Celebrities
Christian Slater, Hilary Swank, Lance Armstrong, Melissa Etheridge, Morgan Freeman, Nicole Kidman, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks
Charities
American Cancer Society, Beautiful Lengths, Entertainment Industry Foundation
Causes
Cancer, Children, Creative Arts, Education, Health, Hunger, Poverty, Women
February 27, 2008 by Tim Saunders
Oscar winning actress Hilary Swank was honored at a special function in Los Angeles last week for her work with cancer charities.
The 33-year-old was presented with the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s 2008 Courage Award, in recognition of her efforts on behalf of the EIF’s Women’s Cancer Research Fund. Past recipients of the award have included Melissa Etheridge, Lance Armstrong, and Nicole Kidman.
Among the stars to pay tribute to Swank at last week’s ceremony, held at the Beverly Wiltshire, were Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Christian Slater.
The award was presented by Swank’s Million Dollar Baby co-star Morgan Freeman, who said “she truly has the heart of a champion.”
In November 2007, Swank chopped off over 9 inches of her hair on Oprah and donated it to Pantene Beautiful Lengths, a campaign working with the American Cancer Society to provide free wigs to women who have lost their hair after cancer treatment.
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