Oprah Winfrey, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Koko The Gorilla Join AOL's 'Helping Hands' Holiday Initiative.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 2000 The Hands of Both Gillian Anderson Gillian Leigh Anderson (born August 9, 1968) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress, best known for her roles as FBI Agent Dana Scully in the American TV series The X-Files and Lady Dedlock in the BBC TV series Bleak House. and Nick Carter Nick Carter may refer to:
Noun a street in a town far from the main roads Adjective denoting secret or illegal activities: a backstreet abortion backstreet n Boys Bring More Than $2000 Each for Charity In First 2 Weeks of the Helping Hands Celebrity Auction America Online See AOL. , Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, announced that Oprah Winfrey “Oprah” redirects here. For the show, see The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated talk show in television history. , Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Keaton, Koko The Gorilla, Amy Smart, Brendan Fehr, Soleil Moon Frye Soleil Moon Frye (born August 6, 1976 in Glendora, California) is an American actress and director. Frye is best known for her childhood role as the title character in Punky Brewster, a television sitcom. and Charlie Ward of the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Knicks have joined the AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Helping Hands holiday initiative, an online auction-style event and philanthropic campaign that launched earlier this month. In support of this online philanthropic campaign, more than 60 celebrities including Clint Eastwood, Lisa Kudrow, Jewel, Ben Stiller, The Backstreet Boys and Michael Douglas have created original artistic interpretations of the "Helping Hands" theme, which range from paintings and drawings to sculptures and signed memorabilia. These "handiworks" are currently featured in a special holiday catalog on Shop@AOL, the company's popular online shopping destination, and offered auction-style through links to eBay, the world's leading online trading community An online trading community exists to provide its members with a structured method for trading, bartering, or selling goods or services. These communities often have forums and chatrooms designed to facilitate communication between the members. . New hands are debuting in the catalog each week throughout the holiday season, allowing fans to bid on and buy artwork from their favorite celebrities while supporting a worthy cause. Some of the most recent pieces to be added to the collection include: -- Oprah Winfrey's hand on a signed copy of the first edition of O, The Oprah Magazine -- Catherine Zeta-Jones offers a picture of black and white hands touching -- Michael Keaton creates a hand with fingers on fire -- Koko, the first gorilla to master sign language and inter-species communications, offers a photo of her waving hand. Since launching on November 9th with a star-studded event in Los Angeles, holiday shoppers have been quick to purchase the unique and interesting pieces of art offered in the Helping Hands catalog. In just two weeks, the first 24 hands up for auction raised thousands of dollars for participating celebrities' favorite charities. Nick Carter of The Backstreet Boys topped the list with his hand's glimpse of an ocean floor, raising $2276 for the Center for Marine Conservation. Gillian Anderson's mixed-media piece raised $2150 for Neurofibromatosis Neurofibromatosis Definition Neurofibromatosis (NF), or von Recklinghausen disease, is a genetic disease in which patients develop multiple soft tumors (neurofibromas). These tumors occur under the skin and throughout the nervous system. , Inc., while George Clooney's brought in $1725 for Project ALS Als (äls), Ger. Alsen, island, 121 sq mi (313 sq km), Sønderjylland co., S Denmark, in the Lille Bælt, separated from the mainland by the narrow Alensund. . Magic Johnson's basketball raised $1625 for his own Magic Johnson Foundation and illustrator Mary Engelbreit raised over $1000 for First Book. The Helping Hands catalog is available through December 31st on Shop@AOL (AOL Keyword: Helping Hands and at www.aol.com/shopping). The catalog also offers links to the philanthropy portal Helping.org, where fans can donate money and/or volunteer time to contributing celebrities' designated charities. This week, look for hands from Larry King, Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean, Ryan Phillippe, Big Brother's Brittany Petros, ER's Goran Visnjic, Anjelica Huston and Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, among others. About Helping.org Changing the world, one person at a time, is what drives Helping.org, the most comprehensive philanthropy portal in cyberspace. As the one-stop philanthropy portal in cyberspace, Helping.org is proud to connect online users to more than 650,000 charitable organizations. Because it is supported by funding from AOL's charitable foundation, Helping.org takes nothing out of donations that are made through it. Helping.org is available to Internet users at www.helping.org and at AOL Keyword: Helping. With two comprehensive databases -- one for donations and one for volunteering -- the site enables individuals to get information on, and donate to any of the registered charities. Helping.org also provides individuals with the tools to research and sign up for volunteer opportunities in their own communities or around the world. About America Online, Inc. Founded in 1985, America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, Virginia, is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. Editor's Note: For more information, screenshots and/or images of the celebrity Helping Hands, please contact Suzy Berkowitz. (sjberkowitz@aol.com) at 212-484-7228. |
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