10 Celebrities Who Are Giving Back

These actors, singers and personalities are top earners and top philanthropists. See where they are giving back all across the globe.
Oprah Winfrey
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Oprah founded an Angel Network in her name that has sent deserving students to college, built homes for families in need and more. Oprah's Angel Network has raised more than $50 million for nonprofit organizations across the world. Through her foundation, Oprah has also awarded hundreds of education grants to women, children and families in need. In January 2007, she opened the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.
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Can anyone help:I have been applying for grants and help for the last 3 years, everyone wants money and or charge card number. Here is my story, at age 17 I married a man to get out of being raped and beaten from my stepfather. I married a man 10 years old his family has millions of dollars. The beatings began Chris my husband drank and was a drug dealer I tried to leave he broke my eye sockets, jaw and nose. This went on for 10 years. He even sold me to a gang of bikers for drugs they the bikers tied him to a pole cut his face and made him watch what they did to me. I went to a battered shelter in which he found me beat me and kept me drugged with the same needles he used . 1 year later he died of Hep c his family blames me. I did not date until 20 years later met a great man 14 years older and wanted to get married and start a family. I got ill with Hep C from my dead husband and went through treatment for a year to find out the treatment causes rotting of my stomach wall and 2 lung deceases. I took guardianship of my 16 year old niece my sister is a drug user and drinks so, I am battling to stay alive and take good care of my niece. If the treatment for my lungs doesn't work I can not get on a lung list because of the Hep C, I called my father in law for help he stated if I became his mistress he would help me, I can not and will not be little what is left of my life. I am out on disability from Chase Bank I have been there 10 years and they are fighting me all the way. I need help or a great prayer to get me through. I have never begged but, I do not want to die I would love to see my niece have kids go to college and try to marry the man I have been with through all my illness. I saw this article on goggle and thought I would try. I do not have anything else to loss but, my life and family. If I just get a prayer and to tell someone my story that is ok. Thank you for listening and god bless,

By Jacque, on 08/15/2009
Can anyone help:I have been applying for grants and help for the last 3 years, everyone wants money and or charge card number. Here is my story, at age 17 I married a man to get out of being raped and beaten from my stepfather. I married a man 10 years old his family has millions of dollars. The beatings began Chris my husband drank and was a drug dealer I tried to leave he broke my eye sockets, jaw and nose. This went on for 10 years. He even sold me to a gang of bikers for drugs they the bikers tied him to a pole cut his face and made him watch what they did to me. I went to a battered shelter in which he found me beat me and kept me drugged with the same needles he used . 1 year later he died of Hep c his family blames me. I did not date until 20 years later met a great man 14 years older and wanted to get married and start a family. I got ill with Hep C from my dead husband and went through treatment for a year to find out the treatment causes rotting of my stomach wall and 2 lung deceases. I took guardianship of my 16 year old niece my sister is a drug user and drinks so, I am battling to stay alive and take good care of my niece. If the treatment for my lungs doesn't work I can not get on a lung list because of the Hep C, I called my father in law for help he stated if I became his mistress he would help me, I can not and will not be little what is left of my life. I am out on disability from Chase Bank I have been there 10 years and they are fighting me all the way. I need help or a great prayer to get me through. I have never begged but, I do not want to die I would love to see my niece have kids go to college and try to marry the man I have been with through all my illness. I saw this article on goggle and thought I would try. I do not have anything else to loss but, my life and family. If I just get a prayer and to tell someone my story that is ok. Thank you for listening and god bless,

By Jacque, on 08/15/2009
Bingo! That is the first right comment I've seen in all of the ramblings given. "cyndllnchaleen", your right when you said, and I quote, "Charity is a person giving when they do not have anything to give. They do not ask to be recognized". Just as the poor, old woman who gave a "mite" or in our language a half of a cent in a kings court, in a bucket for the king. It was as if she gave more than the richest man who gave a half a million in the bucket. Where should giving come from? The heart.

By Shemon80, on 08/12/2009
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