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Halle Berry Turns Sentence Into Service
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What started as a community service sentence has become a passion for Halle Berry. The Academy Award-winning actress describes her work on behalf of domestic violence intervention organization Jenesse Center in this month's Vogue.
Volunteers Serve Free Supper With Style
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At a cocktail party five years ago, a social worker and a carpenter in Nyack, N.Y., lamented the lack of a soup kitchen in their community. Soon Sunday Supper was started, offering a meal served on fine china to the working poor and providing an opportunity for volunteerism for those motivated by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Advocacy Group Part of New Orleans' Green Building Renaissance
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Five years after Hurricane Katrina left most of New Orleans in shambles, a green building renaissance is happening, albeit slowly. Environmental advocacy group Global Green USA is contributing to the rebirth, with five houses already build and more planned for the Holy Cross neighborhood.
Five Years After Katrina, Pitt Still Working on Making It Right
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Five years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed more than 4,000 in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward, actor Brad Pitt's Make It Right nonprofit is still at work building houses for some of the city's poorest residents. Fifty houses have been built, with plans for the next 25.
Faith Hill Performs At Gulf Relief Benefit
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Country music superstar Faith Hill gave a free concert in New Orleans and had a message for those still struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: "We are here for you still." Hill has a history of marrying music and philanthropy; she and husband Tim McGraw helped organize a flood-relief concert for the people of Nashville in May.
Jay Leno's Mississippi Show to Benefit Gulf Fishermen
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Jay Leno will be doing standup to help the gulf coast. The "Tonight Show" host and comedian will appear Saturday at the Beau Rivage Theater in Biloxi, Miss., in a benefit performance for residents who've been affected by the massive oil spill.
Ideas Flowing for Pepsi's Do Good for the Gulf Contest
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Project proposals competing for a slice of $1.3 million from Pepsi's Do Good for the Gulf contest include an aquarium and marine research center that would rehabilitate sea turtles and a one-stop shop offering services to those affected by the gulf oil spill. Voting on the projects began this month, and a winner will be announced Sept. 2.
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