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Anthony Scaramucci | In, 2011, he was honored for his humanitarian efforts by Hedge Fund Cares at its 13th Annual New York Open Your Heart to the Children Benefit and Alicia Keys' Keep a Child Alive 8th Annual Black Ball. |
Sharon Osbourne | On 1 April 2010, Sharon Osbourne (along with Kelly Osbourne) joined Cyndi Lauper in the launch of her Give a Damn campaign to bring a wider awareness of discrimination of the GLBT community as part of her True Colors Fund. |
Luke Richardson | On February 2, 2011, Richardson and his family decided to raise awareness of teen suicide and depression in hopes of preventing further tragedies like this from occurring. |
Daryl Hannah | On May 14, 2011, Hannah and actress Sheryl Lee attended the iMatter March in Denver, Colorado to raise awareness about climate change. |
Natalie Glebova | In November 2008 Natalie Glebova started a new charity organization called party4charityasia. |
Chris Michell | In 1999, Chris Michell (as Christa Michell) recorded ` Tibetan Chakra Meditations' with Ben Scott, giving a 5 % Royalty from each album sold to the Tibet Relief Fund, London. |
David Ross (businessman) | In May 2012, Ross participated in' The Dallaglio Flintoff Cycle Slam 2012' charity cycle ride from Olympia, Greece to Stratford, London in aid of Andrew Flintoff and Lawrence Dallaglio's respective charities. |
Rupert Whitaker | In 1982 Rupert Whitaker became involved in raising awareness of a little-known disease referred to at the time as Gay-Related Immune Deficiency (subsequently HIV). |
Lenny Henry | Prior to the 1987 general election, Henry lent his support to Red Wedge by participating in a comedy tour organised by the campaign. |
Olly Murs | In February 2011, it was announced that Murs would participate in the BT Charity Trek, with other celebrities, as part of the 2011 Comic Relief Red Nose Day campaign. |
Jack Wilkie-Jans | In 2012 Jack organised a charity art auction to raise funds for the cause of Suicide Prevention for the Declan Crouch Fund. |
Rowetta | Rowetta has since become a spokesperson for domestic violence awareness, and in 2005 featured in the BBC documentary Battered and Bruised. |
Lilly Tartikoff | In October 2003, Lilly along with Yves Carcelle of Louis Vuitton and Suzanne and Bob Wright of NBC and GE co-chaired the first Annual Louis Vuitton United Cancer Front Gala to raise unrestricted funds for 35 of the most promising scientists to further the scientific discovery of breakthrough cancer therapies. |
Josie Lawrence | In 2005 she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for Sunfield, a school for children with autism and complex learning needs, of which she is a patron. |
Lynn Bowles | In the November 2007 Children in Need week a'' Money ca n't buy'' experience was auctioned which included spending a day with her at Land Rover and other automotive experiences under the banner of' Petrolheads', and the item raised # 22,000 for the charity. |
Musa Cooper | html -RSB- In 2005, he appeared in the short film, It's Fun to Help Poor People, Franny Canada. |
Morrissey | In 2008, Morrissey made a donation of # 75,000 to the organisers of the Love Music Hate Racism concert in London, after the withdrawal of the NMEs sponsorship left the event facing a financial shortfall. |
Cristie Kerr | As of August 2009 she has raised over $ 750,000 through donations and an annual charity event. |
Tracey Emin | In June 2007, on returning from the Venice Biennale, Emin donated a piece of artwork, a handsewn blanket called Star Trek Voyager to be auctioned at Elton John's annual glamorous White Tie & Tiara Ball to raise money for The Elton John AIDS Foundation. |
Pamela Sue Martin | In 1984, Martin, who has long been involved in environmental causes, appeared in a public service announcement to help save pink dolphin s in the Amazon River. |
Kina Grannis | In October 2008, she participated in the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco to support the Leukemia Lymphoma Society in honor of her mother, raising $ 6,000 for the organization. |
Ernie Banks | In 2008, Banks released a charity wine called Ernie Banks 512 Chardonnay ; all of its proceeds are donated to his foundation. |
Nell McAndrew | For the 2008 Great North Run, she competed with the fun runners dressed as Wonder Woman to help raise funds for charity. |
Sarah Carter | On June 19, 2011, Carter was one of thirty-five climbers that scaled Mount Shasta to raise money for the Breast Cancer Fund, for which she is a spokesperson. |
Matt Battaglia | As a television producer and philanthropist, Battaglia co-founded with Tommy and Chris Thieneman'' The Mint Jubilee'' in 1995, an enormous charity event which in its first ten years raised over $ 4 million for cancer patients and has provided financial resources to scientists, cancer centers and hospitals committed to finding cures and controls for cancer. |
Selena Gomez | In March 2011, Gomez participated in the UNICEF Tap Project's'' Celebrity Tap Pack'' limited-edition, custom-made water bottles featuring tap water from the homes of each celebrity advocate, in order to raise funds and increase profile for the clean water and sanitation programs. |
Christine Ben-Ameh | She was one of a small number of female celebrities to walk the runway for charity in a breast cancer awareness campaign, Fashion Fantasia in 2011. |
Lila Downs | On Friday, October 9, 2009 Downs, along with actress Salma Hayek represented to Mexico in a broadcast worldwide campaign for the foundation One Drop, to preserve water, where they performed the founder of Cirque du Soleil, Shakira U2 Vice President Al Gore and other world-class personalities. |
Charlie Sheen | Sheen was the 2004 spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day breast cancer fundraiser that raised millions of dollars for research and education regarding the disease. |
Andrew Govender | Socially, he also has appeared at numerous events as Mr. South Africa 2012, such as fundraising for a Cancer event He travelled to Singapore for the 13th IIFA Awards. |
Bassnectar | Bassnectar has been a strong advocate of charity, and in 2011, he donated $ 1 from every ticket sold on his tour to charity via the'' Dollar Per Basshead'' campaign. |
James Stewart | His signature charity event,'' The Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon Race'', held each year since 1982, has raised millions of dollars for the Child and Family Development Center at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California. |
Samuel Gebru | After watching the 2004 Oprah Winfrey Show program on fistula in Ethiopia and the work of Dr. Catherine Hamlin, Samuel was motivated to organize youth and raise funds for the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital. |
Rain (entertainer) | In 2009, Rain was involved with MTV EXIT, a campaign against human trafficking in Asia, He presented Traffic : An MTV EXIT Special, a documentary which gives insight into the realities of trafficking, addresses the part everyone can play in the issue, and gives information on how people can protect themselves as well as what people can do to help end exploitation and trafficking. |
Trish Stratus | On March 29, 2008, she participated in the Island Triathlon Series as part of a celebrity relay team to help raise money for Dignitas International. |
Clay Aiken | He was also a spokesperson for the 2004 Toys for Tots drive, and acted as an ambassador for the Ronald McDonald House Charities. |
Tess Broussard | In 2012, she also appeared and spoke at SPCALA celebrity events to help acquire donations, blankets and toys for the rescue animals. |
David Robinson (Ohio candidate) | Robinson's first significant entry into public service began in 1988, at age 26, when he planned and executed the Ride for Reason ; a cross-country public-awareness and fund-raising solo bicycle ride that benefited the Alzheimer's Association. |
Z?e Salmon | In 2006, Salmon ran the London Marathon and gave the money to the registered charity ChildLine. |
MC Layla | In May that year Layla married Dazastah ; On 11 February 2012, Layla helped launch a charity album, Australian Hip Hop Supports CanTeen, by various artists for the teen cancer support organisation, CanTeen. |
Alessandro Del Piero | In 2011, he has participated in a golf tournament,'' Fondazione Sant' Anna Cup - Crescere insieme'', for the neonatal intensive care unit of the hospital Sant' Anna. |
Jennifer Lyon | In December 2009, Lyon opened a Christmas tree lot and donated all the profits to the Susan Love Cancer Research Foundation. |
Josh Groban | In April 2013 and the previous year, Groban took part in Global Poverty Project's'' Live Below the Line'' campaign, which consists in living on $ 1. |
John Houck | In 1991, Houck created World's Biggest Disc Golf Weekend, an international disc golfing event that raises money for non-profit organizations. |
Nick Jonas | He also developed a public service announcement with the Washington Nationals to support diabetes care at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D. C. Since August 6, 2008, Bayer Diabetes Care has partnered with Jonas as a diabetes ambassador to promote the idea for young people to manage their diabetes. |
Red Dutton | Among his humanitarian efforts, Dutton was a longtime supporter of cancer research and treatment, He became the potentate of the Al Azhar Shriner Temple in Calgary in 1953 so that he could help crippled children. |
John Leech (politician) | During the 2005 General Election campaign he mounted a' Save Christie Hospital' campaign, focusing on concern at the possible movement of cancer services away from one of Europe's largest cancer treatment centres. |
Juan Alderete | In 2007 Alderete sold some of his Fender basses on eBay and donated money to the MPD Foundation for research on blood disorders. |
Tom Cavanagh | In the summer of 2008 he founded the Cavanagh Classic, an annual celebrity basketball tournament in Rucker Park in Harlem, New York City to raise money and awareness for Nothing But Nets. |
Kevin Gaskell | In 2006 he was part of a team that walked unaided to the North Pole to raise funds for cancer research. |
Jason LaRue | On Mother's Day, May 14, 2006, LaRue was one of more than 50 hitters who brandished a pink bat to benefit the Breast Cancer Foundation. |
Barbra Streisand | In 2006, Streisand announced her intent to tour again, in an effort to raise money and awareness for multiple issues. |
Taylor Swift | Also in 2007, she supported an Allstate campaign which promotes safe teenage driving. |
Sara Cox | Cox has also been an ambassador for Centrepoint -- the UK's charity for homeless young people -- since 2000, making her its longest serving celebrity supporter. |
Ian McKellen | In April 2010, along with actors Brian Cox and Eleanor Bron, McKellen appeared in a series of TV advertisements to support Age UK, the charity recently formed from the merger of Age Concern and Help the Aged. |
Kevin Painter | In 2012, Painter, together with the seven other players who competed in the Premier League recorded a charity single with Chas Hodges and his band called' Got My Tickets For The Darts' which was written by Chas. |
Joan Collins | Collins is patron of Fight for Sight, in 2003, she became a patron of the Shooting Star Children's Hospice in Great Britain while continuing to support several foster children in India ; something she has done for the past 25 years. |
Carol Alt | She was a contestant on NBC's 2008 The Celebrity Apprentice, with Donald Trump, competing for her charity, the Tony Alt Memorial Foundation (named for Alt's father), which raises funds for scholarships for young adults to continue their studies. |
Debby Ryan | In May 2012, Ryan travelled to Udaipur, India, as part of Disney's Friends for Change's partnership with international charity Free The Children. |
Eva Longoria | | 250px In 2006, Longoria founded Eva's Heroes, a charity which helps developmentally disabled children. |
Angelo Badalamenti | In 1998, Badalamenti recorded'' A Foggy Day (in London Town)'' with artist David Bowie for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot + Rhapsody a tribute to George Gershwin which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease. |
Alyssa Milano | In honor of her 37th birthday (December 19, 2009), Milano ran an online fundraising campaign for Charity : Water. |
Alexandra Burke | Burke and JLS decided to release a t-shirt from the company, almost five month before the company was due to launch, however they were releasing the t-shirt for Charity in aid of Capital FM's'' Help a Capital Child'' The business' target aims was to raise # 10,000 for charity by 1 January 2011. |
Javier Weyler | He and his brother Pablo ran in the Flora London Marathon 2009, held on 26 April 2009 and collected over # 5,000 in support of Cancer Research UK. |
Eddie Ifft | In 2008 Ifft ran the New York City Marathon, along with Howard Stern's wife Beth Stern, to raise funds for the North Shore Animal Shelter. |
Joanna Gosling | In September 2009 she was one of several BBC newsreaders to take part in a charity fundraiser in aid of Leonard Cheshire Disability and the Helen & Douglas House hospices. |
Leon Lai | He bought the first donation ticket, numbered 000001 at a'' Children's Education Fund Raising Campaign'' launch event at Tsuen Wan PARKnSHOP's Skyline Superstore in 2001 to encourage people to contribute to a meaningful social cause. |
Dave Beer | Dave held an event with DJ Jo Mills on 9 March 2002 to raise money for the charity. |
RKZ | In February 2012, RKZ officially announced he was one of the new ambassadors for UK charity for mental health, CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably). |
Matt Duke | In September 2008, Duke, manager Phil Brown, chairman Paul Duffen and other Hull City colleagues participated in Everyman's'' Tacheback'' campaign, growing moustaches to raise sponsorship money for the charity. |
Geoff Cameron | In March 2012, Cameron and the Dynamo announced the return of the 20 for 20 campaign with the same initial goal of $ 20,000, with proceeds going to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. |
Steve Prescott | In 2007, Prescott set up the Steve Prescott Foundation, which aimed to raise funds for two organisations : Christie Hospital, a leading cancer treatment centre in Europe, and Try Assist, the Rugby Football League's benevolent fund. |
John Legend | After reading Professor Jeffrey Sachs' book, The End of Poverty, Legend started his Show Me Campaign in 2007 ; with this campaign, Stephens called on his fans to help him in his initiative for those who reside in Bossaso Village and non-profit organizations that the campaign partners with. |
Jamelia | In January 2007, Jamelia launched a new fragrance as part of a campaign to increase awareness of HIV and AIDS. |
David Chernushenko | In 2001, he co-founded Clean Air Champions, a national charity that engages athletes in raising awareness about air pollution, climate change and the benefits of physical activity in Canada. |
Gareth Gates | He took part in the 2009 Cosmo Everyman campaign to raise awareness of prostate and testicular cancer. |
Elizabeth Iorns | In 2008 she received the Young Investigator Award from the Expedition Inspiration Fund for Breast Cancer Research for her work characterizing Breast Stem Cells for the Identification of Cancer Stem Cell Specific Therapeutic Targets. |
Toby Anstis | In 1992 Anstis took part in a charity fun run for Help the Aged. |
Suggs (singer) | He has also been involved with Cancer Research UK and their' Busking Cancer' campaign, for which he busked live with Rod Stewart on in May 2009. |
Cheryl Cole | Between 3 February and 23 March 2009, Cole raised money for Comic Relief by providing the voice for the BT Speaking Clock. |
Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon | On 9 September 1967, he married Dianna Frances Watherston, and they have four children : Lady Devon is the patron of Devon-based charity, the Helen Foundation, and takes part in equestrian activities. |
Kenny Logan | In 2009, Logan and Sparks joined forces to organise an annual mass-participation event entitled Logan's Challenge. |
Braden Danner | In 1987, he participated in the first Easter Bonnet Competition for what would later become Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. |
Gordon Ramsay | In 2006 he launched a new Appeal to help the charity raise the funds required to continue to run the support centre'' What's your favourite F Word, Gordon's is Fundraising''. |
Elizabeth Dawn | In May 2009, Dawn agreed to become the'' Celebrity Ambassador'' of the British Lung Foundation - the only UK charity working on behalf of all people affected by lung disease. |
Jeremy Bloom | In January 2008, Bloom founded the Wish of a Lifetime Charity, which grants lifelong wishes to 80, 90, & 100 + year old people (Seniorwish. |
Gary Barlow | Barlow's charity efforts in 2009, including his organising of the BT Comic Relief Kilimanjaro Climb and his organising of' Children in Need Rocks', raised in excess # 6 million. |
Amanda Beard | In 2008, Beard participated in an anti-fur campaign for the organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). |
Abby Wambach | In August 2011, Wambach joined teammates Alex Morgan and Hope Solo in a Bank of America charitable campaign at the Chicago Marathon. |
Stephanie Payne | Payne climbed the 46 floors of the Melbourne Central Tower in 47 minutes on 22 August 2011, two days after her grandmother died from pancreatic cancer. |
Keith Mills | Lady Mills supports her husband's charity work and support for sport, including the successful bid for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games. |
Mariah Carey | In August 2008, Carey and other singers recorded the charity single,'' Just Stand Up'' produced by Babyface and L. A. Reid, to support'' Stand Up to Cancer''. |
Beyonc? Knowles | Knowles became an ambassador for the 2012 World Humanitarian Day campaign donating her song'' I Was Here'' and its music video, shot in the UN, to the campaign. |
Andrea Corr | Andrea Corr and her siblings have played charity concerts to raise money for the Pavarotti & Friends Liberian Children's Village, Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, the victims of the Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland, and The Prince's Trust in 2004. |
Dave Currey (environmentalist) | In 1976, following another passion, he walked 1,000 miles across Oregon, Idaho and Wyoming to help raise awareness of conservation issues for the World Wildlife Fund. |
Jack Vettriano | Vettriano became a fan of the band after hearing their first album, Happy Healthy Lucky Month, and was inspired by the lyrics of'' Goodbye Jack Vettriano'' to create a painting which featured as the cover of the band's second album, In September 2001, Vettriano donated a painting, Beautiful Dreamer to a charity auction, which was held at Sotheby's in aid of Help the Hospices. |
Pamela Anderson | In March 2005, Anderson became a spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics's MAC AIDS Fund, which helped people affected by AIDS and HIV. |
Terry Fox | In 1980, he began the Marathon of Hope, a cross-country run to raise money for cancer research. |
Lucy Liu | In 2001 Liu was the spokesman for the Lee National Denim Day fundraiser, which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer research and education. |
Robyn Regehr | He made a trip to Mozambique in the summer of 2008 as an ambassador to the organization, and has participated in charity events for the organization. |