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Ke$ha Announces Charity Concert For Flood Victims May 7, 2010

Singing sensation Ke$ha will play a special concert in Nashville next month to help victims of the recent floods that devastated the region. More →

Kenny Chesney Urges Fans To Help Nashville Flood Victims May 7, 2010

Kenny Chesney is one of many country music stars calling on help from his fans around the world to aid Nashville after floods devastated the Country Music Capital. More →

Celebrities Raise Commissions For Charity With BTIG May 7, 2010

BTIG LLC, an institutional broker dealer specializing in trading and related brokerage services, held its annual Commissions for Charity Day yesterday. The company donated equity, fixed income and derivative trading commission profits earned on Thursday, May 6 to a group of children’s charities. More →

Daryl Hannah Joins Fight Against Oxy In The Amazon May 7, 2010

On Thursday, a group of Achuar indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon arrived in Los Angeles to confront Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) at the company’s Annual General Meeting. More →

Michael J. Fox Makes Wish Come True For Ill Teenager May 6, 2010

Through the outstanding generosity of Michael J. Fox, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research and national children’s charity Kids Wish Network, the only wish of a teen suffering from cystic fibrosis, a brain abscess and blindness was recently granted. More →

World AIDS Orphan Day Gets Celebrity Help May 6, 2010

May 7, 2010 will be celebrated around the world as World AIDS Orphan Day, and spearheading a major donation drive is AHOPE for Children’s Text2Give campaign which utilizes the ease of mobile giving while highlighting the magnitude of the AIDS orphans crisis. More →

Zac Efron Donates Tie To Celebrity Charity Auction May 6, 2010

It’s often said that the clothes make the man, but a number of notable men are redefining the phrase by donating their neckwear to a charity auction. More →

Anthony Hopkins To Be Honored By Charity This Weekend May 6, 2010

Anthony Hopkins is to be honored at a gala event this weekend by a homeless charity he once turned to for help. More →

Meryl Streep And Friends Speak Truth For Charity May 6, 2010

A host of stars including Meryl Streep, Viggo Mortensen, Paul Sorvino, Julianne Moore, Marcia Gay Harden, Debra Winger, Stanley Tucci and more took part in a special charity performance of Speak Truth To Power: Voices From Beyond The Dark on Monday night. More →

Joan Jett Hands Out Vegetarian Starter Kits May 6, 2010

Rocker Joan Jett was in New York this week to hand out free vegetarian starter kits to pedestrians on behalf of PETA. More →

Olivia Wilde Blogs For Charity In Haiti May 6, 2010

Actress Olivia Wilde has blogged about her trip to Haiti with Artists for Peace and Justice. More →

Former Chilis Guitarist Records Charity Album May 6, 2010

Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante has recorded a charity album with the Mars Volta’s Omar Rodriguez Lopez. More →

Ellen Pompeo Chooses You For Cancer Charity May 6, 2010

The American Cancer Society, the nation’s largest voluntary health organization, has launched a new nationwide movement to shine the spotlight on a sobering statistic: one in three women will get cancer in her lifetime. Choose You is designed to inspire women to take action and put their health first in order to stay well and help prevent cancer. More →

Debbie Gibson Launches Celebrity Jeans Charity Auction May 5, 2010

Singer Debbie Gibson has launched a new online charity auction, and a whole bunch of her celebrity friends are helping out. More →

Annie Duke To Lead Celebrity Poker For Governor Scwarzenegger May 5, 2010

A seat to the 2010 World Series of Poker Tournament and a personal Segway is up for grabs at Annie Duke's next charity poker tournament. More →

Jenni Falconer To Lead Prince's Trust Charity Bike Ride May 5, 2010

Prince's Trust ambassadors Jenni Falconer and fiancé James Midgley have set the wheels in motion alongside Magic 105.4s Neil Fox for the youth charity’s biggest mass participation event of the year, The Prince’s Trust 2010 Palace to Palace bike ride. More →

Jane Fonda And Ludacris Help Keep Atlanta Fit May 5, 2010

Actress Jane Fonda is 72-years-young and proved it as she hosted the first annual World Fitness Day. More →

Ziggy Marley's Charity Holds Health Fair In Jamaica May 5, 2010

Ziggy Marley's charitable organization, URGE (Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment), recently held its biannual health fair at the Cedella Booker Basic School in Nine Mile, Saint Ann, Jamaica – the birthplace of Ziggy’s father, Bob Marley. More →

Regina Spektor Covers Radiohead For Charity May 5, 2010

Regina Spektor, the Russian born singer-songwriter, has recorded a new version of Radiohead's “No Surprises” to benefit the Doctors Without Borders' Disaster Relief Fund to aid the continuing recovery of earthquake victims in Haiti and Chile. More →

Final Line-Up For FIFA World Cup Concert Announced May 5, 2010

The final line-up of artists to perform at the FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert in South Africa has been announced. More →

Pat Benatar To Rock For Variety - The Children's Charity May 5, 2010

Pat Benatar will perform a special show in LA tonight, May 4, to benefit Variety - The Children's Charity and the Will Rogers Institute. More →

Wyclef Jean Welcomes Haitian Amputees To The US May 4, 2010

Wyclef Jean, co-founder of the Yéle Haiti Foundation, welcomed three young Haitian amputees on their trip to get urgently needed artificial limbs this weekend at JFK airport in NYC. More →

Ricky Martin Joins Shakira To Protest Immigration Laws May 4, 2010

Ricky Martin and Shakira are just two of the stars protesting against controversial new anti-immigration laws in Arizona. More →

Oksana Grigorieva Visits Chernobyl Survivors With Charity May 4, 2010

Oksana Grigorieva was in Belarus last week to visit families affected by the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 with the Chernobyl Children's Project International. More →

Multiple Sclerosis Month Benefits From Celebrity Power May 4, 2010

Avril Lavigne, Tia Carrere and Tom Arnold are just several of the celebrities lending their support to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) survivor and advocate Nancy Davis for May’s MS Awareness Month. More →

Boyzone Stars Play Celebrity Charity Soccer May 4, 2010

Boyzone stars Ronan Keating and Keith Duffy laced up their football shoes in the weekend to take part in a charity soccer game at Manchester United's Old Trafford. More →

Jackie Chan Writes About Charity Concert May 4, 2010

Jackie Chan has blogged about the charity concert he took part in to raise funds for victims of China’s earthquake last month, which left over 1,484 dead, 1297 seriously injured, 11,849 injured and 332 missing. More →

Kyle Petty Rides Again For Charity May 4, 2010

More than 200 riders, led by NASCAR driver Kyle Petty, kicked off a cross country motorcycle charity ride last weekend to benefit Victory Junction Gang, a medical camp dedicated to enriching the lives of children with medical conditions or serious illnesses such as cancer, hemophilia, spina bifida, epilepsy and more. More →

Filmmakers Unite To Free Jailed Director In Iran May 3, 2010

A host of the film industry’s biggest names have signed a petition to urge the Iranian government to free jailed filmmaker Jafar Panahi. More →

Jessica Biel Joins Halle Berry For Revlon Charity Run/Walk May 3, 2010

Halle Berry, Jessica Alba and Jessica Biel slipped into their charity shoes during the weekend to take part in the annual Revlon Run/Walk For Women in New York. More →