1.Michael Jackson was one of the most generous artist of all time. He donated over $350,000,000 in total and supported 39 charities. He also started the ‘Heal the World’ foundation, which fought against AIDS, Juvenile Diabetes and helped suffering children.  He often organized and took part in charity concerts as for example ‘United We Stand: What More Can I Give’ after the attacks on the World Trade Center.

  2. Elton John established the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which has spent over $125 million to support prevention and education, elimination of discrimination and providing help to people living with AIDS in 55 countries all over the world. He also gives large amounts of money to charities like in 2004 when he donated over $43 million to different organizations.

    3. Beyoncé Knowles supported 23 charities and together with Kelly Rowland founded Survivor Foundation to help victims of the Hurricane Katrina. She was also an Ambassador for the 2005 World Children’s Day and in 2012 she took part in World Humanitarian Day performing her song ‘I Was Here’ at the United Nation General Assembly in New York. You can watch this performance here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i41qWJ6QjPI

5. The band Coldplay supported 24 charities and in their early years they were giving 10% of their profits to charity. They teamed up with REM’s Michael Stipe in making a song to aid Hurricane Katrina victims. Moreover they ask their fans for gifts, which all are given to charity organizations and they are huge supporters of Amnesty International.

  6. Madonna helped 25 foundations and in 2006 together with Michael Berg founded Raising Malawi organization. It provides aid for people of Malawi, especially children, giving them food, proper clothes, shelter, education, medical and emotional care and psychosocial support. It also supports non-government organizations like International Medical Corps.

      7. Bono supported 33 charities and helped to create many organizations, like ONE Campaign, DATA or EDUN, which fights with the poverty and diseases . He also took part in Festival Against Racism and went to Ethiopia to draw attention to the conflicts and help children. Moreover he participated in concerts like Live 8 to raise funds of DATA.

Valentine's Day. A celebration loved by most and hated by a minority. Criticized by some for its commercialized form, admired by others for the magic which surrounds it. No matter what group we belong to, it motivates us to take a break and look at everything from a different perspective.

Many people don't pay much attention to the date of February 14. Day like a day. Why make all the fuss?

But... Can they use any other day to show the tenderness and love?

Lovers spend this day in a very special way. They go to the cinemas, to a sumptuous dinner and give each other small gifts. It doesn't need to be a sign of commercialism. Valentine's Day only shows that we really care about others. For example, sending Valentine's Day cards is the oldest custom of this day. Reading an anonymous card full of love can make us really feel the magic of this celebration and smiles on our faces can spread on other people, too.

And how do you remember your Valentine's Day?

Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On this day, most major retailers open extremely early and offer promotional sales to kick off the holiday shopping season, similar to Boxing Day sales in many Commonwealth Nations.  This year, Black Friday was 22 of November. Internet sales reach upon to 1 milliard dollars. Thanks that, USA has a chance to came out of the crisis. That day you can see “SALES” almost everywhere, and buy things so much cheaper. But what is the history of Black Friday? That the day after Thanksgiving is the "official" start of the holiday shopping season may be linked together with the idea of Santa Claus parades. Parades celebrating Thanksgiving often include an appearance by Santa at the end of the parade, with the idea that 'Santa has arrived' or 'Santa is just around the corner'. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, many Santa parades or Thanksgiving Day parades were sponsored by department stores. Department stores would use the parades to launch a big advertising push. Eventually it just became an unwritten rule that no store would try doing Christmas advertising before the parade was over. Therefore, the day after Thanksgiving became the day when the shopping season officially started. Later on, the fact that this marked the official start of the shopping season led to controversy. In 1939, retail shops would have liked to have a longer shopping season, but no store wanted to break with tradition and be the one to start advertising before Thanksgiving. President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the date for Thanksgiving one week earlier, leading to much anger by the public who wound up having to change holiday plans. Some even refused the change, resulting in the U.S. citizens celebrating Thanksgiving on two separate days. Some started referring to the change as Franksgiving. If you're interesting, you can check the retail sales here.