, extending the lessons from the Secret Millionaires Club animated series. All materials have been developed by leading educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Kathy Ireland To Be Honored For Charity Work

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:00:00 +0000

The second annual “Bags and Bling” Champagne Luncheon will take place Friday, November 5, 2010, at the Las Posas Country Club in Camarillo.

The event begins at 11:45 AM with an amazing array of new, designer, and vintage handbags, jewelry and accessories available for purchase or through the silent auction. Attendees also have the opportunity to get their photograph taken wearing “The Necklace,” a diamond necklace made famous by a group of women called “The Jewelias” who are featured in a national bestselling book of the same name.

During the luncheon, Big Brothers Big Sisters CEO Lynne West will present the “Wise, Wonderful Woman of the Year” Award to Kathy Ireland. West says that Ireland was chosen for this honor because “as a business woman, philanthropist, designer, author, wife and mother, she is a wise and wonderful role model for our Little Sisters.”

Samuel L. Jackson To Lead Celebrity Charity Golf Tournament

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:00:00 +0000

A huge number of stars and famous faces will hit the golf course in next month as part of the BMW Charity Pro-Am tournament.

The 2010 BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation will be played Thursday, May 13 through Sunday, May 16 at South Carolina’s Bright’s Creek Golf Club, The Carolina Country Club and Thornblade Club. Among the 28 celebrities confirmed to tee off are former Eagles guitarist Don Felder, Catherine Bell, Samuel L. Jackson, Dr. Phil McGraw, Dennis Quaid, Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney, Kurt Russell, Kevin Sorbo, Luke Wilson and many others.

The BMW Charity Pro-Am is the only tournament on the Nationwide Tour where amateurs and celebrities are grouped with Nationwide Tour professionals in a four-day better-ball competition over three courses. Amateurs, celebrities and pros rotate between three courses on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with the 14 lowest scoring pro-amateur/pro-celebrity teams advancing to play Sunday’s final round at Thornblade Club. Celebrities play once at each course on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Professional winner of the overall 72-hole event will take home $108,000 from the total purse of $600,000.

ICAP To Hold 17th Annual Charity Day

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:00:00 +0000

ICAP, the world’s premier interdealer broker, will hold its 17th annual global Charity Day on Wednesday, 9 December, 2009. On this day, 100% of company revenues and commissions will be donated to a selection of over 120 charities around the world.

Since the inception of ICAP Charity Day, ICAP and its customers in over 50 countries have raised funds for over 700 well-deserving charities globally. This year, ICAP will be supporting a further 120 charities globally, almost 30 in North America alone. Last year, $16.3 million was raised on Charity Day, bringing the total to over $100 million since 1993. These funds went towards such diverse programs in North America as helping sick children, supporting literacy, and funding cancer research.

Barry Manilow To Play Concerts For 25 Charities

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:30:00 +0000

Barry Manilow fans listen up: the man himself will be performing in a series of charity concerts in California at the end of the year!

Manilow will perform 5 concerts at McCallum Theatre in Palm Springs in December, with each show benefiting five different charities.

“Being able to give back to my hometown, both in song and charitable support, makes this concert series a very personal and special event for me,” said Manilow. “The 25 recipient charities are invaluable to the Palm Springs community, so extending the holiday spirit of giving to these nonprofit organizations is really a special treat.”

Hill Harper Becomes A Scholarship Namesake

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:30:00 +0000

CSI vet Hill Harper can now add scholarship namesake under his list of many achievements.

The talented star recently had an educational award created in his honor. The award is managed by the United Negro College Fund and will be an exclusive scholarship of the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of America. The Hill Harper Mentoring Scholarship will be granted to financially challenged college bound students.

Harper comments: “I am honored to have a scholarship that represents so much that I believe in named for me… at a time when President Obama is urging Americans to serve and First Lady Michelle Obama is asking us to consider making that service mentoring at-risk children.”