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Kristin Davis Attends Sisters On The Planet Summit Mar 9, 2012

More than 70 powerful women from around the US and the world – including actor Kristin Davis (Sex and the City), former Haitian Prime Minister Michelle Pierre-Louis, Top Chef Masters competitor Mary Sue Milliken and many more – joined international relief and development organization Oxfam America in Washington, DC for a Sisters on the Planet Summit to mark International Women’s Day this week. More →

Stars Voice Talking Clock For Charity Mar 9, 2012

Following on from his extraordinary 140 mile Thames swim, Little Britain star David Walliams is helping BT to raise £1 million for Sport Relief 2012 by lending his voice to the BT Speaking Clock. More →

Lenny Kravitz Wants Clean Water Around The World Mar 7, 2012

Lenny Kravitz is throwing his support behind the global push by UNICEF and its partners to help save and improve the lives of millions of children and their families around the world by providing them with access to clean water and adequate sanitation. More →

John Bishop Completes His Week Of Hell For Charity Mar 7, 2012

After cycling, rowing and running 290 punishing miles in just five days, comedian John Bishop crossed the finish line of his BT Sport Relief Challenge: Bishop’s Week Of Hell on Friday. More →

Amy Winehouse Foundation Launches Scholarship Mar 6, 2012

The Amy Winehouse Foundation – a charity established soon after the singer passed away last year – has teamed up with the Sylvia Young Theatre School to offer an exclusive scholarship. More →

Kristin Davis To Mark International Women's Day At Oxfam Event Mar 1, 2012

More than 70 powerful women from around the US and the world, including actor Kristin Davis (Sex and the City), former Haitian Prime Minister Michelle Pierre-Louis, Top Chef Masters competitor Mary Sue Milliken and many more, will join international relief and development organization Oxfam America for a Sisters on the Planet Summit on March 7 to mark International Women’s Day. More →

Jane Lynch To MC Charity Gala Feb 29, 2012

Annually, the Alliance For Children's Rights holds a heartfelt red carpet fundraiser dinner to honor the recipient of its National Champion for Children Award and the Francis M. Wheat Community Service Award. More →

Feliciano dos Santos Says Let’s Wash Our Hands Feb 29, 2012

Musician and environmental activist Feliciano dos Santos has been using his band Massukos as a teaching tool. More →

Shaq O'Neal To Be Honored As Father Of The Year Feb 28, 2012

The National Father’s Day/Mother’s Day Council announced today that it has named 2012 honorees for its 34th Annual Outstanding Mother Awards and 71st Annual Father of the Year Awards luncheons. Proceeds for both events will benefit Save the Children's U.S. Programs. More →

LTTS Exclusive: Sheila E. Talks Charity Feb 27, 2012

Sheila E. is known for her fantastic music, stunning looks and heart of gold. LookToTheStars.org’s Misty Schwartz recently spoke to the icon – who founded the Elevate Hope Foundation to provide abused and abandoned children an alternative method of therapy through music and the arts – about her charity work with Global Green. More →

Colin Firth Hosts Star-Studded Charity Dinner For Oxfam America Feb 24, 2012

On February 22, 2012 Vanity Fair and Ermenegildo Zegna, along with Colin and Livia Firth and Anna Zegna, hosted an intimate dinner at Chateau Marmont to benefit Oxfam America, the international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. More →

Bill Gates: Investments In Agriculture Are Best Weapons Against Hunger Feb 24, 2012

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has told the international agricultural community it had fallen short of delivering the help small farmers in developing countries need, when they need it. More →

The Hunger Games Stars Team With Charity To Fight Hunger Feb 23, 2012

One month before the release of the much-anticipated film The Hunger Games, the cast and producers are teaming up with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Feeding America to raise awareness about hunger in the United States and around the world, with the launch of a video public service announcement and a new website wfp.org/hungergames. More →

Mia Farrow: Conflict Robs Children Of Their Childhood Feb 23, 2012

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow wrapped up her visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo yesterday with an urgent plea for better vaccination campaigns and protection for children to stamp out polio and save and improve the lives of especially the most vulnerable children, whose communities continue to be ravaged by poverty and conflict. More →

Female Stars Host Charity Jumble Sale For Oxfam Feb 23, 2012

Elbows out for a jumble sale with a difference. On Sunday 26 February Dawn Porter and Gemma Cairney are hosting a jumble sale with their celebrity girlfriends to raise money for Oxfam's Get-together campaign to celebrate International Women’s Day – and we all are invited! More →

Susan Boyle Flips Pancakes For Charity Feb 22, 2012

Susan Boyle flipped pancakes for charity during the weekend. More →

Mia Farrow Launches Polio Vaccination Campaign In Chad Feb 22, 2012

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow has participated in the launching ceremony of the national polio campaign in Chad, a country that registered the second highest number of polio cases in the world. More →

Mia Farrow Blogs From Africa Feb 21, 2012

Mia Farrow has blogged from Moundou, near the border with the Central African Republic, where she is visiting with UNICEF in an effort to make polio a thing of the past. More →

David Walliams' Charity Swim To Hit TV Screens Feb 21, 2012

It was read by millions in the papers, heard on the radio and watched on the news, becoming a national phenomenon and a moment in British history. In September 2011, comedian David Walliams spent an epic eight days swimming 140.54 miles of the River Thames for Sport Relief. Now, for the first time, the inside story of what he went through will be told. More →

Stars To Attend FilmAid International Oscar Night Event Feb 20, 2012

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and humanitarian aid organization FilmAid International will host an Oscar Night event at the ‘21’ Club in New York City in celebration of the 84th Academy Awards on Oscar Sunday, February 26. More →

Join Mia Farrow And UNICEF On Google Plus Feb 16, 2012

On February 20th, join Mia Farrow and UNICEF for their Google Plus hangout from Bukavu, Congo. 
 
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Eva Longoria To Take Part In Campaign Hollywood Feb 15, 2012

Vanity Fair Vice President and Publisher Edward J. Menicheschi has announced the slate of events for the thirteenth installment of “Campaign Hollywood,” the magazine’s annual week-long celebration leading up to the Academy Awards. More →

Mary J. Blige Performs At (RED) Event Feb 13, 2012

Hollywood stars and LA’s finest attended Belvedere Vodka's pre-Grammy party at Avalon to celebrate its partnership with (RED) to raise proceeds for the Global Fund – among the world’s leading financiers of programs to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. More →

Olympic Stars Join JLS For Sport Relief Video Feb 13, 2012

The music video for JLS's official Sport Relief single, Proud, sees three British Olympic medal winners join the UK’s hottest pop group to celebrate the UK’s biggest year of sport. More →

Glee Bully Wants Charity Cash By Valentine's Day Feb 13, 2012

Glee’s campus jock and closeted gay bully Dave Karofsky – played by Max Adler, International Spokesperson for City Hearts: Kids Say Yes to the Arts – has inspired his global Twitter following to donate more than $7,000 to an e-campaign for his new “Max’s ABC: Anti-Bullying through City Hearts” program in just the past 3 weeks. Now, his goal is to double that amount to $14,000 by Valentine’s Day, the 14th of February, in order to fund his Anti-Bullying program at one City Hearts site for the rest of this year. More →

Mia Farrow To Visit Chad And Congo This Weekend Feb 10, 2012

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow will travel to Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a 10-day trip starting Sunday to support a global push to make polio a part of the past. More →

50 Cent Visits Africa To Fight Hunger Feb 9, 2012

The World Food Programme has been hosting rap music star 50 Cent during his trip this week to Somalia and Kenya this week, where he was able to see at first hand the fight against hunger in the Horn of Africa. More →

Mary J. Blige To Perform At (RED) Event Feb 8, 2012

Award-winning, multi-platinum singer Mary J. Blige will be performing at a private pre-Grammy event on February 9 2012 to celebrate the partnership of Belvedere, the world’s first super premium vodka, and (RED). More →

John Bishop's Week Of Hell For Charity Feb 7, 2012

British comedian John Bishop is about to have one incredibly tough week as he takes on The BT Sport Relief Challenge: Bishop’s Week Of Hell – the second in a series of celebrity challenges sponsored by BT for Sport Relief 2012. Starting on Monday 27th February, it will be the most physically gruelling test of John’s life as he attempts to cycle, row and run over 290 punishing miles from Paris to London in just five days. More →

America Ferrera To Talk Education And Giving Back Feb 6, 2012

America Ferrera, the award-winning actress who is best known for her portrayal of Betty Suarez in the hit comedy Ugly Betty, will speak at Bunker Hill Community College on Thursday, February 16, 2012. More →