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Refugees Donate Time and Money to Help Italian Earthquake Victims

Refugees and asylum seekers in Italy have given up some or all of their daily allowances in order to aid the relief efforts in the aftermath of an earthquake in three small mountain communities that killed nearly 250 people.
The 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck on August 24 in the wee hours of the morning, devastating several homes and ending hundreds of lives 85 miles east of the capital of Rome. [1]

Simon Cowell Donates $33,000 for Child’s Cancer Treatment

Simon Cowell may be known as the grumpy judge on the hit TV program American Idol, but he certainly isn’t as rough as portrayed. The music producer known for catapulting singers to stardom in his native UK and the United States has helped make a family’s dream come true by donating £25,000 ($33,100 USD) to little Kian Musgrove to help him receive specialist cancer treatment in the United States.

Tribe Donates $10,000 to Help Save Flint, Michigan Residents from Toxic Water

Flint, Michigan is dealing with a water crisis, pushing the area into a ‘state of emergency.’ Instead of pointing fingers like the government has been doing in response to the toxic overload, the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians from Manistee, Michigan is donating a hefty sum to the Genesee County Sheriff’s office to assist in providing clean water to Flint, Michigan residents.