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Article: Why stars and charities need each other.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- January 13, 2005
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Byline: Peter Ford and Gloria Goodale Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor
PARIS AND LOS ANGELES -- When Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher decided to contribute $10 million to tsunami-relief efforts last week, he did not hide his light under a bushel.
Instead, the race-car driver had his manager announce the gift in a phone call to a nationally broadcast telethon in his native Germany. As the largest known individual donation, the gesture drew instant global attention.
So did Sandra "Miss Congeniality" Bullock's gift of $1 million to the American Red Cross, Steven Spielberg's donation of $1.5 million to several charities, ...