Forbes names top ten most generous celebrities
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Forbes Magazine has recently named the top ten most generous celebrities in the world -- and their acts of charity are impressive. Not surprisingly, Angelina Jolie makes an appearance on the unranked list, but so do Arnold Schwarzenegger, Oprah Winfrey and Jackie Chan -- all for children-related charities (did you know that Jackie Chan was taken in by the Red Cross as a child when he first came to the United States from China?). The list and the members' associated charities are definitely worth reading.And before you say that these celebrities have so much wealth that what they give is a pittance, or that it's merely a PR ploy, let me respond by saying in advance (a) their "pittance" -- often in the form of millions of dollars -- still does a lot of good, and (b) so what if it's a PR ploy? At least they give, and people are benefitting!
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Razib Ahmed 5-11-2006 @ 6:17PM
"let me respond by saying in advance (a) their "pittance" -- often in the form of millions of dollars -- still does a lot of good, and (b) so what if it's a PR ploy? At least they give, and people are benefitting!"
Yes I agree with you 101%. Instead of wasting our time to criticize them we should spend our time, money and effort to help the poor children. Now, india has 60 million malnourished and underweight children (http://www.southasiabiz.com/2006/05/60_million_malnourished_and_un.html). I wish that India celebrities were generous too.
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Bob 5-12-2006 @ 4:41AM
They care about getting national attention. So it's very hard to get big names to support smaller charities since there's not as much publicity involved
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thordora 5-12-2006 @ 10:18AM
Of course they care about national attention, which is given to their charities. They can't support every single one anymore than the general public can, but they can use their exposure to help the charities that are close to their hearts.
Wasting time being cynical doesn't help anyone.
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