Video Spotlight: The Trevor Project PSA with Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe’s second PSA for The Trevor Project . “I believe that reaching out for help is the bravest thing a person can do.” Click here to view the video in your browser. Related videos Adam Lambert: “It Gets Better” Talk To Me: Kevin McHale for The Trevor Project Alexander Skarsgard PSA: It Gets Better! George Takei Calls Out Anti-Gay Arkansas School Board Member Daniel Radcliffe PSA for The Trevor Project Find out more about contributing , or how to contact celebrities .
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Video Spotlight: The Trevor Project PSA with Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe Launches PSA For The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project’s new life-saving, life-affirming public service announcement featuring Daniel Radcliffe has premiered on FOX during the network’s hit series “Glee.” Photo: Paul Loverde via The Trevor Project The 30-second spot, which aired at no cost to the organization, empowers young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning ( LGBTQ ) to call the Trevor Lifeline if they need support or are considering suicide. The spot will also run on Hulu in conjunction with this episode of “Glee.” “We are very excited to premiere this life-saving PSA featuring Daniel Radcliffe during prime time on one of the most popular shows on television,” said David McFarland, Interim Executive Director and CEO of The Trevor Project
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Q&A with Jacquie Cutts, Maternal and Child Health Champion
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Q&A with Jacquie Cutts, Maternal and Child Health Champion
Stars To Take Part In Annual BTIG Charity Day
BTIG , a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading and related brokerage services, will hold its 10th Commissions for Charity Day on April 18, 2012. The international Commissions for Charity Day has raised more than $17 million from equity, fixed income and derivative trading commission profits over the past decade in support of various nonprofit organizations. In the past nine years over 300 different children’s charities have benefitted
Susan Boyle Flips Pancakes For Charity
Susan Boyle flipped pancakes for charity during the weekend. The Britain’s Got Talent star took part in a special cooking event with school children to raise awareness of the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund ( Sciaf ) and its Wee Box, Big Change campaign
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Susan Boyle Flips Pancakes For Charity
Shailene Woodley Launches Charity At Vanities
On February 20, 2012, Vanity Fair and Juicy Couture, along with Vanity Fair West Coast Editor Krista Smith and The Descendants actress Shailene Woodley , kicked off “Campaign Hollywood” week by hosting the “Vanities” 20th Anniversary in support of All It Takes at Siren Studios. This invitation-only reception kicked off Vanity Fair “Campaign Hollywood 2012,” the magazine’s annual week-long series of events and one-of-a-kind moments in support of charitable causes that lead up to the Academy Awards. Guests included hosts Krista Smith and Shailene Woodley, along past “Vanities” subjects, supporters of All It Takes, industry insiders and celebrities including Ali Larter , Amy Adams, Amy Smart , Hayden Panettiere , Kate Flannery, Malin Akerman, Marcia Gay Harden , Molly Sims , Olivia Munn , Rashida Jones , Stacy Keibler and many more.
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Mia Farrow Launches Polio Vaccination Campaign In Chad
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.
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Bill Clinton Attends Job Initiative Graduation
Building on their longstanding commitment to Colombia, President Bill Clinton and Canadian philanthropist Frank Giustra recently attended a commencement ceremony for over 900 graduates of two Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative ( CGSGI ) job training programs in Colombia. The projects include retail skills and construction skills training projects targeted at Bogotá and Soacha residents. In July 2011, CGSGI , SENA , the National Learning Service of Colombia and CAMACOL B&C, the Colombian Chamber of Construction launched the first on-site skill training and certification program for construction workers in Colombia in Ciudad Verde, a low-income housing development project.
Bill Gates Asks Governments To Continue Aid Programs
Written by Elizabeth Willoughby As the world economic crisis seeps into its fifth year, philanthropist Bill Gates is more worried today about government financial support for developing country programs than he was after the crash. He took those concerns to the World Economic Forum ( WEF ) in Davos, Switzerland in January, where he asked wealthy donors and governments to at least keep up the funding on certain core efforts. Not expecting the same levels of aid that were made available during the “boom” years between 2002 and 2008, Gates says modest increases to sustain current programs are crucial.
Natalie Merchant To Perform Against Fracking In New York
Natalie Merchant is to perform a special benefit concert, lending her voice in song to defend New York’s waters in support of a ban on shale gas hydrofracking in New York State and beyond. According to the Finger Lakes CleanWaters Initiative : “Shale gas hydrofracking is perhaps the most deleterious technology ever invented to poison our land, air, and water.
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