Hip Hop Legend Aims For Diabetes Awareness

Hip-hop legend  Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons has joined global health care giant Novo Nordisk, as ambassador, in the implementation of the new “Ask.Screen.Know” educational program in “encouraging people to learn their risk for diabetes and highlight the need for early diabetes detection.”  Simmons shares, "Watching my dad manage his diabetes, I know firsthand the impact that the disease can have ...Your health is worth the time. That's why I joined the Ask.Screen.Know. campaign. I'm looking at my own risk of diabetes and holding myself accountable for my health. I'm asking others to do the same."  Simmons will also appear in a “national public service announcement and host a series of local events across the country.”  For more information>> Ask.Screen.Know.

Singer's Foundation To Bring "Bravery" Awareness

Born Brave Bus

Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation, in partnership with The National Council for Behavioral Health, will provide a “Born Brave Bus Tour” in “promotion of mental health awareness, bravery, and resilience among young people.”  The bus tour, in conjunction with Lady Gaga's concert tour, will share the following key messages to:   “Be brave: Know your strengths, Act brave: Share your strengths, and Stay brave: Build your strengths.”  For more information visit >> BornBrave.

Singer To Perform For Fight Against Cystic Fibrosis

Singer Celine Dion will give a performance, of benefit to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013.  Funds raised will support research for the fight against the genetic disease. Dion adds, "I'm honored to be able team up with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation...for this very worthy cause...We're making dramatic progress in treating this terrible disease, and I truly hope that one day soon, CF will stand for 'cure found.'"  The performance, which  is in partnership with Caesars Entertainment and AEG Live, will take place at the Nevada Caesars Palace Colosseum.  Event VIP packages will include "premier orchestral seating, pre- concert cocktail reception and group photo with Dion, a VIP dinner, plus exclusive concert entrance and after party access, Caesars Palace accommodations, Caesars Palace snd airport round-trip transportation, plus a limited edition Celine VIP collector gift."  For more information >> Celine.

Country Music Singer Combats Child Hunger

Country Music star Kellie Pickler has joined The ConAgra Foods Foundation, and Feeding America, as a national spokesman for the "Hunger-Free Summer" effort. The new program combating child hunger aims to provide children with healthy meal choices during the summer. Fans can join the cause by downloading "The Hunger Avengers" activity booklet sharing many ways in which to help support and educate by sharing knowledge about child hunger.

Pickler adds, “At some point, all of us have encountered hungry children in our own community, but I was shocked to learn that millions of kids may go hungry during the summer...That is why I am honored to be working with the ConAgra Foods Foundation and Feeding America to raise awareness of this problem and show there's help through programs like Hunger-Free Summer." For more information click here>> HungerFreeSummer.

Musician Honored For Charitable Work

The music community services foundation MusiCares will honor musician Bruce Springsteen  as the  "2013 MusiCares® Person of the Year," on February 8, 2013, for “his extraordinary creative accomplishments, charitable work,  and philanthropic activities over the years.”  Proceeds from the gala event will be of benefit to continued MusicCares efforts. For more information click here>> BruceSpringsteen/MusicCares.

Singer Joins Cause For Blood Cancer

Singer Miranda Cosgrove is the "National Ambassador for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's 2012 Light The Night Walks." She is also appearing in a new public service announcement in efforts to promote their fundraising campaign.   Cosgrove adds, "I will walk for my grandmother in hopes of a healthy recovery...I will walk for my fans -- those teens who have battled leukemia -- the most common cancer in teens my age...The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is making it possible for blood cancer patients of all ages to live longer, better lives."  To support the cause and join Cosgrove click here>> MirandaCosgrove.

Country Music Star Performs For Cancer Benefit

Country Music star John Rich joins music entertainers, Kellie Pickler, Darius Rucker, Jeff Foxworthy, and Big & Rich, for the "St. Jude Presents John Rich & Friends" concert on June 5, 2012.   Rich adds, "St. Jude Children's Research Hospital holds a very special place in my heart, that's why I'm excited to kick off the FedEx St. Jude Classic with the John Rich & Friends concert ... I don't know how you could spend your time any better on this earth than to support something like St. Jude. It's truly God's work – taking care of them babies."  The event, of benefit to the children’s cancer care organization St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®, will take place the The Cannon Center in Memphis,Tennessee.   For more information click here>>  St.Jude.