Over her many years of fame, Jennifer Lopez has contributed to many charities, and services to help others all over the world. Jennifer Lopez donates to over 20 charities worldwide. She helps support Children’s Health Fund, Amnesty International, MusiCares, DKMS, Love Our Children USA, Red Cross, City of Hope and many other important foundations (Jennifer Lopez: Charity Work & Causes). Jennifer does many things to help support her charities she gives to. “Lopez teamed up with Amnesty International to launch a bilingual website aimed at raising awareness about Mexican femicide after learning that 350 young women have been killed in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua since 1993”(Jennifer Lopez: Charity Work & Causes). Although, Lopez donates to many charities, she also developed one of her own. Lopez also has developed her own organization called the Lopez Family Foundation. Lopez came up with the idea of this organization because of a health scare with her daughter Emme. Lopez explained, ““Very early after my twins were born, my daughter developed this bump on the back of her head,” Lopez says. “So I rushed to the hospital, and it was the middle of the night and the doctor met me there. And I had all these privileges, which wasn’t lost on me. I went back that night and thought, what if I didn’t have that? What if something was really wrong with her?””(Barker, Andrew).Since that incident Jennifer and Lynda began developing their own foundation, and it was finally launched in 2009.
The Angel Network is a national effort to encourage viewers to make charitable contributions and to do volunteer work (Lowe 180). The Angel Network has helped educate, clothe, feed, and provide shelter for the children of Africa. During her travels to Africa, Oprah has provided the children with items such as books and clothing. Thanks to viewer’s generosity, over 16,000 children will receive the uniforms they need to go to school (Oprah.com Live Your Best Life). Also, the network has rewarded single, working mothers struggling to provide for their children. For example, due to the lack of transportation, one mother was awarded a brand new caravan for her and her children. Another accomplishment of the network has been helping the tsunami victims in Asia. After the tsunami caused mass destruction, Oprah’s Angel Network has responded by raising money to send to the people of Asia. Moreover, Oprah’s Angel Network has teamed up with three worldwide relief and development organizations that will be working in the area of Arugam Bay and the town of Pavolli, Sri Lanka and is donating $1 million to help (Oprah.com Live Your Best Life). Whether it is a continent, such as Asia or Africa, or a single mother in
Today, Americans are concerned professional athletes are overpaid. In the dispute between sport promoter Jennifer Fontaine and high school math teacher Roberto Hinojosa, the sport promoter Jennifer Fontaine provides a stronger position that sport event pulls in billions of dollars each year and pay high salaries to professional athletes. As Jennifer Fontaine points out fans come from all over the country, fans pay thousands for tickets during playoff season.
Although Oprah does use a portion of her wealth to support her lavish lifestyle, a large majority of the money she earns goes directly to several organizations whose goals include improving housing conditions, providing education, sanitizing water, and several other necessities that not everyone is fortunate enough to experience. One specific foundation that Oprah is very fond of, is the Angel Network. Through this network, all donations are given directly to one of many projects, one being The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. This project, created in 2007, provides an adequate learning environment for girls who have displayed some sort of academic talent or leadership, in the hopes of creating a strong group of female leaders (Andrews). Also, at age nine Oprah was sexually abused by a close family relatives, and became pregnant at fourteen years old. However, the baby never left the hospital and died just weeks after it was born. After struggling for years with this incredibly difficult secret, she was eventually able to confess the truth and has since inspired women all over the country. Oprah has not only contributed to multiple associations that promote the power and strength of women, but she is also a role model to young girls that have been through similar experiences and felt weak and worthless.
Joseph Campbell is very well known for his twelve stages of a Hero’s Journey. Not every hero goes through every stage in the journey, nor do they necessarily go through them in order. After learning these stages and watching the movie Amélie and Pay it Forward, I can accurately detect the stages Amélie and Trever go through during their journey. THE ORDINARY WORLD.
People see a dog on the website which they like, and then pick up the dog. This way, the dogs can get a home and they don’t have to get euthanized or stay lonely. Faye Carey has helped hundreds of dogs get a happy home. Another example is Neha Gupta, an activist who tries to give orphans education, toys, and clothes. She gave away all her toys at the age of 9 to get donations for orphans."We just put it out on our driveway and people came, bought things and it turned out to be such a successful event,” Gupta recalled. “From that one event we raised $700 and I’ve wanted to keep going.” Ever since, she has been gathering donations and raising money herself through social media and her website Empower Orphans. As a result, she has now raised a whole $1,000,000 through donations!( information found from http://www.worldofchildren.org/ ) She is now helping kids in India and USA get
MC Lyte has become a hugely desired speaker that is able to deliver an enriching messages to any type of crowd. She also has a non-profit organizations, Hip Hop Sisters. They promote cultural, economic, and health initiatives and empower mentorship and education opportunities for women and youth around the globe.[4] Other rappers in the game have non-profit organizations, for example Ludacris. He has the The Ludacris Foundation which stared up in 2001. The foundation just like MC Lyte's tries to motivate youth in with programs that encourage education, as well offer
Like her I find great joy in helping other in need. After reading how she fought to provide help for the mistreated laborers I was moved by her humanitarianism.
Oprah Winfrey is the best known icon of philanthropy. She has given away more than three hundred and fifty million dollars towards charity organizations also known as The Angel Network, which provides charity grants to various countries for poverty, disease, education, homelessness, and child neglect. The funding’s have helped changed the lives of many, as Ryan Haggerty from the Chicago Tribune states, “Years removed from high school and busy raising her family, Bertha Medrano figured she 'd never realize her dream of becoming a teacher. But thanks in large part to a $25,000 grant from Oprah Winfrey 's Angel Network to the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, the Chicago resident is just months from earning a college degree and likely teaching for Chicago Public Schools…Harpo doesn 't track how much of Winfrey 's overall giving goes to Chicago-based organizations, and it 's
She came from a disadvantaged background but worked very hard to overcome poverty and discrimination. She was an honors student in high school, and she seemed to have a knack early on for public speaking. She stared on schools speech team. Winning a speech contest got her a scholarship TSU. Her talk show is broadcasted to all of America. Oprah became the richest women of the 20th century.
Oprah Winfrey is an American entrepreneur, TV show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. Oprah Winfrey owns her own network called OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) and she is the chairman of Harpo Inc. She is a self-made billionaire. She is the ONLY African American female billionaire with an estimated net worth of 3.1 billion. Winfrey is the first black woman to own and run a television network, The Oprah Winfrey show was the highest rated, most seen talk show in history and was watched in 110 countries. Oprah has been honored with awards in broadcasting, including the Peabody award and the IRIS Gold Medal award and 39 daytime Emmy awards.
Oprah supports over 30 charities and foundations. Her main ones are The Angle Network, the Oprah Winfrey Foundation, and The Oprah Winfrey Operating Foundation.
After many years of teaching engineering, Mr. Larkin retired at the end of the 2015/2016 school year. Filling in his shoes is Jennifer Hood, a familiar face to many students at Amory High School. Mrs. Hood is a graduate of South Panola; Itawamba Community College, where she was drum major and homecoming queen; and Mississippi University for Women. She is the wife of Randy Hood, who is employed at True Temper, and mother of Tyler Hood, a football player at Delta State University, and Tucker Hood, a student at Smithville High School. Mrs. Hood enjoys spending time with her family and watching her sons play sports.
As human beings the vast majority of us wish we could change the world, whether that be helping humans, animals, the environment, it is helping those that cannot help themselves. However, we also realize to help with these causes it takes money and for the most part a great deal of it. But, some people are fortunate enough and can help change the lives of many. That is what Ellen DeGeneres has done with her leadership skills, guidance, celebrity status and wealth. Through her kind heart and passion for the social good she does everything she can to make the world a better place. It is true that money can certainly help in spanning social good, however, multiple pennies can also impact those in need. Social good is something that anyone can do. It is not about celebrity status or being a millionaire. Social good is about feeling good about helping others when they are in need. It is about creating a sense of connectedness to humanity and being humble all the while influencing those that follow you. This is what Ellen DeGeneres is all about. This paper will discuss, Ellen 's foundations and charities, how these reflect her personal values and leadership integrity, how her giving enhances her celebrity image and whether her integrity is compatible with her image.
She has donated to various charities and organizations a round millions of dollars to support them. Winfrey likes to donate for charities such as Project Cuddle to save babies from fate of being abandoned, or worse and abandonment and abuse every year . She has donated too to Mississippi Animals Rescue league and signed a wooden dog bone for an auction that will benefit for this charity. Also, she supported her 300 audience to give them 1000$ if each them donate to a charity of their choice. Moreover, Winfrey has donated to and focused to the children free and build schools for them also she took some of the cars from her collection auctioned off for children free. In addition, Oprah Winfrey surprises to her viewers in christmas or special occasion by giving them gifts such as cars ,clothes , and food that to see their
She began by starting an open-air school for the children of Calcutta. She did not have any funding for her school, but that did not stop Mother Teresa. After a couple years many people started volunteering and helped fund the school.