Friday, January 13, 2012

Inspirational Friday

Chef Chris Nirschel cooks for the homeless. Celebrity chef who works with The Food Bank for New York City, which is the largest major hunger relief in the country paired up with them and cooked for the homeless. Nirschel attended the French Culinary Institute and appeared on "The Next Food Network Star." He is the executive chef at Caffe Napoli in New York City. He has done charity events for this organizations in the Hamptons and in New York City. He stated "that government has cut funding for the food bank and he believes in helping the less fortunate."

Pace, G. & Zrini, M. (January 10, 2011). Celebrity Chef Chris Nirschel Cooks for Homeless. MSNBC. Happy News. Retrieved January 13, 2012, from http://www.happynews.com/news/1102012/celebrity-chef-chris-nirschel-cooks-homeless.htm



Eddie Van Halen donates 75 guitars to L.A. school.  Eddie Van Halen the famous guitar player for the band "Van Halen"  don't want children to be deprived of music programs in their schools.  Many music programs have been cut for the lack of government funding in Los Angeles, Ca. Eddie paired up Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation, which provides resources for music programs for schools and donated 75 electric guitars from his own personal collection. They will distribute the guitars to the schools that don't have enough for students to play. He stated that "music is his passion, and he wants to give back because music kept him off the streets."

Carlson, E. (2012). Eddie Van Halen donates 75 guitars to L.A. schools. Entertainment on Today. Retrieved January 13, 2012, from http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/11/10116035-eddie-van-halen-donates-75-guitars-to-la-schools


Anonymous donor donates $10,000 to a stage 4 cancer patient. Maria Vargas from San Jose, California was surprised when she received a bag of food at her doorstep and at the bottom of the bag there was a cashier check for $10,000 made out to her. At first, she didn't want to accept it, but her daughter reminded  her that she wiped out all of her savings and she needed it for medication to battle her cancer.

MSNBC. (January 12, 2012). Anonymous Donor Gives Cancer Patient $10,000. Happy News. Retrieved January 12, 2012, from http://www.happynews.com/news/1122012/anonymous-donor-gives-cancer-patient-10-000.htm

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