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Haiti Telethon Raises $58 Million!
Posted on Sun Jan 24, 2010 09:42 AM PDT
Photo credit: Dave M. Benett/Hope for Haiti Now
Looks like George Clooney and the rest of Hollywood proved that lending a helping hand can do a lot of good...
Friday night's celebrity-studded "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon raised a record-breaking $58 million, and that's just donations coming from the public, not including money coming from corporations or large private donors.
The music album from Friday night's performances was also number one on iTunes in 18 countries on Saturday; those figures are still being calculated as well.
Hopefully this money can help!
Props to everyone involved.
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VERY VERY dissapointing...small country HOLLAND (what !!??...yes Holland) did the same and raised......over 80 Million EUROS !!!!! Did you get this ? 80 Mio.....for a country with 17 Mio people !
Good job Clooney! That was 85 mil that wasn't there last week.
Get hits...Holland raised over 200 Million for the Tsunami victims....dont talk record breaking for a figure like this for a country like the US....there are houses for sale at 50 Mio.....
Send me your source for Holland donating that much. That is great!
It's hard for those overpaid celebrities to part with their millions.
cheap love
VERY VERY dissapointing...small country HOLLAND (what !!??...yes Holland) did the same and raised......over 80 Million EUROS !!!!! Did you get this ? 80 Mio.....for a country with 17 Mio people !
why donate? when the stars are already handling!
ummm, to be part of the solution?
why donate---because you can afford to give as little as $5.00 ---that $5 bucks will go a long way for them.
Voodoo worshipping cannibals, really great people to send money to. You probably voted for Obamao also. Your own country is in worse trouble and you don't even realize it.
11:57 where is your heart, your compassion??
I'm so proud. The country where I live (Holland) raised 84 Mio with a telethon, and people are still donate at giro 555!!
actually, the number is way, way more bigger sine that number didn't include money from corporations nor big donators, nor benefits from the show's MP3. But it seems that some people are so eager to bash stars that they didn't read the article before they made their nasty comments. Congratulations to George Clooney and to all the others people who, unlike some there do great things instead of bashing people they don't know, did participate at the telethon and to all the people who gave to it.
0bama already donated in my name.
How about each celeb donate a million, that could have doubled the amount.
Typical libtards always generous with working class money.
How much did JayZ's terrorist pals donate, or he should have at least donated the blood money he got for Bey shaking her asssss at gaddaffi.
This is what gets me. Yes Haiti is a horrid situation. People don't belong to be homeless or dying. So why is it that people in this country forget about our issues. We have huge homeless issues, we have kids going to school that are not fit to be a prison. With books that are crap or don't exist to begin with. But the stars can roll out for Haiti why not our own people in a big way. Shame full.
2:49pm stop comparing right now, these people are suffering, maybe you need to fly over there to see if you can't grasp the concept on the news.
3:39 , 3:42 trust me this is not how most of America acts, I'm embarrassed by the jacka%% posting on here complaining.
This just goes to show American attitudes toward Eurotards and Canuk fuckwads aren't unjust. Whiny cuntz sucking U.S. tits. Karma is a bitch, ain't it?
U.S. TIT SUCKERS!!!
Would love to help out but I'm unemployed and live in California (unemployment rate ~12.4%)
soy de argentina y felizito a glooney por su efuerso no tendria que importar quien logro mas dinero que etro mi pais no iso nada mas que la ayuda del gobierno argentino para haiti yo vi el teleton y me emosiono me encanta que ayan tenido la boluntad de poder ayudar por mas poco que fuera felicito a los EE.UU.por partisipar a los artistas a las empresas y a la gente que pudieron colaborar con dinero no importa si olanda colaboro mas seguramente que a la gente de haiti lo nesesita igual gracis .FUERSA HAITI DESDE ARGENTINA¡¡¡¡
ignore 4:00 ---waste of space on earth.
5:43 -- YOU CAN DONATE gently used shoes at Sport Chalet which will go directly to the Haitian people (children, women & men). Deadline is January 31, 2010.
Great idea...unfortunately I donated everything I couldn't sell last month to the American Cancer Society...needed money for food and mortgage.
they call it cheap love .,, Every one in hollywood is selling compassion for tax break ask clooney is the New thing ''
Regarding Rihanna's, Jay Z's and Bono's performance:
Why did they have Bono's mike practically off? So nasal sounding Rihanna can over power him? Also, her and Jay Z were so arrogent (sorry, I know that is spelled wrong) it disgusted me. Can't stand them.
8:35pm i thought you wanted to help in some small way that's why i suggested the shoes but if you can't do it, you can't. I hope your situation improves!
9:10 --- some day you'll need the help and i wonder how many of the people you know would want to lift a finger for you. You sound like one of those "me, me, me meeee" people!
cheap love
VERY VERY dissapointing...small country HOLLAND (what !!??...yes Holland) did the same and raised......over 80 Million EUROS !!!!! Did you get this ? 80 Mio.....for a country with 17 Mio people !
Worry about yourself, you are obviously not in the position to help unfortunately. It's nothing to feel bad over, it's just some people here are being pretty pig headed about helping people that are in need. If someone isn't in the position to help, there is no shame in that and no need to feel guilty.
10;36 sounds like beyonce