By: Bager1968 - 3rd October 2011 at 08:10
Contrast Sandra with Lady Gaga… remember her “wristbands for Japan” campaign?
She claimed “100% of proceeds will go directly to the victims”… but she made a nice profit off the campaign… and was subject to a lawsuit over deceptive pricing.
She charged $5 for a “We Pray for Japan” wristband, another $3.99 for shipping and handling and $0.60 for tax. As per the lawsuit, Gaga inflated the cost of the shipment and pocketed the extra. She also refused to disclose the amount that actually went to the victims.
Lady Gaga cheats japan tsunami victims ends up with a multi million dollar lawsuit
By: Bager1968 - 3rd October 2011 at 07:59
Because Beardie is clever chap,max good publicity for self,minimum bucks spent.
Exactly… all these celebrities do the same thing… get their name linked with fund-raising for a charity or other “good cause”, but don’t give much (if any) of their own money. That way all it costs them is some time, but gets them lots of good publicity.
One glaring exception is actress Sandra Bullock… after 9-11-2001 she gave one million dollars to the American Red Cross to help fund their relief efforts.
She gave another $1,000,000 to the American Red Cross in 2005 for the south-east Asian tsunami relief, a $1,000,000 donation to Doctors Without Borders for Haiti earthquake relief operations and yet a fourth $1,000,000 donation for Japanese tsunami relief (again to the American Red Cross).
She also donated tens of thousands of dollars to rebuild a public school in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
When she made the 2005 donation she issued a public challenge to all other celebrities to match her donation, but I never saw anything in the news about anyone accepting her challenge.
Sad… really sad.
Sandra Bullock Gives $1 Mil to Red Cross
Sandra Bullock donates $1 million to Red Cross for Japan disaster relief
By: Drem - 2nd October 2011 at 22:24
That should have been of course, original…………….Oops.
By: Drem - 2nd October 2011 at 22:20
Sure they could have found a big name to help in the fund raising !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Can just see it in a few years time when she goes on display painted in her orional colours of virgin media !!!.
By: PanzerJohn - 2nd October 2011 at 22:04
Because Beardie is clever chap,max good publicity for self,minimum bucks spent.
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