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       Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
       By: Admire Date: January 14, 2012, 6:59 pm
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       [b]July 20, 1988:  Michael visits terminally ill children at
       Great Ormond Street Hospital.  At a unit for less critical
       patients he stays a little bit longer and tells a story.
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       [b]August 29, 1988:  At his 30th birthday, Michael performs a
       concert in Leeds England for the English charity-organization
       "Give For Life."  The goal of this organization is the
       immunization of children.  Michael presents a check for $65,000
       pounds.  The proceeds from the concert were contributed toward
       helping immunize 40,000 children.
       [b][b]October 1988:  Michael presents a check in the amount of
       $125,000 to Esther Edwards and Berry Gordy for the maintenance
       and upkeep of Hitsville USA [/b]Mowtown's Museum in Detroit,
       Michigan.  He also contributed[b] a black fedora, a white beaded
       glove and a costume from the Mowtown Era for display.[/b]
       November 1988:  One hundred tickets to the Atlanta Georgia Bad
       Tour concerts were given to the Children's Wish Foundation to be
       distributed to terminally ill children.
       December 1988:[b]Michael visits 12-year-old David Rothenburg.
       His father had 5 years earlier burned him very badly in an act
       of revenge against his former wife.
       [b][b]January 1989:  The Bad Tour comes to an end.
       Underpriviledged children are donated tickets for each concert
       and Michael donates money to hospitals, orphanages and charity
       organizations.  During many of the stops Michael is joined
       backstage prior to the concert with ill children from local
       areas in which he performs.  Seth Riggs, Michael's vocal coach,
       remarks,  "Every night the kids would come in on stretchers and
       he would put his face right down beside theirs so that he could
       have his real picture taken with them, and then give them a copy
       to remember the moment."[/b]
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       Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
       By: Admire Date: January 14, 2012, 7:10 pm
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       [b]February 7, 1989:  Michael visits the Cleveland Elementary
       School in Stockton, California.  Some weeks earlier a
       25-year-old man had fired at the school's playground.  Five
       children had been killed and three wounded. [b]Many of those
       present reported that Michael's visit helped them feel safe
       again.
       [b]March 5, 1989:  Michael invites 200 deprived children of St.
       Vincent Institute for Handicapped Children and of the
       organization Big Brothers and Big sisters to the Circus Vargas
       in Santa Barbara.  After this event, he invites them to his
       ranch to introduce his private zoo at his Neverland Ranch to
       them.[/b]
       [b]November 13, 1989:  The organization "Wishes Granted" helps
       4-year-old Darian Pagan, who suffers from leukemia to meet
       Michael.  Michael invites the little boy to a performance of
       Canadian Acrobats.
       [b]December 28, 1989:  Young Ryan White, who suffers from
       hemophilia spends his holidays on Michael's ranch.  Ryan has
       been infected with AIDS by contaminated blood transfusions in
       1984.[b][b] After he was excluded from his school in Kokomo,
       Ryan fought against the discrimination of AIDS victims.[/b]
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       Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
       By: Admire Date: January 14, 2012, 9:04 pm
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       [b]January 6, 1990: Michael invites 82 abused and neglected
       children through Childhelp to his Neverland Ranch.  There are
       games, a barbeque and a movie provided for them.
       [b]February 1990:  Michael Jackson performs at a musical variety
       special to honor Sammy Davis, Jr. and proceeds from that special
       $250,000, are donated to the United Negro College Fund.
       May 1990:  Forty-five children from the Project Dream Street,
       Los Angeles for children with life-threatning illnesses are
       invited to Neverland Valley.
       [b]August 18, 1990:  Michael invites 130 children of theYMCA
       Summer Program of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara to his Neverland
       Ranch.  They enjoy barbeque, play video games, visit his zoo and
       watch movies.  Each child takes home a free pair of sneakers.
       [b]October 1990:  Michael throws a party for eighty abused or
       neglected children from the Villiage of Childhelp in Beaumont,
       California.  Later, he hosted fifty children from Maclaren Hall
       and the Make A Wish Foundation at his home in California.
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       Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
       By: Admire Date: January 14, 2012, 9:26 pm
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       [b]May 6, 1991:  Michael is invited to the Jane Goodall Charity
       Event.  Michael supports here an advocate of behavioral research
       concerning chimpanzees in Gombe, Nigeria for more than 30 years.
       [b]July 26, 1991:  Michael pays a visit to the Youth Sports and
       Arts Foundation in Los Angeles.  This foundation supports
       families of gang members and helps dealing with drug abuse.
       Michael talks to the kids and presents them with a wide-screen
       TV set and a financial gift.
       [b]February 1992:  Within 11 days Michael covers 30,000 miles in
       Africa, to visit hospitals, orphanages, schools, churches and
       institutions for mentally handicapped children.
       [b]February 3, 1992:  At a press conference at the New York
       Radio City Music Hall, Michael announces he is planning a new
       world tour to raise funds for his new "Heal The World"
       Foundation.  The foundation will support the fight against AIDS,
       Juvenile diabetes and will support the Camp Ronald McDonald and
       the make A Wish Foundation.[/b][/b][/b][/b]
       [b]May 6, 1992:  Michael Jackson pays for a young boys' funeral
       who had been killed by a stray bullet during the Rodney King
       riots in Los Angeles, California.[/b]
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       Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
       By: Admire Date: January 14, 2012, 9:39 pm
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       [b]June 23, 1992:  At a press conference in London, Michael
       makes an announcement about his Heal the World Foundation.
       [b]June 26, 1992:  Michael presents the mayor of Munich, Mr.
       Kronawitter, with a $40,000 DM check for the needy people of the
       city.
       [b]June 29, 1992:  Michael visits the Sophia Children's Hospital
       in Rotterdam and presents a check for $100,000 pounds.
       [b]July 1992:  Michael donated $821,477,296 to La Partia
       Delcuore (The Heart Match) in Rome and donated $120,000 DM to
       children's charities in Estonia and Lativa.[/b][/b][/b][/b]
       [b]July 25, 1992:  On the occasion of a concert in Dublin,
       Ireland, Michael announces that he will give $400,000 pounds of
       the tour earnings to various charities.
       [b]July 29, 1992:  Michael visits the Queen Elizabeth Children's
       Hospital in London.  To the surprise of the children, he brings
       Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse from Euro-Disney to the
       hospital.[/b][/b]
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       Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
       By: Admire Date: January 15, 2012, 3:08 pm
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       [b]July 31, 1992:  On the eve of his second concert at Wembeley
       Stadium, Michael presents Prince Charles with a check of
       $200,000 pounds for the Prince's Trust.
       [b]August, 1992:  The first Heal The World European Children's
       Congress meets in London, England.  Eighty-four children between
       the ages of 8 and 16 came together to express their views on the
       world's biggest problems and the solutions, as they see them.
       Despite a case of laryngytitis, Michael arrives at Regent's
       College after lunch and stays approximately four hours.
       [b]September 1992:  Michael donated 1 million pestas to a
       charity headed by the Queen of Spain.
       [b]September 30, 1992:  President Iliescu of Romania inagurates
       a playground for 500 orphans which Michael financed.  Michael
       discussed his Heal The World Foundation.
       [b]October 1, 1992:  Michael chooses a concert in Bucharest
       Romania for a worldwide television broadcast.  Bucharest is a
       logical choice due to the numerous orphanages the country is
       known for.
       [b]November 24, 1992:  At Kennedy Airport in New York, Michael
       supervises the loading of 43 tons of medication, blankets and
       winter clothes destined for Sarajevo.  The Heal The World
       Foundation collaborates with AmeriCares to bring resources
       totaling $2.1 million to Sarajevo.  They will be allocated under
       the supervision of the United Nations.[/b][/b][/b][/b]
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       Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
       By: Admire Date: January 15, 2012, 3:25 pm
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       [b]December 12, 1992:  During a press conference at the American
       Embassy in Tokyo Michael is presented with a check for $100,000
       for the Heal The World Foundation by tour sponsor, Pepsi.
       [b]December 26, 1992:  During a broadcast request for donations
       to the United Negro College Fund, Michael declares: "Black
       colleges and universities are breeding some of the leading
       personalities of our time.  They are on top in business,
       justice, science and technologies, politics and religion.  I am
       proud, that the Michael Jackson Scholarship Program enabled more
       than 200 young men and women to get a qualified
       education."[/b][/b]
       [b]December 1992:  Relief supplies airlifted to children in
       Bosnia in association with Operation Christmas Child, consisting
       of 30,000 "shoebox gifts" of toys, school items, photographs,
       and letters collected by UK school children.
       [b]January 19, 1993:  Michael is one of the stars to perform at
       the Presidental Inaguration of Bill Clinton.  Before he sings
       "Gone Too Soon" he draws the attention to the plights of victims
       of AIDS and mentions his friend Ryan White.[/b][/b]
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       Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
       By: Admire Date: January 15, 2012, 4:01 pm
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       [b]January 1993:  A new U. S. Children's Relief Initiative
       announced in Los Angeles: "Heal L. A." in collaboration with
       Cities In Schools, Big Brothers/Big Sisters The Best Foundation,
       Watts Health Foundation, and the Partnership for a Drug Free
       America, will help solve the problems facing inner city youth by
       providing drug abuse and AIDS prevention education, mentoring
       and immunization campaigns in the wake of the 1992 unrest.
       [b][b]January 26, 1993:  At a press conference held at Century
       Plaza Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles, Michael is presented
       with a $200,000 donation from the National Football League and
       the sponsors for the Super Bowl.  He gets another $500,000 from
       the BEST Foundation for his Heal The World Foundation.
       [b][b]January 1993:  Donated $1.25 million dollars plus proceeds
       from Michael Jackson's half-time performance at Superbowl XXVII
       in Pasedena, California to Heal L. A. [/b][/b][/b][/b][/b]
       [b]February 1993:  In association with Sega, launched an
       initiative to distribute more than $108,000 of computer games
       and equipment to children's hospitals, children's homes, and
       children's charities throughout the U. K.
       [b]March 1993:  The foundation of an independent film company is
       announced.  They will provide family-oriented movies.  A part of
       the earnings will go to the Heal The World Foundation.
       [b]March 1993:  Urban anti-drug media campaign launched by the
       Partnership for a Drug Free America, the Partnership for a Drug
       Free California and the BEST Foundation in Los Angeles with
       support from HTW Foundation and Heal L. A.
       [b][b]March 27, 1993:  At a meeting at Century Plaza Hotel in
       Los Angeles, Michael gives a 5-minute speech to 1200 teachers
       and politicians.[/b][/b][/b][/b][/b]
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       Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
       By: Admire Date: January 15, 2012, 4:16 pm
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       [b]April 26, 1993: Within his "Heal L. A." tour, Michael visits
       the Watta Health Foundation, and two schools in Los Angeles
       South Central.
       [b]April 1993:  Unannounced visit made by Michael in three Heal
       L. A. project sites to participate in discussions with
       recipients and providers of the immunization, mentoring and drug
       abuse prevention programs.
       [b]May 5, 1993:  With the assistance of former U. S. President
       Jimmy Carter's Atlantic Project Immunization/Children's Health
       Initiative, arranged the immunization of 17,000 children in five
       days in Atlanta.  Support from the Turner Broadcasting System,
       Inc. Ronald McDonald, Children's Charities, Gladys Knight, and
       TLC.[/b][/b][/b]
       [b]June 1993:  Michael has announced that he will donate $1.25
       million for children who have suffered from the riots in Los
       Angeles.
       [b]June 1993:  Michael Jackson hosts one-hundred children at his
       ranch from the Challengers Boys and Girls Club in Los
       Angeles.[/b][/b]
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       Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
       By: Admire Date: January 15, 2012, 4:31 pm
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       [b]Michael Jackson attends a rally in Los Angeles to launch a
       new DARE program called DARE PLUS.  The purpose of the program
       is to inform children about the dangers of drug abuse.
       [b]June 18, 1993:  Michael pays a visit to a hospital in
       Washington.  He spends several hours with the young patients and
       plays chess with some of them.
       [b]July 1993:  Mallory Cyr, an eight-year-old girl from Saba
       Hacus, who suffers from a rare intestinal disease, receives a
       letter and generous check from Michael Jackson.  The letter was
       a result of a letter-writing campaign organized by school
       children.  Jackson's letter read: "I am sending you all my love
       and caring, Mallory, along with the enclosed gift, which I hope
       will help nourish you and keep you strong."  Mallory's
       intestinal condition made it impossible for her to eat and she
       was being fed intravenously.
       [b]August 1993:  With Pepsi-Cola Thialand, donated $400,000 to
       Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sorindhom's Charity, the Rural School
       Children and Youth Developmental Fund, in support of school
       lunch programs in rural villiages in Thialand.[/b][/b][/b][/b]
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