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Charitable Activities
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Michael Jackson’s humanitarian background commences during his early years, when, out of his daily earnings as a Jackson – 5 lead member, he would purchase ice-cream and chewing gum for children in his neighborhood, according to himself and his family. Both as a child and until later in his life (as required by his Jehovah’s Witnesses religion), he would deliver Bibles door to door to families and preach to them the word of God, while concealing his renowned identity with disguises.
The Early Years:
In 1969, Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 perform at a benefit concert for their home county, Indiana’s mayor, Richard G. Hatcher.
On Christmas Day, 1972, in Los Angeles, California, the 14 year old singer and the Jackson 5, dressed as Santas, make their appearance at a foundation, to visit and offer presents - on behalf of their record company, Motown - to 700 underprivileged children.
In an article, titled “The Jackson 5 Really Changed!”, the writer points out that “The first time the J-5 did a benefit at a children’s hospital, Michael came home and cried all night at the memory of all those sick children lying in beds, some not even able to move their hands to clap. That is when he became actively involved in communicating with these kids. He corresponds with youngsters his own age in hospital all over the country. These are not letters dictated to a secretary by a superstar, but letters written in Michael’s own hand during breaks in recording or rehearsing or even in school.”
During that season, the Jackson 5 perform Christmas songs during a benefit concert at the "Foundation for the Junior Blind" for 1000 visually impaired children, 400 of which attending the benefit party. On his thoughts about the event, Michael Jackson declares: "You know, really, this is what Christmas is all about - giving."
Early in 1972, the Jackson 5 perform at a benefit concert, helping to raise the start-up funds for the "Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change" in Atlanta, Georgia.
In September, 1972, the Jackson 5, and a variety of entertainers, perform for "Save The Children", a film theme of the 1972 "Black Exposition" and conducted by "Operation PUSH" ("People To Save Humanity") in the Amphitheater of Chicago, the event highlighting, among musical acts, footage of the city’s black population, their churches, schools, slums and playgrounds, and promoting the hope for an improved future, benefiting the children of Chicago, Illinois.
On January 29, 1974, the Jackson 5 start their one-week tour in Dakar, Senegal (Africa), where they perform concerts, attend representations from several African dancers, visit the humble dwelling places of some inhabitants there, and also pose for pictures with and sign autographs for them, among sightseeing and shopping experiences.
Approximately the same year (1974), Michael Jackson (as reported eleven years after) visits 5-year old Leslie Robinette at a hospital, after she had undergone a bone-marrow transplant, leaving her with post-surgery depression; the patient has later on credited the famous visitor in person and publicly with enhancing her the will to live.
In 1977, The Jacksons (as they would name themselves since 1975) visit the impoverished areas of Trinidad, Port-au-Spain, namely the economically deprived inhabitants, not affording to attend a Jacksons’ concert. Michael Jackson enters their cardboard – stone houses and visits and greets the Catholic – school girls therein. The mentioned year finds The Jacksons competing with other teams of entertainers in the "Rock ‘N’ Roll Sports Classics" special program; being joined in their East team by affiliated show business members, they are awarded as first – place winners of the competition with a set of 20,000 dollars, a charitable contribution funneled to the University of California, U.S.A.
Charitable Activities
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Michael Jackson’s humanitarian background commences during his early years, when, out of his daily earnings as a Jackson – 5 lead member, he would purchase ice-cream and chewing gum for children in his neighborhood, according to himself and his family. Both as a child and until later in his life (as required by his Jehovah’s Witnesses religion), he would deliver Bibles door to door to families and preach to them the word of God, while concealing his renowned identity with disguises.
The Early Years:
In 1969, Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 perform at a benefit concert for their home county, Indiana’s mayor, Richard G. Hatcher.
On Christmas Day, 1972, in Los Angeles, California, the 14 year old singer and the Jackson 5, dressed as Santas, make their appearance at a foundation, to visit and offer presents - on behalf of their record company, Motown - to 700 underprivileged children.
In an article, titled “The Jackson 5 Really Changed!”, the writer points out that “The first time the J-5 did a benefit at a children’s hospital, Michael came home and cried all night at the memory of all those sick children lying in beds, some not even able to move their hands to clap. That is when he became actively involved in communicating with these kids. He corresponds with youngsters his own age in hospital all over the country. These are not letters dictated to a secretary by a superstar, but letters written in Michael’s own hand during breaks in recording or rehearsing or even in school.”
During that season, the Jackson 5 perform Christmas songs during a benefit concert at the "Foundation for the Junior Blind" for 1000 visually impaired children, 400 of which attending the benefit party. On his thoughts about the event, Michael Jackson declares: "You know, really, this is what Christmas is all about - giving."
Early in 1972, the Jackson 5 perform at a benefit concert, helping to raise the start-up funds for the "Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change" in Atlanta, Georgia.
In September, 1972, the Jackson 5, and a variety of entertainers, perform for "Save The Children", a film theme of the 1972 "Black Exposition" and conducted by "Operation PUSH" ("People To Save Humanity") in the Amphitheater of Chicago, the event highlighting, among musical acts, footage of the city’s black population, their churches, schools, slums and playgrounds, and promoting the hope for an improved future, benefiting the children of Chicago, Illinois.
On January 29, 1974, the Jackson 5 start their one-week tour in Dakar, Senegal (Africa), where they perform concerts, attend representations from several African dancers, visit the humble dwelling places of some inhabitants there, and also pose for pictures with and sign autographs for them, among sightseeing and shopping experiences.
Approximately the same year (1974), Michael Jackson (as reported eleven years after) visits 5-year old Leslie Robinette at a hospital, after she had undergone a bone-marrow transplant, leaving her with post-surgery depression; the patient has later on credited the famous visitor in person and publicly with enhancing her the will to live.
In 1977, The Jacksons (as they would name themselves since 1975) visit the impoverished areas of Trinidad, Port-au-Spain, namely the economically deprived inhabitants, not affording to attend a Jacksons’ concert. Michael Jackson enters their cardboard – stone houses and visits and greets the Catholic – school girls therein. The mentioned year finds The Jacksons competing with other teams of entertainers in the "Rock ‘N’ Roll Sports Classics" special program; being joined in their East team by affiliated show business members, they are awarded as first – place winners of the competition with a set of 20,000 dollars, a charitable contribution funneled to the University of California, U.S.A.
On January 28, 1985, Michael Jackson arrives at "A&M Lion Share Studios", to record with a variety of American singers the highly successful benefit anthem, "We Are The World" (co-written with singer Lionel Richie), grossing a total of more than 60 million dollars for the most severely famine – stricken African countries. In October 21, he visits the animals from the "Cohuna Wildlife Sanctuary" in Perth, Australia.
On March 29, 1985, the singer visits the London Hospital, it being his second visit there in two years.
On February 28, 1986, he telephones and invites 14-year-old Donna Ashlock from California - convalescing after a heart transplant - over to "Hayvenhurst" mansion in Encino, there dining and watching a film with the young patient, the actual visit taking place on March, 8. That same year, he invites 12-year-old Danielle Finmark (attending "Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times", an organization for children with cancer) to the ranch, where she tours the residence, visits his menagerie, has lunch with Jackson and watches movie "Short Circuit" with him, according to Finmark.
In the afore – mentioned year (1986), he establishes the "Michael Jackson UNCF Endowed Scholarship Fund", a foundation then estimated at 1,5 million dollars, aiming to boost youth education, specialization in art performances and communication. The company’s funds would be a yearly supply for the African-American students attending a "UNCF" college or university. That year, the fund had provided 97 scholarship awards and enrolled scholars in nearly all of UNCF’s 42 schools, it was reported.
In October, 1986, the singer requests that one dollar out of each purchase from the "Michael’s Pets" set of stuffed animals be placed aside for a children’s organization.
In 1987, Michael Jackson meets 4-year old wounded Angela Darlington and her mother, Helen, in Melbourne Children’s Hospital. The mother has this to say on the visit 21 years later: “My daughter, Angela, was in hospital with head injuries after being hit by a car. One day we were told by the nurses that Michael Jackson was coming to visit. We had to keep it a secret, so the hospital wasn’t overwhelmed with fans. There was a big flurry, as his assistants handed out T-shirts and signed copies of his Bad album to everyone on the ward. Then he just walked around and talked to the patients. […] I said hello. He said he was pleased to meet me. I was gobsmacked. He was very gentle and seemed shy. I got the sense he had a deep love for children, especially those who’d been hurt. Then he crouched down and said ‘Hello, Angela’. She couldn’t talk, because she’d just come out of a coma, but she started smiling. After that day, she started to get better. I think of him as an inspiration. We’d been having a terrible time – Angela was in hospital and I’d been ringing Lifeline to keep myself together, but he was a total inspiration for the whole ward. I thought: ‘Thank God for sending him’. He just had a presence about him – this great empathy with people who needed to get better. Now, Angela is 25, at university and full of life. There was another boy on the ward who was about 15 and was a huge fan. After Michael’s visit, he started getting better too. His mom thought it was a miracle. I believe many of the children got better after meeting him. I think people should know about this side of Michael. I’ve never believed he was anything but a good person.”
In September, 1987, Michael Jackson donates 20,000 dollars to a family in Japan, for their kidnapped and killed son, in memory of whom the singer says: "I'm very sorry and deeply saddened to hear about Yoshiyaki. If I could, I would rush to his parents to express my words of sympathy and pay tribute to Yoshiyaki. I would like to dedicate my Japanese tour to Yoshiyaki. Yoshiyaki, I know you're out there watching us. I hope such a brutal and heartbreaking thing will never happen again...and I love you." on the stage while on his Bad tour in Yokohama. Furthermore, on September 13, he displays his support towards a campaign against racism, as well as towards "NAACP"s mission to help arrest prejudiced conduct against black artists.
In October, 1987, he gives away 30 personal items and memorabilia such as t-shirts, sunglasses or a windbreaker for an auction addressing "UNESCO", the proceeds of which being invested into awareness raising and helping educate children in developing countries.
In November, 1987, Jackson offers 10,000 pounds to the "Children In Need Appeal" in England, whereas in Australia , he visits a children’s health facility.
On March 29, 1985, the singer visits the London Hospital, it being his second visit there in two years.
On February 28, 1986, he telephones and invites 14-year-old Donna Ashlock from California - convalescing after a heart transplant - over to "Hayvenhurst" mansion in Encino, there dining and watching a film with the young patient, the actual visit taking place on March, 8. That same year, he invites 12-year-old Danielle Finmark (attending "Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times", an organization for children with cancer) to the ranch, where she tours the residence, visits his menagerie, has lunch with Jackson and watches movie "Short Circuit" with him, according to Finmark.
In the afore – mentioned year (1986), he establishes the "Michael Jackson UNCF Endowed Scholarship Fund", a foundation then estimated at 1,5 million dollars, aiming to boost youth education, specialization in art performances and communication. The company’s funds would be a yearly supply for the African-American students attending a "UNCF" college or university. That year, the fund had provided 97 scholarship awards and enrolled scholars in nearly all of UNCF’s 42 schools, it was reported.
In October, 1986, the singer requests that one dollar out of each purchase from the "Michael’s Pets" set of stuffed animals be placed aside for a children’s organization.
In 1987, Michael Jackson meets 4-year old wounded Angela Darlington and her mother, Helen, in Melbourne Children’s Hospital. The mother has this to say on the visit 21 years later: “My daughter, Angela, was in hospital with head injuries after being hit by a car. One day we were told by the nurses that Michael Jackson was coming to visit. We had to keep it a secret, so the hospital wasn’t overwhelmed with fans. There was a big flurry, as his assistants handed out T-shirts and signed copies of his Bad album to everyone on the ward. Then he just walked around and talked to the patients. […] I said hello. He said he was pleased to meet me. I was gobsmacked. He was very gentle and seemed shy. I got the sense he had a deep love for children, especially those who’d been hurt. Then he crouched down and said ‘Hello, Angela’. She couldn’t talk, because she’d just come out of a coma, but she started smiling. After that day, she started to get better. I think of him as an inspiration. We’d been having a terrible time – Angela was in hospital and I’d been ringing Lifeline to keep myself together, but he was a total inspiration for the whole ward. I thought: ‘Thank God for sending him’. He just had a presence about him – this great empathy with people who needed to get better. Now, Angela is 25, at university and full of life. There was another boy on the ward who was about 15 and was a huge fan. After Michael’s visit, he started getting better too. His mom thought it was a miracle. I believe many of the children got better after meeting him. I think people should know about this side of Michael. I’ve never believed he was anything but a good person.”
In September, 1987, Michael Jackson donates 20,000 dollars to a family in Japan, for their kidnapped and killed son, in memory of whom the singer says: "I'm very sorry and deeply saddened to hear about Yoshiyaki. If I could, I would rush to his parents to express my words of sympathy and pay tribute to Yoshiyaki. I would like to dedicate my Japanese tour to Yoshiyaki. Yoshiyaki, I know you're out there watching us. I hope such a brutal and heartbreaking thing will never happen again...and I love you." on the stage while on his Bad tour in Yokohama. Furthermore, on September 13, he displays his support towards a campaign against racism, as well as towards "NAACP"s mission to help arrest prejudiced conduct against black artists.
In October, 1987, he gives away 30 personal items and memorabilia such as t-shirts, sunglasses or a windbreaker for an auction addressing "UNESCO", the proceeds of which being invested into awareness raising and helping educate children in developing countries.
In November, 1987, Jackson offers 10,000 pounds to the "Children In Need Appeal" in England, whereas in Australia , he visits a children’s health facility.
In February, 1988, the singer’s (inspirational) song, "Man in the Mirror", in partnership with "Camp Ronald McDonald", provides the cancer-plagued children of "Good Times" with its royalties. The same year, he delivers a performance benefiting the "United Negro College Fund" at "Madison Square Garden" in New York. All the funds of the concert are donated to the above-mentioned foundation.
On March 1, 1988, at a press conference organized by his sponsor, Pepsi, he offers UNCF’s President Christopher Edley a check for 600,000 dollars, making him one of "UNCF"s most significant donators.
On March 1, 1988, at a press conference organized by his sponsor, Pepsi, he offers UNCF’s President Christopher Edley a check for 600,000 dollars, making him one of "UNCF"s most significant donators.
In April, 1988, Jackson gives away free-of-charge tickets for three concerts in Atlanta, Georgia to the "Make A Wish Foundation".
Later that year, ITV Telethon disseminates 4000 Michael Jackson concert tickets to the "Hospital for Sick Children" in Great Ormond Street, London, tickets valued at 200,000 pounds; the entertainer, accompanied by a number of patients, visits the institution and the children charged therein, as well as reads a story to the less affected patients, comforts them verbally, poses for pictures and hands out dozens of presents to them.
On May 22, 1988, he visits the "Bambini-Gesu" children’s hospital in Rome, Italy, where he signs autographed pictures and delivers sweets, records and moral comfort to the ill children, among whom 13-year old heart-transplant patient, Nunzia Glaccio. Jackson signs a check for 100,000 pounds to the hospital.
先给个链接吧，以后能发上来的时候再试试吧！
Michael Jackson: Charitable Activities (1969-2009) ---part 1
http://hi.baidu.com/%C2%F5%C2%F5%CD%AF%D0%C4/blog/item/ab21161ae128c10a35fa417c.html
Michael Jackson: Charitable Activities (1969-2009) ---part 2
http://hi.baidu.com/%C2%F5%C2%F5%CD%AF%D0%C4/blog/item/e93311ad23d3b6c17cd92a47.html
Michael Jackson: Charitable Activities (1969-2009) ---part 3
http://hi.baidu.com/%C2%F5%C2%F5%CD%AF%D0%C4/blog/item/4b558828305305355343c141.html
Michael Jackson: Charitable Activities (1969-2009) ---part 4
http://hi.baidu.com/%C2%F5%C2%F5%CD%AF%D0%C4/blog/item/1e34e16206b94bd28db10d42.html
Michael Jackson: Charitable Activities (1969-2009) ---part 5
http://hi.baidu.com/%C2%F5%C2%F5%CD%AF%D0%C4/blog/item/ab2660566f5d8755d109064c.html
Michael Jackson: Charitable Activities (1969-2009) ---part 6
http://hi.baidu.com/%C2%F5%C2%F5%CD%AF%D0%C4/blog/item/1e3b0c3776ee9786a61e124d.html
Michael Jackson: Charitable Activities (1969-2009) ---part 1
http://hi.baidu.com/%C2%F5%C2%F5%CD%AF%D0%C4/blog/item/ab21161ae128c10a35fa417c.html
Michael Jackson: Charitable Activities (1969-2009) ---part 2
http://hi.baidu.com/%C2%F5%C2%F5%CD%AF%D0%C4/blog/item/e93311ad23d3b6c17cd92a47.html
Michael Jackson: Charitable Activities (1969-2009) ---part 3
http://hi.baidu.com/%C2%F5%C2%F5%CD%AF%D0%C4/blog/item/4b558828305305355343c141.html
Michael Jackson: Charitable Activities (1969-2009) ---part 4
http://hi.baidu.com/%C2%F5%C2%F5%CD%AF%D0%C4/blog/item/1e34e16206b94bd28db10d42.html
Michael Jackson: Charitable Activities (1969-2009) ---part 5
http://hi.baidu.com/%C2%F5%C2%F5%CD%AF%D0%C4/blog/item/ab2660566f5d8755d109064c.html
Michael Jackson: Charitable Activities (1969-2009) ---part 6
http://hi.baidu.com/%C2%F5%C2%F5%CD%AF%D0%C4/blog/item/1e3b0c3776ee9786a61e124d.html
我先收着看了
