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Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 12, 2012, 9:07 pm
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 13, 2012, 7:01 pm
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Michael Jackson healed the world through his music, generosity
and humanitarian activities. He was truly the greatest
humanitarian.
This is some of the researched history. There are many
more,[b]contributions but Michael didn't want it reported.[/b]
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AIDS Society
American Cancer Society
Angel Food
[b]Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles
[b]BMI Foundation, Inc.
[b]Brotherhood Crusade
[b]Brothman Burn Center
[b]Camp Ronald McDonald
[b]Childhelp, U. S. A.
[b]Children's Institute International[/b]
Cities and Schools Scholarship Fund
[b]Community Youth Sports & Arts Foundation
[b]Congressional Black Cacus (CBC)
[b]Dakar Foundation
[b]Dream Street Kids
[b]Dreams Come True Charity
[b]Juvenille Diabetes Foundation
[b]Love Match
[b]Make A Wish Foundation
[b]Minority Aids Project
[b]Mowtown Museum
[b]NAACP[/b][/b][/b][/b][/b]
National Rainbow Coalation
[b]Rotary Club of Australia
[b]Society of Singers
[b]Starlight Foundation
[b]The Carter Center's Atlanta Project
[b]The Sickle Cell Research Foundation
[b]Transafrica
[b]United Negro College Fund
[b]United Negro College Fund Ladder's of Hope
Volunteers of America
Watts Summer Festival
Wish Granting
YMCA-28th Street Crenshaw
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 13, 2012, 7:11 pm
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January 1979: Michael donates an unspecified number of books,
including Peter Pan to the Chicago Public Library's Young Adult
Section and promotes reading through a library program called
Boogie to the Book Beat.
July 1981: Concert in Atlanta Georgia, Triumph Tour- Benefit
Concert raises $100,000 at the Omni Auditorium in Atlanta,
Georgia for the Atlanta Children's Foundation in response to a
series of kidnappings and murders that had been plaguing the
children of Atlanta for months.
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 13, 2012, 7:21 pm
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January 10, 1984: During the filming of Pepsi Commercials,
Michael is burned. As a result of the on-set accident, he is
admitted to the Brothman Medical Center in Culver City,
California. Despite palm-sized second and third degree burns to
the back of his head when pyrothechnics somehow went awry,
Jackson visited several other burn patients and later donated a
hyperbaric chamber(used to treat burn patients) in addition to a
large donation toward the preparing and equipping of the Michael
Jackson Burn Center.
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 13, 2012, 7:31 pm
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April 9, 1984: David Smithee, a 14-year old boy who suffers
from cystic fibrosis is invited to Michael's home. It was
David's last wish to meet Michael. He dies 7 weeks later.
April 14, 1984: Michael equips a 19-bed unit at Mount Siani New
York Medical Center. This center is part of the T. J. Martel
foundation for leukemia and cancer research.
[b]May, 1984: Michael Jackson donates the use of his song "Beat
It" to a national advertising campaign against drinking and
driving. For his contribution, he received a Special
Achievement Award by President Ronald Reagan.[/b]
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 13, 2012, 9:18 pm
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July 5, 1984: Michael Jackson and his family hold a press
conference to announce the changing of the ticket distribution
system to the Victory Tour. during his speech, he announces,
"Finally and most importantly...I want you to know that when I
first agreed to tour,I decided to donate all the money I make
from our performances to charity." Three charities benefited
from Michael's generosity. The Negro College Fund established
the Michael Jackson scholarship Fund, which by 1988, had
provided scholarships for 70 students at UNCF member schools,
Camp Good Times for terminally ill children and the T. J.
Martell Foundation For Leukemia and Cancer Research.
[b]July 14, 1984: The Jacksons, performing in Jacksonville,
Florida, entertain eight children suffering from incurable
diseases. Fourteen year old Malandra cooper, a young victim,
has a short time to live, writes the major asking to meet
Michael Jackson. Michael meets her backstage prior to a
performance. Later, 700 disadvantaged children are treated to
the show.
July 1984: The Jacksons perform at Texas Stadium in Dallas,
donating 1200 tickets to underpriviledged children(valued at
$39,000).[/b]
August, 1984: As negotiations for a performance in Gary,
Indiana breakdown, the Jacksons transport forty children from
the Thelma Marshall Children's Home for orphans, foster
children, abandonded children, The Hoosier Boys Home and the
Donzels work study program for high school students working
toward a college education to Detroit Michigan for the third
performance there.
[b]September, 1984: David Smitthee, a fourteen-year-old fan,
through the auspices of the Brass Ring Society, fulfills a
lifelong dream.[b]he is invited to visit Michael in his home in
Encino. David, a victim of cystic fibrosis had long wished to
meet Michael Jackson. The two young people shared an afternoon
watching movies[b] in the private screening room, eating lunch
and playing video games. Before leaving, he was treated by the
superstar to a black sequined glove and his red leather jacket
from "Beat It." Seven weeks later, David Smitthee died.[/b]
[b]December, 1984: Michael visits the Brothman Memorial
Hospital, where he had been treated when he was burned badly
during the production of a Pepsi commercial. He donated all the
money he receives from Pepsi, $1.5 million, to the Michael
Jackson Burn Center for Children.[/b]
[b]January 28, 1985: Michael Jackson is one of the first
artists to arrive at A & M Lion Share Studios for the historic
recording which brought dozens of nationally acclaimed artists
together in the hope of alleviating famine in Africa. In an
all-night session, the largest grossing single in the history of
the recording arts, We Are The World is recorded, spawning a
video cassette, and a book all the proceeds of which would be
funneled directly through to famine relief efforts. The famine
relief efforts of this recording resulted in over $60 million
dollars being chanelled directly into the countries most
affected. [b]Michael Jackson contributed to the effort not only
as a featured artist, but co-wrote the song with Lionel Ritchie
and recorded the demo tracks distributed to the participating
artists.[/b][/b]
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 13, 2012, 9:35 pm
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[b]March, 1985: Michael Jackson visits a young girl who was
paralyzed in a car accident in Miami, Florida. Later, he sent
her a tape of the Victory Tour concerts and a tour jacket.[/b]
1986: Michael set up the "Michael Jackson UNCF Endowed
Scholarship Fund." His $1.5 million fund is aimed towards
students majoring in performance arts and communications, with
money given each year to students attending a UNCF member
college or university.
[b]February 28, 1986: After having had a heart transplant,
14-year-old Donna Ashlock from California gets a call[b] from
Michael Jackson. He had heard she is a big fan of his. Michael
invites her to his home as soon as she is feeling better. The
visit takes place on March 8. Donna stays for dinner and
watches a movie together with Michael.
[b]October, 1986: Michael's Pets, a line of stuffed animals
modeled after Michael Jackson's zoo, is released to market.
Michael Jackson requests that from each purchase, one dollar
should be donated to a children's charity.[/b]
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 14, 2012, 5:04 pm
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September 13, 1987: Michael supports a campaign against racism.
He supports efforts of the NAACP, to fight prejudices against
black artists.
[b]September 1987: Michael Jackson donates $20,000 to the
family of a young Japanese boy, Yoshiyaki, who had been recently
kidnapped and killed. News footage with his empathy with
Yoshiyaki and his family shows a highly emotional Michael
Jackson addressing the incident, "I am very sorry and deeply
saddened to hear about Yoshiyaki. If I could, I would like to
rush to his parents to express my words of sympathy and pay
tribute to Yoshiyaki.[b] I would like to dedicate my Japanese
tour to Yoshiyaki...Yoshiyaki, I know you're out there watching
us. I hope such a brutal and heartbreaking thing never happens
again. And I love you." Michael then procedded into the song I
Just Can't Stop Loving You.
October 1987: At the end of his Bad Tour, Michael donates some
personal items to the UNESCO for a charitable auction. The
proceeds will be for the education of children in developing
countries. Among the items were sunglasses, t-shirts, and a
windbreaker.
[b]November 1987: Michael Jackson visits a children's hospital
while touring in Australia.
February 1, 1988: The song "Man In The Mirror" enters the
charts. The proceeds from the sales of this record goes to camp
Ronald McDonald for Good Times, a camp for children who suffer
from cancer.[/b][/b][/b]
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 14, 2012, 6:12 pm
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[b]March 1, 1988: Second step of the first U. S. leg of the Bad
Tour, New York Michael Jackson performs at the Madison Square
Garden, the first of three concerts is a benefit for the United
Negro College Fund. He presents a check for $600,000 to
Christopher Edeley. UNCF President, making him one of the
UNCF's largest contributors. The reviews in New York [/b]read,
"Michael's act has already gone well beyond a pop music
concert."[b] By this time, 97 young people had benefited from
Michael Jackson's generosity to the United Negro College Fund.
[b]April 1988: It is announced that 4,000 tickets from Michael
Jackson's concerts in Britan will be donated to ITV Telethon
which will raise 200,000 pounds for Great Ormond Street
Children's Hospital.
[b]May 22, 1988: Michael visits children who suffer from cancer
at the Bambini-Gesu Children's Hospital in Rome. He signs
autographs and gives away sweets and records to the little
patients. He promises a check of 100,000 pounds to the
hospital.
[b]June 1988: Music celebrity auction to benefit the T. J.
Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS Research boasts
a black fedora signed by Michael Jackson as its winning bid. It
sold for over $4,000.[/b][/b][/b][/b]
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 14, 2012, 6:22 pm
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July 16, 1988: Before a concert at Wembley Stadium Michael
meets the Prince of Wales and his wife Diana. He hands over a
check of 150,000 pounds[b] for the Prince's Trust, and a check
of 100,000 pounds for the Children's Hospital at Great Ormond
Street. He contributes to the Wishing Well Fund, established to
help finance the construction of a new building for London's
Hospital for Sick Children. Michael toured the hospital and
visited with some of the patients.[/b]
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