http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/687-hope-mission en-us 40 The latest news about celebrity good deeds and charity involvement Singer Hilary Duff served up chicken and stew for hundreds of homeless and working poor men last week at Hope Mission&#8217;s Herb Jamieson Center, a shelter in downtown Edmonton, Alberta. She stopped by the Center as part of her campaign to raise awareness about poverty and hunger.</p> <p>&#8220;It&#8217;s nice when someone who makes a lot of money will look you in the eye and treat you like a real person,&#8221; Hope Mission spokeswoman Janelle Aker said, adding that Duff&#8217;s efforts could also help raise awareness with a younger demographic.</p> <p>The pop star was in town as part of the Canadian leg of her North American Dignity tour, which kicked off last weekend. Duff is once again asking concert-goers to bring along non-perishable food donations to be collected at concert gates by The Salvation Army and distributed by food charity Harvest. Harvest chapters &#8220;collect surplus food from restaurants, grocery stores, and other food producers and immediately deliver it to missions, shelters, soup kitchens and food banks.&#8221; During her previous two Canadian tours, Duff raised over 125,000 pounds for Alberta Harvest. Harvest founder Stan Curtis says each concert can bring in as many as 3,000 cans of food, enough for 6,000 meals. 
 <p><a href="/news/310-hilary-duff-dishes-it-out-at-homeless-shelter">Read more</a></p> Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:03:34 +0000 urn:uuid:http://www.looktothestars.org/news/310 http://www.looktothestars.org/news/310-hilary-duff-dishes-it-out-at-homeless-shelter Hilary Duff Hope Mission The Salvation Army Alberta Harvest USA Harvest Scarlett Johansson Green Day Goo Goo Dolls Celebrity Charity Philanthropy Giving Children Poverty Women Homelessness Disaster Relief Abuse Family/Parent Support Grief Support At-Risk/Disadvantaged Youths Hunger Rape/Sexual Abuse