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Article: Not On Our Watch, Just Launched by Clooney, Pitt, Damon, Cheadle and Weintraub, Donates $2.75 Million to International Rescue Committee for Darfur Relief
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- U.S. Newswire
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- June 7, 2007
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To: ENTERTAINMENT EDITORS
Contact: Melissa Winkler, +1-646-734-0305, or Edward Bligh, +1-
212-551-3114, both of the International Rescue Committee
CHICAGO, June 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The new organization
Not On Our Watch, founded by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon,
Don Cheadle and Jerry Weintraub, announced a donation today of $2.75
million to the International Rescue Committee to support the group's
humanitarian aid programs in the Darfur region.
"The International Rescue Committee is at the forefront of
providing lifesaving humanitarian assistance in Darfur," says
Clooney, who visited IRC programs in Sudan and Chad last year.
Clooney was speaking in Chicago today, where Not ...