Justin has admitted in the past that he and his family struggled so badly to get by that they went to food banks and on ‘The Ellen Degeneres Show,’ Justin got choked up while giving back at an elementary school!
Justin Bieber is the most generous celebrity in Hollywood. The 17-year-old heard that Ellen Degeneres was helping Whitney Elementary, a school in Las Vegas where most of the 610 students are homeless, don’t have food and are barely getting by — Justin donated $100,000 and toys!
Sherrie Gahn, the principal of the school, has been helping the school raise money for a decade and when she met Justin she started to cry! She told Ellen in an interview that after Justin performed for the students, signed shirts and gave them toys one child told her “I dream of dreams like this.”
Justin sang “Baby” and even answered questions from the children and told them he and Selena go to the movies on the weekend and “kiss!”
At one point Justin told Sherrie: “I had my grandparents and these kids have you.”
In December, Justin Bieber paid a visit to Whitney Elementary School in Las Vegas to deliver a special performance and donate a large sum to help the school's underprivileged attendees. The pop superstar's heartwarming visit -- the Biebs even shed a tear! -- was captured and aired on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Wednesday (Jan. 4). After promising to visit a school in need during his appearance on "Ellen" in November, Justin arrives at Whitney Elementary to high-five the students and hug the appreciative principal, Sherrie Gahn. "I can really see in your eyes that you really want to make a change and you really want to help these kids, and I admire you," the 17-year-old tells the principal.
Justin not only performs his hits "Mistletoe" and "Baby" for the adoring kids, but also bestows a $100,000 check to Whitney Elementary, as well as $100,000 worth of toys to brighten the holidays of its students. "This is the first time they're gonna go home and want to go home for the holidays," says Principal Gahn, a sentiment that makes the singer tear up and turn away from the camera.
While Justin Bieber's noble act helped ring in the holidays, the singer toasted 2012 by performing on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" and releasing a collaborative single with Jaden Smith titled "Happy New Year." His next album, "Believe," is expected to be released this year.
It seems Lady Gaga isn’t quite the little monster she makes herself out to be as the pop singer held her spot at the top of the annual “Celebs Gone Good” list, released by dosomething.org last week.
One celebrity who did shake up the standings, though, was Stratford’s own Justin Bieber, climbing from the 10th spot last year to second place.
The 17-year-old’s jump comes after founding the Believe Charity Drive, which focuses on education, music and the well-being of children. Part of the profits from his holiday album Under the Mistletoe, which has sold more than two million copies, also went directly to the drive. Most recently, Justin invested in Sojo Studios, which creates Facebook games that earn money for charities.
But Justin couldn’t top Gaga, who advocated for gay rights and AIDS/ HIV awareness in Africa throughout the year. She also recently announced the 2012 launch of the Born This Way Foundation, which will focus on youth empowerment through anti-bullying legislation advocacy, mentoring and career development.
In the third spot was George Clooney for his advocacy for human rights in Sudan, which included an editorial he wrote in the Washington Post. Other celebs who remained on the list include Leonardo Di Caprio and Ellen DeGeneres.
At the bottom of the list was Taylor Swift, who dropped from the third to the 20th spot.
Eight-year-old Jake Schafer’s day in Toronto began with a trip to SickKids for a round of chemotherapy, part of a routine to fight the cancer that is quickly spreading through his frail body.
Hours later, he was skating with Justin Bieber and half a dozen Maple Leafs at the Air Canada Centre, curly blonde locks poking out of his helmet as he took shots on Jonas Gustavasson.
“I was getting my equipment on and Justin Bieber came in when I was about to go out on the ice,” Jake said from a hospital bed on Thursday, where he was having another round of treatment.
“He just asked if he could come and skate and I said yes. He got his stick and went and taped it and then he put his skates.”
The outing was arranged by the Children’s Wish Foundation after Jake, who was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma last year, said his dream was to hang out with the Biebs.
Jake was too shy to say much to the pop star, but said he was pleased when Bieber handed him VIP tickets to his Wednesday night show at Massey Hall. Mistletoe is his favourite song.
After Jake appeared onstage at the show — as Bieber presented a giant cardboard check in the amount of $500,000 to the Children’s Wish Foundation, Sunnybrook Hospital and Project Medishare — he unwittingly became the centre of attention.
“All the teenage girls were asking me all these questions,” Jake said. “Is he nice and all that?”
Catherine Schafer, Jake’s mother, said her little boy was tired after the long day of fun, but in good spirits.
“He’s doing okay, but the cancer’s continuing to spread. So this was perfect timing,” said Schafer, who blogs about her son’s fight with cancer at jakesteam.ca.
According to The James Fund for Neuroblastoma Research, neuroblastoma is the fifth most common cancer in childhood, but it is responsible for a disproportionate number of cancer deaths in children.
Backstage before show, Bieber also surprised 10-year-old Jalissa MacLellan and 16-year-old Harvey Stephen — who are also fighting life-threatening illnesses — stopping in to say hello and give them each an autographed guitar.
“They were told that they were getting a Justin Bieber VIP experience, but we didn’t really let on that they’d be able to meet him,” said Paul St. Germain, spokesman for the Children’s Wish Foundation. “We wanted to make it a surprise for them when Justin walked in. And it was.”
The taped Christmas TV special Justin Bieber: Home for the Holidays premiered on MuchMusic and CTV on Thursday night.
Lea Michele and Justin Bieber have collected numerous nominations and awards in their respective fields, but they recently got a chance to win an award of a different kind. The Rachel Berry of "Glee" and the "Baby" hitmaker are currently vying for the top honors at the 6th annual Libby Awards, which is sponsored by PETA's youth division, peta2.
Having stood up for carriage horses in New York City, 25-year-old Michele lands the nomination of Top Animal Friendly Celebrity. In the category, she is being put up against "Jackass" star Steve-O, "Victorious" star Daniella Monet and Cobra Starship's Gabe Saporta.
17-year-old Bieber, in the meantime, is on the run to win the title of Most Animal Friendly Pop/Hip-Hop Artist thanks to his pro-adoption campaign. He is set to face off against Ke$ha, who campaigned against the Canadian seal slaughter, and two other musicians, k-os and Waka Flocka Flame.
Both Michele and Bieber are only competing for one title, but Ke$ha andTokio Hotel get two nominations each. In addition to the Pop/Hip-Hop Artist category, Ke$ha also fights for Best peta2 Ad, which also sees Tokio as one of its contenders. Tokio additionally are up for Most Animal Friendly Band.
Libbys, or Liberation Awards, is set up to honor people and products that are deemed animal-friendly by PETA. Of this year's nominees, peta2 Division Manager Marta Holmberg says, "Our nominees have all worked hard to shine their spotlights on a variety of important animal issues. As our accomplished stars demonstrate, compassion isn't just a virtue - it's also a road to success."
Fans can vote for their favorite animal-friendly stars at peta2.com until this Friday, December 23. The winners, who will be announced on January 17, 2012, will be chosen by peta2 based on equal consideration of three factors; the number of votes received, the quality of the animal-friendly product or the nominees' enthusiasm for being animal-friendly, and feedback from the nominees' fans. Heres the list:
Partial List of the 6th Annual Libby Awards: Most Animal Friendly Pop/Hip-Hop Artist:
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The story is being told about how 17-year-old pop sensation Justin Bieber went to a high-poverty school in Las Vegas, gave a private concert to over-the-moon students and handed a $100,000 check to the delighted principal.
The real story is about what that principal, Sherrie Gahn, has done for and with the students at Whitney Elementary School in Las Vegas, where more than 85 percent of the more than 600 students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a measure of poverty. Many live in houses without heat, electricity and running water.
What gets overlooked in the story’s telling is that Gahn has been successful improving student achievement because she has not ignored the circumstances of her students’ lives outside class but instead has tried to address the effects of the poverty in which they live.
For those people concerned about standardized test scores, they’ve gone up significantly since she’s been there and worked, through private donations, to help her students.
While many school reformers today say that citing poverty as a reason for poor student performance is just an excuse for bad teaching, Gahn knows better.
She arrived at Whitney about eight years ago and promised Whitney parents that she would help them with their bills — and even help pay college tuition for any students who went — if they would work with her to raise children “of character.”
Here’s what she told Ellen DeGeneres that she told parents: “I’ll pay your electrical bill, your utilities, I’ll give you food or clothes, whatever you need, as long as you give me your child and then help raise that child as a person of character.”
Once, according to this article in Scholastic Administrator, she arranged to have every child in her school receive a pair of new shoes, but when they arrived, most of them didn’t fit. She realized that when teachers collected the shoe sizes of their students, the kids’ were wearing previously donated shoes that didn’t fit.
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In a segment of The Ellen DeGeneres Show airing Jan. 4, 2012, Bieber is shown handing a $100,000 check to Gahn (which was a matching gift to a donation of the same amount from Target) to help her students with necessities, a promise he had made a few months ago. He also treated the students to a private concert Friday.
As one might expect, stories about this subject are heavy on Bieber. This Associated Press story about Bieber’s largesse to the school talks a little while before making it clear that the real hero at that school has been Gahn.
That’s not to say that Bieber’s involvement with the school isn’t worth noting. Whenever one of the super rich hands over $100,000 to a public school principal without telling her how to use it, it is an occasion to applaud. He toured the school, talked to the kids and brought presents. Good for him.
But the real story is how Gahn has raised money, created partnerships with various organizations and done everything possible to help her students and their families with basic necessities and more. Why? Because as an educator she knew her students couldn’t succeed without this help.
And the Scholastic article notes that the need is never filled.
“How do I tell the 251st child there isn’t enough food for her?” Gahn was quoted as saying. “It’s an impossible kind of triage.”
What is also impossible is this: Twenty-two percent of American children live in poverty, and the emphasis of modern school reform ignores this fact. As long as this is the case, educating needy kids who don’t have Gahn as their principal will be impossible.
Justin Bieber's holiday special airs December 22 and will raise money for his Believe charity drive.
Justin Bieber has helped light the tree in New York's Rockefeller Plaza andsang Christmas carols with the president. Now, MTV News has confirmed that the pop star will celebrate the season once more with his very own special, "Justin Bieber: Home for the Holidays."
Bieber will tape the fundraising special at a secret Toronto location before it airs December 22 on MuchMusic and CTV. In a statement toThe Hollywood Reporter,Bieber said,
"The holidays are a very special time of the year for me and I'm looking forward to coming home and ringing them in with my friends and family."
Funds raised at the show will benefitBieber's Believe charity. Portions of the proceeds raised by his holiday album,Under the Mistletoe,also went to the nonprofit. Believe raises money for organizations like the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Pencils of Promise, Musicians on Call, Project Medishare for Haiti, City of Hope, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the Grammy Foundation.
"I am launching the Believe Charity Drive because I know firsthand that if you believe in your dreams, everything is possible," Bieber said in a statement about the initiative. "The Believe Charity Drive directly benefits charities that are making a difference in the world. You can ... donate as little as one dollar, or even donate your time, because everything will make a difference. Please join me in our quest to raise millions of dollars by the release of my new 2012 album,Believe.I know that with your help, we can make a change."
On Monday (December 12), in addition to announcing the holiday special, Bieber's manager Scooter Braun alsotweetedabout the overwhelming successUnder the Mistletoehas had since its November debut.
"@JustinBieber's christmas album 'Under The Mistletoe' is the biggest selling International Christmas album for UMG in a decade!!" he tweeted. "That makes it the biggest selling holiday album on Universal in the last decade moving ahead of Andrea Bocelli. very proud and at this rate by Christmas @justinbieber's 'Under The Mistletoe' will be the biggest 4th qtr album release of the entire UMG-EMI system!"
Bieber recorded several classic tunes for the album, as well as original songs, including lead single "Mistletoe." He worked with artists like Mariah Carey, Usher, the Band Perry, Busta Rhymes and Boyz II Men on the project. "Thank u to everyone supporting this incredible album," Braun added. "All the stats are amazing but what Im most proud of is the music. REALLY GREAT MUSIC."
Justin Bieber is trying to grow his first moustache to participate in an annual charity event which boosts awareness about prostate cancer throughout the month of November.
This quirky initiative has been dubbed as ‘Movember’, under this project men across the world seek sponsorship to grow bushy facial hair.
The 17-year-old Baby hitmaker admits that he is attempting to grow a little moustache in the name of charity too, though the results have been pitiful.
Contactmusic quoted him as saying-
"It's Movember, I''m growing it out. There''s a little bit (of facial hair), but mostly on the upper lip area. I still have a high voice,”.
he added-
"(I won''t shave it) ''til the end of November, and then I''m gonna shave it and then it''s gonna be all good. Then it''s gonna take another year-and-a-half to grow back!".
Justin Bieber is used to making girls scream, but it’s probably rare that he makes grown men scream like little girls. In a hilarious new Macy’s Black Friday ad, the ‘Mistletoe‘ star is put off by a number of starstruck guys as he promotes his new Someday fragrance.
In the commercial, the Biebs hops into the back of a private car, where he prompts the driver to take him to the Macy’s Black Friday sale. But when the chauffeur turns around to greet the 17-year-old heartthrob, his ‘hello’ turns into an unexpectedly funny shriek.
But it doesn’t stop there! Somehow, Bieber does make it to the department store, where he’s met by two tough-looking guys stocking cases of his new perfume near the entrance. By this time, we know what to expect, but it’s still just as hilarious when the dudes start screaming, as one of them is reaching for the ‘Baby’ star and the other is jumping up and down like a true Belieber.
Justin encounters two more overly-excited adult men before the end of his 30-second commercial spot, but he quickly learns to embrace it, telling one store clerk, “I guess you’re excited, too!” Macy’s, which opens at midnight on Black Friday, will be a huge promoter of Bieber’s Someday fragrance the day after Thanksgiving; each Justin Bieber Someday gift set sold will also send $2 (per sale) to the Make a Wish foundation.
Justin was on Today Day November 4,2011 Talking about Charity, Mariah Yeater, his new Album "Under The Mistletoe" and much more... There's Justin Bieber Chairty Concert On 23rd Nov, 2011 Justin Bieber Posted On His Facebook Fanpage-
was on the TODAY SHOW this morning. thanks for letting me set the record straight. Im focusing on the positive and what is real...my fans are real...this album is real....this charity work is real. thanks
