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Most of you know me as a singer, songwriter, entertainer, and composer, and I do dearly love performing for and connecting with people through song. But the most meaningful part of my public life is my work as a humanitarian in the global effort to end the AIDS epidemic.
Over the years, I have lost many dear friends to this terrible disease. In the mid-1980’s, I began channeling my grief into efforts to help raise money for the pioneering charitable organizations that formed during those dark, grim years to fund AIDS research and provide vital services to people with HIV/AIDS.
Then I met Ryan White. Ryan wasn’t the first friend of mine to die of AIDS, nor the last, but he taught me the most. People shut him out of school, shot bullets into his home, and spread lies about him. But Ryan didn’t hate them. He knew they were uninformed and afraid. He knew the real enemy was ignorance, and he forgave them. Sitting with Ryan’s mother Jeanne at his bedside as he lay dying in April of 1990 was one of the most gut-wrenching experiences of my life. I knew I had to do more.
In 1992, I decided to bring focus to all of my AIDS-related work by establishing the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) to help make emergency funds available for the most basic needs in the areas hardest hit by the epidemic and to counter ignorance about HIV/AIDS with information. Within a year, EJAF contributions had grown so rapidly that we established a partnership with the National AIDS Fund to award community grants nationwide and also began making international grants to community projects in the developing world.
Forty million people are infected with HIV. Eight thousand die every day. We have both the moral obligation and the power to end this epidemic. Do we have the will? I know I do, and I pledge to remain committed to this cause for the rest of my life. Won’t you join me?
Sir Elton John
Founder and Chairman
Elton John AIDS Foundation
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Trace Adkins
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Andre Agassi
"Children today face so many obstacles. If I can make a positive impact on at least one child's life, then it has all been worthwhile," says tennis great Andre Agassi who founded the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation.
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Clay Aiken
American Idol and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Clay Aiken is co-founder of National Inclusion Project
While earning his degree, he worked with individuals with autism. Through The National Inclusion Project, Clay envisions a world where children of all abilities are offered the experiences of full inclusion.
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Laila Ali
Laila Ali , an athlete and champion of health and fitness, has always been a strong advocate of promoting women's and girls' involvement in sports and athletics, as well as hunger relief initiatives.
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Muhammad Ali
Since leaving the ring he once dominated, Muhammad Ali has directed his energy and resources to championing the causes of the developing world. The Muhammad Ali Center’s mission is to share the legacy and ideals of Muhammad and to inspire adults and children everywhere to be as great as they can be.
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Aly and AJ
As co-chairpersons for the Children’s Advisory Board of the AmberWatch Foundation, sisters Aly and AJ have also requested that fans attending their concerts make donations to the foundation rather then bringing gifts.
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American Red Cross for Haiti Relief
First Lady Michelle Obama in partnership with the American Red Cross has released a public service announcement telling people what they can do to help the situation in Haiti.
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Bradford Anderson
Bradford Anderson, a native of Meredith, NH and actor who currently plays the role of “Damian Spinelli” on ABC’s General Hospital, is a supporter and fundraiser for the Manchester Animal Shelter (MAS).
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