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Federer plays tennis for children’s charity Sep 17, 2006

Tennis superstar Roger Federer agreed to play an hour of tennis Saturday Sept. 2 with the highest bidder for the Australian children’s charity, the Humpty Dumpty Foundation. More →

Bill Murray auctions off custom-made bike at charity golf event Sep 9, 2006

Bill Murray, no stranger to celebrity golf charity, auctioned off a custom-made motorcycle at the sixth annual Murray Bros. Caddyshack Golf Tournament in St. Augustine, Fla., last May, which raised over $1 million for the St. Vincent's Foundation Mobile Health Outreach Ministry. More →

Clothes Off Our Back Holding Emmy Auction Sep 9, 2006

Clothes Off Our Back is holding its Fifth Annual Emmy Auction, allowing fans to bid on clothing and accessories worn by winners, nominees and attendees on the red carpet. More →

Priceless Piano on Auction at the David Foster and Friends Charity Gala Aug 22, 2006

Over 60 superstars have signed David Foster's one-of-a-kind Yamaha grand piano, which will be auctioned live and via the internet during the 2006 David Foster and Friends Gala. More →

Paltrow Offers Face To African AIDS Charity Aug 11, 2006

Gwyneth Paltrow has joined a number of top celebrities by adding her support to charity Keep A Child Alive, which fights AIDS in Africa. More →

Jay-Z To Raise Awareness Of Global Water Crisis Aug 11, 2006

Jay-Z, rapper and president of Def Jam Records, announced on Wednesday that he will work with the United Nations and MTV to get children involved in the fight against the worldwide water crisis. He cited statistics that 1.1 billion people live without clean drinking water and 2.6 billion lack proper sanitation. More →

Streisand Donates $1M to Climate Change Initiative Aug 11, 2006

Singer Barbra Streisand announced this week that she will donate $1M to former president Bill Clinton’s favourite charity, the Climate Change Initiative. More →

Dan Radcliffe Thanks Fans for Donations Aug 6, 2006

Harry Potter hero Daniel Radcliffe has sent a note to one of his fan sites thanking people for donating to his favourite charity, Demelza House. More →

King's Foundation to Cover Medical Costs Aug 5, 2006

Talk show host Larry King is set to help 300 people by covering the cost of their medical care through the Larry King Cardiac Foundation. More →

Jackie Chan Reveals Charity Will Jun 28, 2006

While at a press conference to raise awareness of the endangered South China tiger, Jackie Chan announced that he has bequeathed half of his fortune to charity. More →

Warren Buffett Gives 85% of Fortune To Bill Gates' Foundation Jun 26, 2006

In a stunning move the world’s second richest man Warren Buffett has announced that he will donate around $37bn of his personal fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. More →

Michael J. Fox Foundation Boosts Parkinson's Research Jun 22, 2006

The Michael J. Fox Foundation has awarded scientists in Australia $800,000 to aid their research into Parkinson’s Disease. The research aims to improve the mobility of sufferers and prevent them from falling. More →

Gates Open To More Charity Work Jun 20, 2006

College drop-out turned technology super-star Bill Gates announced that over the next two years he will withdraw from his daily role at Microsoft in order to dedicate himself full-time to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. More →

Elton Will Donate Libel Damages To Charity May 25, 2006

A London High Court libel judgement against The Daily Mail will require the British newspaper to compensate Sir Elton John to the tune of £100,000 ($188,000) for a defamatory article it printed about the star. More →

Robbie Lines Up Maradona For Soccer Aid Match May 24, 2006

Retired superstar footballer Diego Maradona is set to join Robbie Williams in the Soccer Aid celebrity football match to beneft UNICEF. More →

Beckham Party Raises £2m May 24, 2006

Media darlings Victoria and David Beckham invited their celebrity friends and acquaintances to a ‘Full Length and Fabulous’ charity party last weekend, and raised £2m for UNICEF in the process. More →

Forbes' "Most Generous Celebrities" List May 19, 2006

Forbes Magazine has published a list of “Generous Celebrities”, highlighting the incredible generosity of some of the world’s most public faces. More →

Lopez Auctions Clothing for Children's Hospital May 17, 2006

The Children's Hospital Los Angeles is set to benefit from an upcoming online auction of clothing owned and worn by Jennifer Lopez. More →

Bono Launches Charitable Mobile Phone May 16, 2006

Bono’s AIDS charity (RED) is set to benefit from an arrangement the singer has made in conjunction with Motorola and the UK’s Carphone Warehouse. More →

Top Writers Read for Charity May 11, 2006

“Harry Potter” author JK Rowling is set to join celebrated authors Stephen King and John Irving at a charity reading in New York this August. More →

Multiple Sclerosis Society Gets Rowling Donation Apr 26, 2006

Britain’s Multiple Sclerosis Society, of which JK Rowling is a patron, received a “significant” donation from the author of the best-selling “Harry Potter” book series. More →

Dennis Quaid Charity Weekend Aims to Raise $500,000 Apr 20, 2006

Over 30 celebrities are expected to attend the Dennis Quaid 2006 Charity Weekend from 4th-7th of May in Austin, Texas, where the actor lives. More →

Charity Pockets Elton's Clothes Sale Proceeds Apr 18, 2006

The five-day sale of 10,000 pieces of designer clothing owned by Sir Elton John and partner David Furnish concluded successfully on Friday. More →

Elton's Closet Opens in New York Apr 11, 2006

Sir Elton John has donated nearly 10,000 items of his own clothing and accessories to raise money for his charity, the Elton John AIDS Foundation. The event, called Elton’s Closet, is being held on the Concourse Level of Rockefeller Center in Manhattan from April 11-15. More →

Glenn Tipton's Guitar On Auction Mar 10, 2006

Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest has put his trusty Gibson guitar up for auction on eBay. The guitar is autographed and comes with a presentation case and a certificate of authenticity. More →

Photo Auction For Third World Relief Mar 7, 2006

Avril Lavigne, Céline Dion and Alanis Morissette are among Canadian musicians taking part in the Art Gives Hope: A Decade of Music Portraits exhibit in Toronto. More →

Football Match For UNICEF Mar 6, 2006

Robbie Williams is set to lead the British football team in this summer’s charity tournament, Soccer Aid. More →

Stars' Doodles Auctioned Mar 4, 2006

Emma Thompson, Claudia Schiffer and Sir Roger Moore are among the list of celebrities who have taken part in the UK’s National Doodle Day. The fun drawings are up for auction on eBay, raising money for Epilepsy Action and the Neurofibromatosis Association. More →

Charging For Charity Mar 2, 2006

Bono and Elle Macpherson are the faces behind the (RED) American Express Card, which Bono was proud to launch yesterday. More →

Couric Cuts Curry Mar 2, 2006

Katie Couric trimmed off 10 inches of Ann Curry’s hair for Locks Of Love on the “Today Show”. More →