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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 15, 2012, 6:44 pm
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[b]October 1993: Buenos Aires, Argentina Michael Jackson
donates thousands of tickets to his October 6 concert to ill,
needy and disadvantaged children.
[b][b]October 1993: Rio de Janerio, Brazil-Michael donates
thousands of tickets to his concert to disadvantaged
children.[/b]
October 1993: Michael visits a hospital in Santiago.
[b]November 5, 1993: Michael is a guest at a children's party
at the Hard Rock Cafe in Mexico City.
[b]December 1993: Heal The World with Gorbachev Foundation, U.
S. A airlifted 60,000 doses of children's vaccines to Tblisi in
Republic of Georgia.
[b]December 16, 1993: The Heal The World Foundation UK supports
"Operation Christmas Child" delivering toys, sweets, gifts and
food to children in former Yugoslavia.
[b][b]January 7, 1994: On the weekend of Martin Luther King
Jr.'s birthday, Michael gives a party for more than 100
underpriviledged children at his Neverland Ranch.[/b]
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 15, 2012, 8:13 pm
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[b]January 1994: Heal The World in conjunction with UniHealth
and the Los Angeles Immunization Coalation provided vaccines to
children made homeless by the Los Angeles eathquake. Heal The
World with Discovery Toys also donated hundreds of toys to the
kids participating in the immunization drive.
[b]January 1994: Over $85,000 from Heal L. A. is distributed
toward earthquake relief efforts through grants to non-profit
organizations dedicated to aiding families with long term
recovery in the Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley areas,
including the Al Wooten, Jr. Heritage Center, Casa Rutillo
Grande, Clinicia Para Las Americas, Families in New York
Directions, Meeting Each Need With Dignity, Proyecto Esperanza,
Pueblo Neuvo, and the Vaughn Street & Family Center.
[b][b]January 1994: Heal The World in association with General
Electric, Lever Brothers, and Surf Wash donated washers, dryers
and soap to 25 non-profit organizations to provide free laundry
services to families affected by the Los Angeles earthquake on
January 17, 1994.
[b]January 1994: Heal The World, Heal L. A. with the Salvation
Army treated over 400 homeless children and parents living in
shelters to a day at Universal Studios.[/b][/b][/b][/b][/b]
[b]January 1994: Michael Jackson hosts one hundred children
from the Community Youth Sports and Arts Foundation in Los
Angeles at his Neverland Ranch. Michael spent the day mingling
with the children, posing for photographs and signing
autographs. The children watched Beethoven's 2, played in the
amusement park, and checked out the zoo.
[b]February 22, 1994: "The Jackson Family Honors" is televised.
The earnings of the show are given to their own newly formed
charity, "Families Caring for Families."[/b][/b]
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 15, 2012, 9:56 pm
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[b]April 1994: Heal L. A. Immunization and Mentoring
Initiatives promoted by a visit to patients by pop/rap artist
Kriss Kross to the George C. Page Children's Hospital Community
Health Center and pop/rap artists Raven-Symone and Bryton
McClure visit to students at the Bancroft Middle School.[/b]
[b]July 1994: Heal The World in conjunction with Los Angeles
Unified School District, Youth Services, The I have A Dream
Foundation, Best Buddies, Overcoming Obstacles, and California
One to One provides 2000 children with tickets to see Janet
Jackson in concert, the L. A. Laker Jam and The Beach Boys in
concert.
[b]August 6, 1994: Michael and his wife Lisa Marie are visiting
two children's hospitals in Budapest. They distribute toys to
the ill children.
[b]August 1994: Heal The World Funds are pledged for a liver
transplant to save the life of 4-year-old Bela Farkas, a patient
at Bethesda Children's Hospital in Budapest,
Hungary.[/b][/b][/b]
[b]August 1994: In association with Toys 'R Us and AmeriCares,
distribute $20,000 worth of toys, food and supplies to
children's hospital in Budapest, Hungary.[/b]
[b]September 1994: Heal L. A. funds implementation of Los
Angeles Team Mentoring Program in six Los Angeles Unified School
District Middle Schools in South Central Los Angeles and the
Pico Union District, reaching over 1,000 young people.[/b]
[b]October 1994: Heal The World launched the Community School
Safe Havens Initiative designed to provide Los Angeles
communities with a safe environment in which students, families
and residents can pursue after-school academic and recreational
activities such as free instruction in computers, language and
math skills, tutoring and sports.[/b]
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 15, 2012, 10:22 pm
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[b]1995: Michael wants to free dolphins who have been locked up
for years. He believes there should be legal guidelines about
the way dolphins have to live in zoos and parks.[/b]
[b]February 1995: Heal L. A. expanded curriculum offerings and
program hours of the Community/School Safe Havens Initiative to
include over 1200 families.
[b][b]February 1995: Michael Jackson privately requests
permission to attend funeral services for little Craig Fleming,
a two-year-old boy whose mother threw him over the side of a Los
Angeles bridge along with his four-year-old brother, before
jumping to her own planned death. The mother and the
four-year-old survived the incident, although the child, Michael
was badly battered, requiring medical aid. Michael Jackson
presented a contribution toward Michael Flemings medical
expenses and founded a special trust fund for Michael's care.
[b][b]Michael later dedicated the song Childhood on the HIStory
album to the memory of Craig Fleming, with these words,
"Childhood is dedicated to little Craig Fleming and his
surviving brother Michael, for whom a scholarship fund has been
established to ensure that his childhood ushers in a future of
all possibilities. Love, MJ."[/b]
[b]March 1995: Little Bela Farkas receives a new liver.
Michael & Lisa Marie met this 4-year-old boy during their trip
in Hungary in 1994. Michael did everything to help Bela, whose
only chance to live was getting a new liver. The Heal The World
Foundation covered the surgery and the cost for caring.[/b]
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 16, 2012, 12:06 pm
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[b]April 1995: Heal The World with Permanent Charities and EC
2000 sponsored 46 children from 18 countries to gather at
Neverland for the World Congress of Children, for a three-day
seminar and leadership training to discuss critical children's
issues.
[b]June 1995: Heal The World/World's Children's Congress youth
ambassadors present their findings of the World Children's
Congress to the World Summit of Children during the United
Nations 50th anniversary celebration in San Fransico, CA. and
meet with U. N. Secretary Boutros Butros-Ghali, Rev. Jesse
Jackson, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and many other U. N.
Ambassadors.[/b][/b]
[b]September 1995: Heal The World/World Children's Congress
youth ambassador from Mexico accompanies Children's Touch of
Hope across the United States bringing the message of the World
Children's Congress to over 30 events sponsored by the Coalation
for Children of the Earth and EC2000.[/b]
[b]October 1995: Recording artists BROWNSTONE and Tasha Scott
perform 2 shows for students at Horace Mann Middle School to
launch news school year for Community/School Safe Havens
Initiative.[/b]
[b]October 1995: Heal The World/World Children's Congress youth
ambassadors report to the U. N. Committee on the rights of the
child, in Genevo, Switzerland.
[b][b]December 1995: Heal The World/World Children's Congress
youth ambassadors address the dedication of the "Guardians of
the Future" monument in Mexico City, co-sponsored by EC2000,
Terra Christa Communications, UNICEF, The Office of the Mayor of
Mexico City and Coalation for Children of the Earth.
[b]December 1995: HTW in association with the International
Rescue Committee, shipped two pallets of toys toys to children
in war-torn Bosnia and Hercegovina.[/b][/b][/b][/b]
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 16, 2012, 12:30 pm
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[b]February 1996: Heal The World/World's Children's Congress
with youth ambassador from Mexico presents model for creating a
substainable environment to the U. N. Habitat 11 Prep
Committee.
[b][b]April 1996: Heal The World/World Children's Congress
youth ambassadors attend Children First: A Global Forum, in
Atlanta, Georgia. The event, hosted by former U. S. President
Jimmy Carter, Rosalyn Carter, The Carter Center, and the Task
Force for Child Survival, and co-sponsored by the Rockefeller
Foundation, the Annie E. Case Foundation, the World Bank, and
Heal The World bring together 360 representatives from 100
countries to discuss strategies to improve the quality of life
for children.
[b]April 1996: Heal The World/World Children's Congress youth
ambassadors attend the Spectrum of Light Youth conference in
Washington, D. C. to form partnerships to emphasize the need for
a substainable society based on a healthy environment.
[b]May 1996: Michael sends a floral tribute of white roses,
carnations and lilies to the funeral of one of his British fans.
The inscription reads, "May your courage be an inspiration to
us all. Your spirit shines on." Love, Michael Jackson.
Eleven-year-old Jaymee Bowen had lost her battle with leukemia.
Her favorite songs-Farewell My Summer Love, Ben, and Never Can
Say Goodbye, were played at the funeral
services.[/b][/b][/b][/b][/b]
[b]June 1996: A donated trip to Neverland Ranch received the
highest bid at a Cities In School Celebrity auction. Los
Angeles KIIS-FM and Cities In School organized the event,
raising over $115,000 to benefit school children. A trip of
four to Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch received the highest
bid of $52,000.[/b]
[b]June 21, 1996: Michael donated a four-times platinum disc of
"HIStory" in aid of the Dublane appeal at the Royal Oak Hotel,
Seven Oaks in England.[/b]
[b]June 18, 1996: In Seweto, South Africa, Michael is laying
down a wreath of flowers for youngsters who have been killed
during the fights involving Apartheid.[/b]
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 16, 2012, 12:50 pm
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[b]September 1996: Michael visits a state orphanage in
Bucharest, Romania prior to his concert before 70,000 in that
city. After handing out toys, Michael said, "I wish all the
world was here to see this, instead of sending our brothers to
the killing fields. This is our future- children."
[b][b]September 6, 1996: Michael visits the children's unit of
a hospital in Prague.
[b][b]October 1996: Michael visited a hospital for mentally
challenged children in Kaoshiung, Taiwan and offered 2,000 free
tickets to the sold out performance in Kaoshiung.[/b]
[b]October 1, 1996: Michael donated the proceeds of his Tunisia
concert to "The National Solidarity Fund," a charity dedicated
to fighting poverty.
[b][b]October 3, 1996: Michael visits a children's hospital,
Ronald McDonald House and AMC and brings small gifts for
patients during a HIStory tour visit in Amsterdam. A room in
the hospital for parents who want to be with their children is
named after Michael.[/b][/b][/b]
[b]November 1, 1996: Bombay, India-85% of the $5 to $6 million
ticket receipts from one concert is slated to go to the Shiv
Udyog Sena to help create jobs for 270,000 young people in the
state of Maharashtra, of which Bombay is the capital. Upon
arriving in Bombay, Jackson asks his driver to stop the
motorcade transporting him from the airport to his hotel to
allow him to spend 20 minutes talking with children playing in
the crowded slums he must pass enroute.[/b]
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 16, 2012, 2:58 pm
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 16, 2012, 3:10 pm
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[b]November 7, 1996: Michael Jackson grants American news
magazine, American Journal permission to accompany him for two
weeks on his tour itenerary. Phenomenal footage narrated by Les
Trent depicits Michael Jackson's visit to "Starship" a
children's hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, following Michael
from room to room as he speaks to each child, leaving each a toy
and autographed photo and cd.
[b]In answer to Trent's question regarding how the children's
faces make him feel, Michael touches his chest, replying "It
touches my heart." Michael is also shown backstage just moments
prior to his sold out performance, comforting Emily Smith a shy
13-year-old cancer victim.[b] He welcomes her to the "shy club"
while holding her in his arms and ruffling her curly hair, then
poses for photographs with Emily and her family and rushes off
to prepare himself for the show.[/b][/b][/b]
[b]November 1996: In Bangkok, Thialand, Michael is shown
visiting an orphanage and a school for blind children. At the
orphanage, he leaves a donation of $100,000 American dollars as
well as distributing toys and gifts to children both at the
orphanage and school for the blind. An orphanage spokeswoman
comments, "They don't know him as a pop star. To them he is
just a very nice man who came to offer hope."[/b]
[b]November 13, 1996: Michael visits a children's hospital in
Sydney prior to being publicly featured by Sony Music honoring
his sales exceeding $75 million in Australia at a reception held
in his honor at the Opera House. Again, reports state that he
spends over two hours speaking to children, signing autographs
and distributing gifts to each child. Reports also surface that
Michael had committed a portion of his receipts from his nine
Australian performances to "The Smith Family" a charity educated
to feeding the needy.[/b]
[b]November 17, 1996: During scheduled tour stops in Brisbane,
Australia, Michael visits the Prince of Wales Hospital which
houses children suffering from assorted ailments, including
cancer, heart trouble, asthma and tumors. He signs autographs
and distributes toys to over 75 children spending hours with the
kids.[/b]
[b]November 25, 1996: Michael visited the Royal Children's
Hospital in Melbourne, delivering toys signing autographs, and
visiting with children.
[b][b]December 9, 1996: During a HIStory tour visit in Manila,
Michael visits a children's hospital. He announces that a part
of his concert earnings will be donated to the renovation of the
hospital.[/b][/b][/b]
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Re: Michael Jackson: The Greatest Humanitarian
By: Admire Date: January 16, 2012, 3:45 pm
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[b]January 25, 1997: Michael waived his personal fee for his
Bombay appearance and donated $1.1 million to a local charity
helping to educate children living in slums.
[b]April 4, 1997: British magazine "OK" is publishing exclusive
photos of Michael's son prince. The magazine pays about 1
million pounds for the photos. Michael donates the money to
charity.
[b]June 18, 1997: Michael signed the "Children In Need" book
auctioned by the charity UNESCO.
[b]September 1998: Michael meets 5-year-old Aza Woods, who
suffers from cancer at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. Michael
introduces Aza to the attraction Star Trek: The Expirience and
spends the rest of the afternoon with the little boy. Finally
Michael invites Aza to spend some time with him at his Neverland
Ranch.[/b][/b][/b][/b]
[b]November 16, 1998: Michael arrives in Harae, Zimbabwe. He
is a member of the American Delegation invited by the Minister
of Defense. The delegation thanks the government of Zimbabwe
for helping to keep the peace in this area.
[b][b]June 1999: Michael Jackson and Friends concerts in Korea
and Germany raise $3.3 million dollars for the humanitarian
agencies, UNESCO, Nelson Mandela's Children's Fund, and the
International Federation of Red Cross, and Red Cresent
Societies.[/b]
[b]September 4, 1999: Michael presented Nelson Mandela with a
check for $1,000,000 South African brand for the Nelson Mandela
Children's Fund.[/b]
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