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Will Smith Kids Model for the Buy Life Campaign

admin — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:52:24 +0000

Will Smith is certainly always helping out with charitable causes. Now, he can be proud that his children are following in his footsteps in this way. Will Smith’s children, Jayden and Willow, recently took part in a new charity campaign, Buy Life. They had their picture taken, along with a large number of other celebrities, for the Keep a Child Alive charity co-founded by Alicia Keys and her husband, music producer Swizz Beatz.

Keep a Child Alive provides care and support for families affected by HIV and AIDS in African and India. The star-studded campaign for Buy Life involved Katie Holmes, Serena Williams, Ryan Seacrest, Will Smith’s kids and others sporting grey t-shirts with the campaign slogan Buy Life on the front. Each t-shirt actually includes a unique barcode which can be scanned using several smart-phone applications. The user can then make donations to the charity right from the barcode on the t-shirt.

Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith Donate Birthday Money to Charity:Water

admin — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:55:47 +0000

Four years ago, Scott Harrison started the nonprofit charity:water. The organization drills wells to bring clean water to developing communities around the world. Each year in September, when Harrison’s birthday falls, the organization has an annual campaign to urge Americans to forgo their birthday gifts for charity:water.

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are joining the cause, donating their September birthday money to clean water projects in Africa. Learn more about this amazing organization and about how Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are helping it with this video.

Will and Jada’s Birthday Celebration from charity: water on Vimeo.

Helping the Children in Haiti

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:29:15 +0000

Certainly, Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett-Smith couldn’t have known just how well-timed their charity work would be. Beginning on January 8^th, Will and Jada joined forces with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), along with other celebrities, to eradicate hunger in Haiti.

With this goal in mind, they signed special artwork that was donated to the Nobel Peace Prize concert last month. The artwork, which Will Smith personally decorated and signed with the words, “There can be no true peace in the world while there is hunger,” is being sold on eBay.

All proceeds from the auction will help schoolchildren in Haiti to have nutritious meals.