CELEBRITY SUBSTANCE celebritysubstance.weebly.com Justin Timberlakes annual golf tournament and concert benefitting the Shriners Hospitals for Children last week peaked my interest. I wanted to look at some of the other good things that he is doing. Timberlake is usually in the tabloids for being a playboy and focused only on his career, but I am slowly finding out that he is also a supporter of many charities. He also hosts and organizes many concerts benefitting certain charities, like the one he organized last week with a host of A-list celebrities. Timberlake started the tournament and concert in 2008. It was so successful that he decided to do the concert again this year. This years concert featured a long line-up of music stars including, Taylor Swift, Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg, Jay Sean, Ciara and, TLC. The Shriners Hospitals for Children is dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing pediatric specialty care, innovative research and teaching programs. The Hospitals do not charge families for their services and focus on the needs of the children even if the family does not have insurance or the financial ability to pay. Timberlake is an advocate for the hospital and participates in the weeklong golfing and concert event in Las Vegas with all proceeds going to the Hospitals. In late 2007, Timberlake donated $100000 from the Australian leg of his tour to Wildlife Warriors, which was founded by Steve Irwin. The charity was founded to educate others to the ...
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