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Alba, Cook Raise $260K for Variety

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Cuba Gooding Jr., Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, Jessica Simpson, Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott, Will Ferrell

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Second Harvest, Variety - The Children's Charity

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October 4, 2007 by Myrlia Purcell

A Knoxville screening of “Good Luck Chuck” has benefitted the children’s charity Variety of Eastern Tennessee, thanks to the presence of Jessica Alba and Dane Cook. Fans paid $75 to attend the screening and see the actors, raising a total of $260,000 to help disabled children.

The Variety charity screenings began in 2003 with “Radio” and Cuba Gooding Jr., and Walking Tall" raised funds the following year. 2005 saw “The Dukes of Hazzard” with "Jessica Simpson, Seann William Scott and Knoxville native Johnny Knoxville, and last year’s benefit featured “Talladega Nights” with Will Ferrell. Altogether, nearly $1 million has been raised by the screenings.

The funds are used to purchase mobility equipment for children with physical disabilities and are also shared with other children’s agencies such as Second Harvest, Tennessee School for the Deaf and the Empty Stocking Fund.