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Tamsen Fadal To Host 11th Annual Moving Families Forward Gala Aug 25, 2017

Lois Braverman, President & CEO, Ackerman Institute for the Family announced this week the honorees and host for the 11th annual Moving Families Forward gala to take place at the JW Marriott Essex House on Monday, October 23rd in New York City. More →

Neil Patrick Harris Offers Fans A Chance At A Truly Fortunate Experience Aug 25, 2017

Neil Patrick Harris and the American Theatre Wing announced this week that they are partnering with Prizeo, the online platform that democratizes giving, to offer the chance for one lucky fan to join Harris on set of his Netflix Original Series “A Series Of Unfortunate Events” in Vancouver, BC, this fall. More →

Kathie Lee Gifford Joins Board of Trustees Of Animal Medical Center Aug 25, 2017

Celebrated television personality, singer and author Kathie Lee Gifford joins the Animal Medical Center’s (AMC) Board of Trustees. More →

Giving Compass Partners With Mia Hamm To Level The Playing Field For Girls Aug 25, 2017

Giving Compass, the first-of-its-kind online portal aggregating information to help people to give with impact, is partnering with Mia Hamm to raise awareness in a social share campaign benefitting the Mia Hamm Foundation starting August 21, 2017. More →

Standing Rock Music Video Nominated For MTV Video Music Award Aug 24, 2017

For the first time, Native American artists will be standing up to celebrate a major nomination during this year’s MTV Video Music Awards in the newly-added “Best Fight Against the System” category. More →

Doobie Brothers To Perform At Playing For Change Foundation Concert Aug 24, 2017

Playing For Change, the multimedia company responsible for the popular ‘Songs Around The World’ video series, has announced it will host WE ARE ONE, a concert benefitting the Playing For Change Foundation and celebrating 10 years of positive change through music. More →

Waka Flocka, Russell Simmons And Mya Talk Going Vegan Aug 24, 2017

What do Waka Flocka Flame, Russell Simmons, and Mya have in common? Not only are they some of the biggest names in music, they’re also part of the growing vegan movement that’s sweeping up everyone from RZA to Ne-Yo and Jhené Aiko to Raury. More →

Morgan Freeman To Be Honored With 2017 SAG Life Achievement Award Aug 24, 2017

Morgan Freeman – Academy Award winning actor, producer, voice actor and activist – has been named the 54th recipient of SAG-AFTRA's highest tribute: the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. More →

Sofia Carson And Andy Grammar Join TJ Martell Foundation Family Day Aug 24, 2017

The TJ Martell Foundation is announcing today that Hollywood/Republic Records recording artist and Disney Channel star, Sofia Carson, will headline the organization’s 8th Annual Family Day Celebration in Los Angeles at The Grove on Saturday, October 7, 2017 from 12p.m. – 4p.m. PT. More →

Global Citizen Announces Star-Studded Global Citizen Week 2017 Aug 23, 2017

Global Citizen today announced Global Citizen Week, a series of events that will culminate with the 2017 Global Citizen Festival in New York City’s Central Park. More →

Eric Church Band Put A Club In My Hand Golf Tournament Raises Over $200,000 Aug 23, 2017

Country singer Eric Church hosted the sixth annual Eric Church Band Put A Club In My Hand golf tournament in Nashville on August 14. More →

Newman's Own Celebrates 35 Years Of Giving Aug 23, 2017

It was on August 25, 1982, that Newman’s Own shipped its first bottles of salad dressing. More →

Jackie Chan Makes A Difference For Tibet's Blind Aug 23, 2017

Adding to a long list of charity work, Jackie Chan recently launched an operation in conjunction with the Beijing Tongren Ophthalmology Department to help Tibetan people have life-changing procedures to bring back their vision. More →

Sarah Jeffery Is peta2’s Winged Vegan Angel Aug 23, 2017

Wearing a pair of angel wings made entirely of fresh summer fruit, Shades of Blue and Descendants star Sarah Jeffery appears in a new ad campaign for peta2, PETA's youth division, that proclaims, “Be an Angel for Animals — Don’t Eat Them!” More →

Clooney Foundation For Justice Donates $1 Million After Violence In Charlottesville Aug 22, 2017

In the wake of the deadly violence at a white nationalist gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is partnering with the Clooney Foundation for Justice to increase the capacity of the SPLC to combat hate groups in the United States. More →

Muscular Dystrophy Association Mourns The Passing Of Jerry Lewis Aug 22, 2017

The Muscular Dystrophy Association has made a statement following the passing of Jerry Lewis. More →

Darryl McDaniels To Be Honored At Seeds Of Hope Gala Aug 22, 2017

Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, hip hop legend and co-founder of Run DMC will be honored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness-NYC Metro at their annual Seeds of Hope Gala on October 11th in New York City. More →

Sting To Play Benefit Show In Northumberland For Dreamflight Aug 22, 2017

Sting will return home to the North East this October to perform at a unique concert event in support of the Dreamflight charity benefitting local children with life limiting conditions. More →

Steve Earle And Joan Osborne To Perform At Blue Rose Foundation Benefit Concert Aug 22, 2017

Steve Earle and Joan Osborne will join Steve Forbert, Jackie Greene, and Anders Osborne for a special benefit concert benefiting the Blue Rose Foundation on October 18. More →

Viola Davis To Executive-Produce EIF Presents: XQ Super School Live Aug 21, 2017

Viola Davis and Julius Tennon will executive-produce “EIF Presents: XQ Super School Live,” a special one-hour telecast event which will invite the public to help rethink the future of American high schools. More →

Stars To Be Honored By Black AIDS Institute/Heroes in the Struggle Aug 21, 2017

The Black AIDS Institute inducts a select group of individuals and organizations that have made commendable heroic contributions to the fight against HIV/AIDS in Black America. More →

William deVry Named Ambassador For The Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation Aug 21, 2017

The Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation (SROCF) has announced that William deVry will join them as their official celebrity ambassador. More →

Joan Baez And Steve Earle Join Stars For 2017 Lampedusa: Concerts For Refugees Tour Aug 21, 2017

JRS/USA is thrilled to announce its 2017 Lampedusa: Concerts for Refugees Tour. More →

Noel Gallagher To Perform At We Are Manchester Benefit Concert Aug 18, 2017

Manchester Arena will officially reopen on Saturday 9th of September with We Are Manchester – a special benefit concert to honour those impacted by May’s atrocities, and welcome back live entertainment fans to the Arena. More →

Ali MacGraw: Send Animals At Roadside Zoo To Reputable Sanctuaries Aug 18, 2017

Two mountain lions documented as being overweight and two bears documented with hair loss are just some of the animals suffering at the rundown Spring River Park & Zoo, which is operated by the city of Roswell, and Academy Award nominee Ali MacGraw has run out of patience. More →

Demi Lovato To Launch Fall Collaboration With Kate Hudson's Fabletics Aug 18, 2017

Fabletics is excited to announce that the Demi Lovato for Fabletics collection is back by popular demand. More →

Neymar Jr. Named Ambassador For Handicap International Aug 18, 2017

Brazilian football player Neymar Jr. became the new ambassador of the charity Handicap International this week. More →

Common To Host Historic Imagine Justice Community Concert In Sacramento Aug 17, 2017

Grammy and Oscar-Winning Artist and Activist Common will be joined by a number of special guests including J. Cole, Goapele, Van Jones and more on Capitol Mall in Sacramento to host a community concert, Imagine Justice, to advocate for criminal justice reform on Monday, August 21. More →

Ricky Martin Offers The Chance For One Lucky Fan To Go #ALLIN With Him In Vegas Aug 17, 2017

The Ricky Martin Foundation and Prizeo, the online platform that encourages giving across all income levels, announced today that they are partnering to offer the chance for one lucky fan, and a guest, to go #ALLIN at Ricky’s Las Vegas show this September to strengthen their mission. More →

Imagine Dragons To Perform At LOVELOUD Festival Aug 17, 2017

Imagine Dragons will perform at LOVELOUD on August 26, a concert designed to ignite the relevant and vital conversation of what it means to unconditionally love, understand, accept, and support LGBTQ+ youth in our communities. More →