Whether you enjoyed a lovely school life in the past, or you’re having one right now, as a student, there’s just something really satisfying about learning that some Chicago teachers opted to sit in the naughty corner, undergoing the self appointed punishment of eating bugs for charity.

Twelve Chicago teachers from Niles West High School gobbled down some deep-fried-chicken-tasting cicadas to raise money for the autism charity, Have Dreams. Read on…

The MISS UNIVERSE® 2007 title has officially been handed over to Japan’s Riyo Mori.

Riyo, a 20-year-old ballet dancer, has been dancing since she was 4 and still owns her first pair of ballet shoes, keeping them to serve as a reminder of her passions and aspirations.

Born in the small town of Shizuoka and raised in a nuclear family, she confesses to have lived cozily with her parents, her Granparents and her younger brother, all warm under the same roof.

Riyo has aspirations to open a Tokyo dance school, but this year her time will be spent completing her MISS UNIVERSE® duties, in line with her love of traveling the world and meeting countless numbers of new and interesting people.

Her duties will be performed to support and promote the seven MISS UNIVERSE® associated charities. Read on…

English cricket legend and commentator Ian Terence Botham, born 1955 in Cheshire, England, is to be knighted by the Queen for his extensive charity work.

The all-rounder English captain’s career, spanning from 1977 to 1993, saw him take down the likes of Allan Border and Kim Hughes, whilst scoring 14 centuries and receiving the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1981, the Walter Lawrence Trophy in 1982, the Walter Lawrence Trophy again in 1985 and an OBE in 1992.

But that’s nothing compared to the effort, commitment and dedication he’s put in to helping raise money for the fight against Leukaemia. Read on…

Before the recent Cannes red carpet release of Ocean’s 13, the cast took a cruise on a yacht by a Riviera resort, raising some cool cash for a Darfur charity.

The event was part of Ocean trilogy stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, and producer Jerry Weintraub’s committment to use the film’s publicity to promote the Not On Our Watch Web site, partnering with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), to raise funds for peoples affected by the Darfur conflict. Read on…

Over 50 sports greats put their hands up to play in the annual charity soccer match this week when F1 drivers swapped steering wheels for soccer balls to rival the Star Team for Children.

Invited by HSH Prince Albert II himself, players were asked to participate in the match held as part of the Monaco Grand Prix Week celebrations, and celebrity sportsman turned up in drones.

Held at Stade Lucien Rheim in Menton, France, to an audience of so few, it’s hardly worth mentioning, Prince Albert captained the Star Team for Children, to a loss against, who else but Formula 1 superstar driver, Michael Schumacher’s F1 team. Read on…

The World Food Programme recently announced that Drew Barrymore has been officially named Ambassador Against Hunger.

Drew became a World Food Programme (WFP) celebrity partner in 2005 when she travelled to Kenya to witness first-hand the kind of hunger and medical problems that the Country’s poor people had to endure.

The announcement of her Ambassadorship came as she recently returned from a second trip to the region to visit school feeding projects supported by the WFP.

The 32-year-old esteemed Hollywood actress was

honoured and humbled

in her speech, accepting the WFP honour. Read on…

The Mind charity, UK, has come out, as part of Mind Week, encouraging a brisk walk in the park to literally clear the mind.

The results of two new studies commissioned by Mind show that ecotherapy (the relationship between our mental, emotional and spiritual health and the natural world around us) has massive beneficial effects on those who suffer depression.

In the wake of these new studies, Mind are calling for ecotherapy to be approved and recognised as a valid clinical treatment for people who suffer from mental health difficulties. Read on…

On July 7 (07.07.07) SOS is putting on seven concerts in all seven Continents, that will rock on over a marathon 24 hours.

They are hoping to bring together a live and broadcast audience of more than two billion, using the massive world-wide event to provide people with the awareness and education needed to address the global climate crisis.

There will be over 100 acts performing for the concerts including Madonna, The Police, Crowded House, Wolfmother, Eskimo Joe, Pharrell Williams, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snow Patrol and Snoop Dogg. Read on…

JK Rowling, author of the famous Harry Potter franchise, tycoon Sir Richard Branson and American Idol judge Simon Cowell are the latest media figures to donate money to the ‘Find Maddie’ campaign.

The campaign was made public by football star David Beckham who, earlier this week, pledged a reward for information about the whereabouts of Madeleine McCann, a missing 4-year-old-girl who disappeared on May 2. Read on…

Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry (Montgomery Gentry) led an annual chain of bikers, for charity, through the hills of Las Vegas on Sunday, to a seven hour country music concert, preceding the 42nd ACM (Academy of Country Music) Awards.

The ride started at the Las Vegas Harley Davidson dealership with bikers paying a minimum of $30 to follow the Montgomery Gentry led procession up to the concert, which was held at Las Vegas’ famous five blocks, Freemont Street Experience. Read on…

It may seem a bit old hat but right now there is no better topic than the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty. This weekend being Mother’s Day.

The Campaign is about real women everywhere, world-wide who may not look like Angelina Jolie or Jennifer Hawkins, but inside they are in their own special way, beautiful unique creatures that should be celebrated for the people that they are. Read on…

We all know the altruistic nature of Oprah Winfrey, even if sometimes it does go astray, so it’s no surprise really to learn that she’s already had an open casting call, and is currently in production on a new reality TV show, The Big Give.

The Big Give, with keen interest and support from fellow philanthropists Jamie Olivier and Jennifer Aniston who are reportedly featuring in the episodes, will follow 10 people as they endeavour to use allocated money and resources to find sensational new ways to spend it on others in need.

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A day after Roger Clemens announced his return to baseball with the New York Yankees, he was on the green teeing off for charity in a golf tournament held at the Plainfield Country Club in Edison, New Jersey.

At the ripe old age of 44, Clemens is having a Sylvester Stallone type Rocky moment believing that he can help the Yankees get back in the winners circle, after their seven year stint outside of it.

And apparently so does Yankees owner George Steinbrenner,

He doesn’t care how old I am

Clemens said, when he made his announcement from Steinbrenner’s box on Sunday. Read on…

Mother’s Day is coming up and this year instead of giving mum the same old beautiful bunch of flowers, you could give her a bracelet that was especially chosen for Eva Longoria’s mother, by buying something from the Charms for Charity range.

This Mother’s Day, Fortunoff (makers of fine jewellery since 1922) are giving celebrities a chance to help design a range of charm bracelets to auction off for Mother’s Day, and for charity. Read on…

Life really is a ball this week, and that’s not just a cheesy pun either. It seems to be about the time to get your fancy frocks taken in or out, press the double breast and get on out to the 2007 Life Ball, just one of many this season.

The Life Ball is in it’s 15th year and is Europe’s largest Charity HIV/AIDS event.

It will take place in Vienna and have an opening ceremony to match that of Olympic proportions. It’s so big in fact, that you can only wonder why it hasn’t been picked up by some clever little TV executive and televised all over the world.

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This year’s unmissable Dream Foundation 5th Annual Angel Ball will be held in the southern State themed Showboat Casino, situated on the boardwalk of New Jersey’s ‘always turned on’ Atlantic City, home also to Trump Plaza.

The Annual Angel Ball will take place in the Casino’s House of Blues, a Harrah’s Entertainment, New Orleans-inspired club that celebrates African-American culture, focusing particularly on blues music and folk art.

The fundraising evening will feature a VIP Cocktail hour for celebs and sponsors, then dinner and dancing with an odd raffle throughout the night, and a $200,000 jewellery auction, which hopefully for the Dream Foundation’s sake will fetch even more than that. Read on…