What are two things you need to build a house? Ty Pennington, best known for hosting ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, will show students in grades 4 and up that along with the proper materials, they need strong math skills.
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Actor Brad Pitt's Make It Right organisation has partnered with the Sioux and Assiniboine American Indian tribes of Fort Peck to build sustainable, green homes on their reservation.
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Mountain Dew and Lil Wayne have announced that they have partnered with action sports youth development agency STOKED for the next phase of their national DEWeezy campaign.
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eBay, the world’s largest online marketplace, is teaming up with Brad Pitt's Make It Right to take charitable fundraising to a whole new level with a physical space and interactive bidding.
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Make It Right has announced that Ellen DeGeneres will join Brad Pitt as host of “A Night to Make It Right”, a charity gala to raise vital funds to complete Make It Right’s goal to build 150 environmentally friendly homes in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward.
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Just in time for the holiday giving season, eBay, the world’s largest online marketplace, today announced the launch of eBay.com/celebrity, a unique shopping destination that combines celebrity experiences, memorabilia and merchandise with philanthropic causes.
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To celebrate acts of kindness around the country, Allergan, Inc., the maker of BOTOX Cosmetic, has announced the “BOTOX Cosmetic My Expressions of Kindness” charitable campaign.
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Brad Pitt visited an urban renewal project – designed by famed Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer – in the industrial city of Aviles in northern Spain last week.
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The Bryan Adams Foundation held its inaugural fundraising event, An Evening of Opera and Picnic, last month on the lawns of The Royal Hospital, Chelsea in London.
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Brad Pitt was spotted wearing a shirt bearing the logo of Graft last week, when his bike broke down and the paparazzi had to give him a ride home.
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Actor Brad Pitt met with the US Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, and House Majority Whip, James Clyburn, last week in Washington to discuss the rebuilding of New Orleans’ hurricane-ravaged Lower 9th Ward.
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Brad Pitt visited the New Orleans neighborhood where families are moving into six homes built by his charity following Hurricane Katrina earlier this week.
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Hollywood hunks Brad Pitt and George Clooney will kick off this year’s Venice film festival on Wednesday, August 27, with the world premiere of their latest film and a fundraising dinner for charity.
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TIME magazine placed Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie together in 21st place in its latest annual list of the world’s most influential people, and George Clooney stepped up to write a glowing tribute.
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It will be raining philanthropic celebrities on Wednesday night when American Idol Gives Back airs on the Fox Network. The “star clouds” are set to burst with a gala of music, fun, appearances, and surprises – all in the name of charity.
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Comedienne, actress, and New Orleans native Ellen DeGeneres has raised over $10 million for the city since it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina over two years ago.
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2007 was a year of giving, both on grand and not-so-grand scales. Celebrities from all fields, be it movies, music, sport or general entertainment, showed compassion beyond the call of duty, and in most cases had a lot of fun doing it.
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The giving just keeps on going this holiday season, with a whole bunch of celebrities donating items to charity auctions, and others taking the time to attend events and fork out massive amounts of money for good causes.
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