Homelessness
Hollywood hikes up service standards
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Are you ready to step up for service this year? Well, Hollywood is! Yesterday in San Francisco Jon Bon Jovi and Matthew McConaughey came out to represent The Entertainment Industry Foundation and announce a new, nationwide service initiative.
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When Football and Hip-Hop join forces
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Hip-hop hero Snoop Dogg and NFL legend Willie McGinest are teaming up to improve their hometown of Long Beach, California. Together, they are raising money for a state of the art youth center.
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Featured Alumni
Name:Martin RaffertyProject: Project Invoke
Age: 22
State: PR
Year Awarded: 2008
Martin and his friends created a short movie and later published and distributed the DVD completely made by youth who have had a past of homelessness or poverty to help open his community's eyes to the reality of these kids poverty.
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Name:Michael PokuProject: For the Love of a Mother's Child
Age: 20
State: TN
Year Awarded: 2008
For the Love of a Mother's Child is an independent, philanthropic organization dedicated to helping homeless mothers and their children build better lives by providing housing, guidance, support, and supplying parenting and vocational training to mothers.
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