Musicians Contribute Music To Help Children

The Everychild Foundation has released the The Everychild Within Us music cd, with contrubutions from musicians David Crosby, Shawn Colvin, Randy Newman, Kenny Loggins, Lisa Loeb, Dave Koz, Zooey Deschanel and more, in efforts to raise funds to support various causes and projects of benefit to children. To sample cd or to join the cause goto>> EveryChildWithinUSCD.

Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood Help The Homeless

Country Music's famed music couple, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, recently joined Rosalynn Carter for the 28th Annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project in partnership with Habitat for Humanity's efforts in helping those affected by the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti leaving half a million plus without homes.

Habitat for Humanity International is a global nonprofit organization that seeks to aid humanity with a humane inspirational perspective. To join the cause or for more information goto>> HabitatForHumanity.

Miley Cyrus Joins Hearing Loss Campaign

Singer Miley Cyrus has teamed up with the Starkey Hearing Foundation's Listen Carefully campaign in efforts to combat hearing loss by motivating today's youth to take a "vow to act" to protect hearing by practicing volume control, proper listening techniques, and spread the same awarness to others. For more information goto>> StarkeyHearingFoundation.

Graham Nash Contributes To Habitat For Humanity Benefit

Proceeds from the sale of Graham Nash's 1970's song, "Our House," for the next two months via iTunes will be in support of Habitat for Humanity's rebuilding efforts in Haiti. The singer-songwriter adds, "We have to share our good fortunes with those who don't have any...We need to share the love." For more information and to join the cause goto>> HabitatForHaiti.

American Idol winner Kris Allen has partnered with the Music Empowers Foundation in the creation of a new program in support of music education in public schools. A grant will be given to DonorsChoose.org and charitably matched to "benefit students in providing music supplies to classroom music programs in high poverty areas across the country."
For more information and to join the cause goto>> MusicEmpowerment.

Nickelback Launches Campaign For Education

Rock band Nickelback will donate through their 'Nickelback Gives a Quarter Back' campaign a quarter to United Way Worldwide, for every person that takes a United Way pledge to become a volunteer reader, tutor, or mentor between now and December 31rst of 2011, in efforts to promote education. Frontman Chad Kroeger further adds, "We're proud to support United Way's effort to get more volunteers for education and to reduce dropout rates." To participate, please goto>> Nickelback.

The Black Eyed Peas & Sting Help Fight Poverty

The proceeds collected from The Black Eyed Peas "Concert in Central Park" and generous donation from Sting's "25th Anniversary/60th Birthday Concert at the Beacon Theatre" last month, amounting in excess of of over seven million dollars, will be employed by the Robin Hood organization to fight poverty in New York City. Funds will be of benefit, “to support food pantries, homeless shelters, and health clinics, and to open three Peapod “music based" Academies in New York.” For more information goto>> RobinHood.