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Alex Trebek has donated $100,000 to the Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission, a nonprofit organization that is “focused on preventing, reducing and eliminating poverty, hunger and homelessness”, TMZ has learned. Ken Craft, the organization’s founder and CEO, told TMZ that Trebek recently contacted him to request a tour of a new shelter being built in North Hollywood. After his visit, Craft recalls the Jeopardy host, who has […]
Nicki Minaj recently visited the St. Jude’s Home for Girls in her native Trinidad and Tobago, and announced that she will be donating $25,000. “I wanna thank you for your work with the girls,” Nicki said. “I wanna thank you for giving them hope and inspiration, and they’ve even given me hope and inspiration being here today. And I wanna donate $25,000 […]
Louis Vuitton, in partnership with UNICEF, has shared a Silver Lockit bracelet that was designed by the luxury retail company’s men’s artistic director Virgil Abloh. $100 from the purchase of a bracelet will go towards UNICEF. The bracelets, which feature an engraved padlock and are a nod to Abloh’s Spring-Summer 2020 runway collection, come in four colorways. There’s black, orange, celadon […]
In the past month, Jeff Bezos was publicly shamed for donating $690,000 to Australian wildlife relief, and also was called out by his own employees over Amazon’s record on climate change. So, on Monday, the world’s richest man (with an estimated net worth of nearly $130 billion) openly shared a pledge to give $10 billion […]
The leftover food from Super Bowl LIV isn’t going to waste. According to ESPN, about 30,000 pounds of uneaten fare from the event has been donated to South Florida shelters, marking the first major food rescue at the Super Bowl. A day after the Chiefs’ 31-20 victory over the 49ers, volunteers hit the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami and […]
As a result of the Kansas City Chiefs beating the 49ers in the Super Bowl, KC defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi ponied up adoption fees for 91 dogs (see: all of them) at a local animal shelter. Those fees typically run at about $150, and Nnadi’s act of generosity will cover each of the canines at […]
Over the weekend a 48-year-old man was found dead inside a clothing donation bin outside of a Tennessee Walmart. While foul play is not suspected, local authorities are still investigating the incident. “Around 3:50 [p.m. on Sunday],” Public Information Officer Jim Knoll of the Clarksville Police Department said to PEOPLE, “a call came in about a […]
Ludacris visited a South Florida high school on Wednesday with a very generous gift in tow. The 42-year-old multi-hyphenate surprised students at Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School with $75,000 worth of music equipment. The donation was part of StubHub’s #TicketForward program, a collaborative initiative with The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation that aims to invest $3 million in public school […]
Gucci has announced the 16 recipients of its Changemakers Impact Fund, which provides $1 million in annual grants to various nonprofits in North America. The fund, which will run over fives years, aims to support organizations dedicated to creating social impact across diverse communities in 12 cities. “Change does not happen in theory, it happens in […]
As deadly wildfires continue to rage across Australia, LaMelo Ball has joined a growing list of professional athletes who have pledged financial support to the bushfire relief efforts. Ball’s agent Jermaine Jackson confirmed the gesture Thursday night to ESPN Australia’s Corey Williams. Jackson revealed Ball would give one month of his NBL salary to victims of the fires that […]
