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2010-01-15
Two-Hour Special from Los Angeles, New York and Haiti to Air Friday, January 22 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT
NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, MTV Networks is presenting "Hope for Haiti," a global telethon to air commercial-free across ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, and CMT on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and 7:00 p.m. CT. "Hope for Haiti" will also be made available to MTV Networks International, CNN International and National Geographic channels worldwide.
Leading the charge for "Hope for Haiti" will be George Clooney in Los Angeles, Wyclef Jean in New York City and CNN's Anderson Cooper from Haiti. The two-hour telethon will be broadcast from New York City and Los Angeles, and will feature musical performances and celebrity appearances to be announced prior to the event, as well as live news reports from CNN. "Hope for Haiti" will be produced by Joel Gallen, Tenth Planet Productions, in collaboration with MTV Networks and George Clooney.
All proceeds will be split evenly among five relief organizations currently operating in Haiti: Oxfam America, Partners in Health, the Red Cross, UNICEF and Yele Haiti Foundation (www.yele.org/text to give at 501501). Facebook and MySpace have also signed on as official social media partners to help drive donations and tune-in to the telethon.
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My name is Laura Schwartz and I was hoping that I could help, actually volunteer my services for the telethon? Are you looking for volunteers ? I just want to help in any way answer phones, helping coordinate , getting cast coffee whatever it is. I have been in the entertainment industry for six years working on feature films.
The circumstances of this catastrophic event has had a profound effect on many people , including myself and I just want to do all I can.
Please consider my help in anyway - I know many other people in our industry that want to help.
Take Care,
Laura Schwartz
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