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Ludacris pitches in to build a playground

The one and only Ludacris [1] is not afraid to get his hands dirty to do some good and to live well! Earlier this week, the multi-platinum selling rapper joined nonprofit organization KaBOOM! [2] for a day of service at Venetian Hills Elementary School in Atlanta, Georgia.

An Atlanta native himself, Luda joined hundreds of volunteers from UnitedHealthcare as part of a larger team effort with the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) [3]’s “iParticipate” and UnitedHealthcare’s “Do Good. Live Well.” [4] campaigns to promote mental and physical well-being. The EIF’s “iParticipate” initiative is a movement to mobilize volunteers in America to encourage others to join in on making a positive impact in the community.

A dedicated celeb-gone-good, he also founded his own organization called The Ludacris Foundation [5], whose mission is to inspire youth through education and promote economic development. Check out the video to see how Luda’s commitment [6] to do some good made an impact on an elementary school that lacked a playground for the past 15 years!

Want to get in on the action and do something? Here are some tips on how to take action around education [7] and how you can promote healthy living [8] in your community.

Ludacris [9]
Charity: 
Entertainment Industry Foundation [10]
KaBOOM! [11]
The Ludacris Foundation [12]
Education [13]
Physical and Mental Health [14]
Healthy Living [15]
Fitness [16]
Suicide Prevention [17]
Source URL: http://www.dosomething.org/blog/celebsgonegood/ludacris-pitches-build-playground

Links:
[1] http://www.dosomething.org/blog/celebsgonegood/%E2%80%9Cluda-block%E2%80%9D-coming-city-near-you
[2] http://kaboom.org/
[3] http://eifoundation.org/
[4] http://www.dogoodlivewell.org/
[5] http://www.theludacrisfoundation.org/
[6] http://www.theludacrisfoundation.org/getinvolved.php
[7] http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/actionguide/11-ways-take-action-around-education
[8] http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/actionguide/produce-a-brochure-about-healthy-living
[9] http://www.dosomething.org/taxonomy/term/1986
[10] http://www.dosomething.org/category/charity/entertainment-industry-foundation
[11] http://www.dosomething.org/category/charity/kaboom
[12] http://www.dosomething.org/category/charity/-ludacris-foundation
[13] http://www.dosomething.org/cause/education
[14] http://www.dosomething.org/cause/physical-and-mental-health
[15] http://www.dosomething.org/issues/healthy-living
[16] http://www.dosomething.org/issues/fitness
[17] http://www.dosomething.org/issues/suicide-prevention