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Charity work in Michael Jackson
Craig, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, recalled his acquaintance with Michael Jackson in an interview and spoke highly of Jackson's contribution in his life. He said: "His incredible musical legacy and the charities he sponsored are unmatched by other artists." Craig, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, said after hearing the news of Jackson's death: "I am proud to know a friend like Michael. Although, now such a gentle, kind and shy person is gone. When he visited the Guinness World Records Headquarters for the seventh time in 2006, he spent several hours taking photos with everyone in need, and his humility touched everyone present. I am honored to have the opportunity to record such a talented person in the Guinness Book of World Records. His incredible musical heritage and sponsored charities are unmatched by other artists. " He wrote many charity songs, insisted on going to hospitals and orphanages wherever he went, adopted many children and brought them the best life and education. Although some brought him trouble at the same time, his love remained the same. Philanthropy memorabilia: Michael Jackson established the "Save the World" Foundation on 1992. B "Save the World" Foundation cooperated with National Football League, Frito-Lay, International Youth Foundation and Hilton/Best Foundation to launch "Save Los Angeles" in the 27th Super Bowl. C the charity "save los Angeles" campaign established 3,000 immunization stations for 7,000 children and provided education for more than 72,000 young people on drug abuse prevention. D "Save the World" Foundation has provided support and assistance to many children in 20 countries. E. The "Save the World" Foundation and the "American Love" Foundation jointly sent 47 tons of food, clothes and medicine to the war-torn children in Sarajevo; In cooperation with the Gorbachev Foundation of the United States, 60,000 doses of vaccine were delivered to Georgia (located in the South Caucasus of the former Soviet Union); And twice cooperated with the British "Christmas Children's Action" organization to urgently airlift the items and gifts collected from British children to children in Bosnia and China. F "Save the World" Foundation, together with former President Jimmy Carter, Turner Broadcasting Network, Ronald McDonald Children's Charity Association, singer gladys knight and band TLC, helped the "Plan Atlanta" campaign to increase the local immunization rate from 6,000 to17,000 within one week, and established a family health care tracking system. G "Save Los Angeles" and "Los Angeles Unified School Community", University of California, Southern California private universities, "Learning Star" organizations and other local non-profit organizations * * * launched an activity called "Campus Alliance/Comfort Harbor" in the two places, which provided many opportunities for more than 300 students here to study after school: computer education, tutoring, homework counseling, and math laboratory. Charity memorabilia: 1979 65438+ 10, Michael Jackson donated a large number of books including Peter Pan to the Youth Department of Chicago Public Library in response to the "Dancing with Books" program to encourage young people to read. In June, 198 1, Michael Jackson and his brothers held a triumph concert in Atlanta, of which $654.38 million will be donated to Atlanta Children's Fund. At that time, a series of cases of kidnapping and murder of children broke out in Atlanta, which lasted for several months and made people feel uneasy. This donation will be used to soothe the traumatized children. 1984 65438+ 10, Michael Jackson was burned while shooting an advertisement for Pepsi. After the accident, he was sent to Brotmann Medical Center in Culver, California for treatment. The cause of the accident was the deviation of the direction of fireworks, which caused 2.3-level burns on his head and scalp, the area of which was the size of his palm. Nevertheless, when Michael arrived at the hospital, he did not forget to express his condolences to other burn patients. Later, he also donated a hyperbaric oxygen chamber for treatment to the Michael Jackson Burn Center he donated. 1984 in April, Michael Jackson donated a set of 19-bed medical equipment to new york Medical Center in Mount Sinai, a subsidiary of "T.J. Martell Leukemia and Cancer Research Foundation". 1In May, 984, Michael Jackson agreed to use his song "Beat It" in national public service advertisements, and not to drink and drive. Because of his outstanding contribution, President Ronald Reagan invited Michael to the White House to present him with the "Special Contribution Award". 1984 On July 5th, Michael Jackson and his family held a press conference and announced that they would change the way tickets were distributed for the concert Victory. In his speech, he announced: "Finally, the most important point is that I decided to donate all my personal tour income to charity while agreeing to the' Victory' tour." Three charitable organizations benefited from Michael's generosity, namely, the United Black College Fund (Michael Jackson Scholarship Fund was established, and as of 1988, the scholarship fund has provided scholarships to 70 students in the schools affiliated to the United Black College Fund), Good Time Summer Camp (helping terminally ill children) and t. j. 1984. In July, Michael Jackson donated 1200 tickets to the Texas Stadium (Dallas) concert to children who could not afford to buy concert tickets.1On July 4th, 984, the Jackson brothers played with eight terminally ill children in Jacksonville, Florida. Malanda Cooper, 14 years old, is running out of time. He wrote to ask to see Michael. Michael Jackson met him backstage before the performance. After that, Michael invited 700 poor children to watch the performance for free. 1In August, 984, the Jackson brothers came to Detroit with 40 children from Telma Marshall Children's Home, Indiana Boys' Home and Denzels Work-study Program to watch their third performance there. 1984 Summer, 14-year-old boy David Smithy got what he wanted with the help of the Dream Association: he was invited to Michael Jackson's home in Ensino. David smith is a cystic fibrosis patient. He has been hoping to meet Michael. Two people spent the afternoon in Michael's private cinema, had lunch together and played video games. When david smith left, Michael gave him a pair of gloves with black metal pieces and a red jacket worn in the "Beat It" music video. Seven weeks later, the little boy died of illness. 1984 12 13, Michael Jackson visited the Brotman Medical Center, where he was treated for serious burns caused by shooting Pepsi advertisements. He donated all the compensation of 65,438+0.5 million from Pepsi to the Michael Jackson Burn Center. 1985 65438+1On October 28th, Michael Jackson and many heavyweight artists entered A &;; M's "Lion Share" studio spent an all-night successfully producing the highest-paid single in the history of recording art-"We Are the World". All the income from books, videos and other sources will be used to help hungry African people. In the end, more than $60 million in record income was sent directly to the worst-hit African region. Michael Jackson not only performed in it, but also wrote songs with Lionel Richie. He also recorded the lead singer demo of this song and distributed it to all the participating singers. Please tidy it up for reference only!