Posted by: Legacy Direct on: January 5, 2010
For the upcoming season of the reality show “Celebrity Apprentice,” the characters are all notable and controversial in their own right. Among those are New York Mets great Darryl Strawberry and former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. Strawberry has yet to announce which charity he will be supporting: http://www.silive.com/mets/index.ssf/2010/01/former_mets_star_strawberry_to.html
Posted by: Legacy Direct on: December 9, 2009
Dabo Swinney, the head football coach for Clemson University, are among the high-profile commitments of the 10th annual BMW golf pro-am for South Carolina Charities. Also involved are Kurt Russell, Oliver Hudson, Patrick Warburton among others: http://news.sc/2009/12/09/bmw-announces-celebrities-for-pro-am-tournament-benefiting-sc-charities/
Posted by: Legacy Direct on: November 12, 2009
Chad Ochocinco nee Johnson of the Cincinnati Bengals has inquired to Ultimate Fighting Champion Dana White that if White could arrange a fight between Ochocinco and an UFC fighter, Ochocinco would agree to fight it in with all proceeds going to charity: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/11/11/chad-ochocinco-asks-for-a-ufc-fight/
Posted by: Legacy Direct on: November 11, 2009
Actor Rainn Wilson, better known as Dwight Schrute, Assistant (to the) Regional Manager on NBC’s “The Office,” was recently in Seattle helping to raise money for impoverished women and children worldwide: http://www.king5.com/news/local/Star-of-The-Office-helps-Kirkland-based-charity-69485337.html
Posted by: Legacy Direct on: November 9, 2009
Television and Movie star and all-around funny man Chevy Chase has started his annual GREEN auction today to help benefit the GREEN community schools. The items up for bid include playing with Chevy Chase and Bill Murray (aka Ty Webb and Carl Spackler) as well as VIP tickets to the Oprah Winfrey show: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3370-chevy-chase-launches-annual-green-auction
Posted by: Legacy Direct on: November 4, 2009
Kim Kardashian, well-known model and pop culture sensation, recently went into the boxing ring for charity. She allowed a fan to go mano a mano with her in support of her Dream Foundation: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20317509,00.html
Posted by: Legacy Direct on: November 2, 2009
Edward Norton not only finished first among celebrities in the NYC marathon yesterday, but he also raised the most money for his charity. Norton raised $300,000 for Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, a company based in Kenya: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/sports/02celebs.html
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