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YourCause.com gives celebrities a platform for change

By Stone Martindale Jun 4, 2008, 23:30 GMT

There is a place online where you can check out your favorite celebrities and see what causes and charities mean something to them, and pitch in to help. Scarlett Johansson want to enlist your help, for her charity, Giving the Clothes Off Our Back EPA/GRAVIER AND MEDIAPRO/

Scarlett Johansson want to enlist your help, for her charity, Giving the Clothes Off Our Back EPA/GRAVIER AND MEDIAPRO/Actress Rachel Bilson is about Helping Victims of Rape; actress Scarlett Johansson supports Giving the Clothes Off Our Back; model and host Tyra Banks is about Get in the TZone and actor Sean Astin promotes the charity, Inspiring Sick Children with Art and Athletics.YourCause.com, a newly launched cause-focused social networking site dedicated to “Empowering Millions to Raise Billons,” and announced today the official launch of their celebrity pages. To date, the site has raised over $20,000 for more than 600 passionate advocates for change.The site currently boasts a handful of influential celebrities including Morgan Freeman, Carmen Electra, Christina Milian, Robin Leach, R&B crooner Jon B, singers Adina Howard and Jeff Timmons, NFL great Leonard Marshall, and Donnie Nelson, General Manager of the Dallas Mavericks and successful entrepreneurs Joe and Gavin Maloof.“We feel extremely privileged that these celebrities are lending their notoriety to raise both awareness and funds for their specific causes,” says site co-founder Matthew Combs. “One of the unique things about the site is that anyone can make it their own and promote the causes that THEY are most passionate about.”

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