Event class: earthquake, relief, victims, hurricane, haiti, tsunami, raise, help, charity, money

Events with high posterior probability

Justin McIsaac	In November 2001, McIsaac took part in a benefit show,'' Headlocks for Humanity'', for the American Red Cross following the September 11th terrorist attacks.
Hiroshi Kume	In 2011, it was reported that Kume had donated 200 million yen to an earthquake relief fund following the March 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake Disaster.
Jordin Sparks	In February 2010, Sparks was one of the many artists who contributed to'' We Are the World 25 for Haiti'', a charity single for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Steven Libutti	In September 2005, Libutti was recalled to active duty and deployed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana in support of hurricane relief efforts for hurricane Katrina.
Alexander Gerndt	Gerndt was also a survivor of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
Carolyn Dykema	In 2006, the American Legion awarded Dykema, one of the'' Katrina Ladies'', the Citation for Meritorious Service for spearheading hurricane relief through Operation Help & Hope.
Ruby Dhalla	In October 2005, Dhalla organized a relief effort for victims of an earthquake in Pakistan.
Joseph J. Taluto	Taluto served as the Joint Task Force Commander during the 42nd Infantry Division's initial emergency response mission to assist the New York City in its security and recovery operations following the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center.
Tim May	May was the driving force behind the staging of the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal match in 2004.
Tom Cochrane	Canada For Asia : On January 13, 2005, Cochrane, his wife Kathleene and Alex Lifeson spearheaded a benefit concert in support of tsunami relief in Asia.
Thomas H. Friedkin	The new company charges $ 2,000 a day, but returns some profits through the Friedkin Conservation Fund, Friedkin has served in several movies either on the crew working as a pilot or as an actor including : The Friedkin Companies, the owner of Gulf States Toyota, contributed $ 2 million in 2005 to establish the Friedkin Disaster Relief Fund to help provide relief to Hurricane Katrina victims who worked for Toyota and other dealerships.
Kim Hyon-hui	After the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, she donated 1 million yen ($ 15,600) to the victims, out of gratitude for the preferential treatment she had received in Japan during her previous visit.
Alison Bettles	Aside from her Grange Hill music projects, Bettles also sang on the chrarity single'' Let It Be'', released by Ferry Aid in 1987 to raise money for victims of the Zeebrugge ferry disaster.
Christina Aguilera	She was one of the many artists who appeared on the Hope for Haiti telethon on January 22, 2010, donations directly benefited Oxfam America, Partners In Health, Red Cross and UNICEF.
Clare Short	In December 2004, Short was reportedly critical of U. S. efforts to dispense aid to countries devastated by a tsunami caused by a massive earthquake in the Indian Ocean.
Eliza Doolittle (singer)	In early 2010 she took part in musician Shane MacGowan's charity single'' I Put a Spell on You'', in aid of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Colin Murray Parkes	In April 2005 Parkes was sent by Help the Hospices with Ann Dent to India to assess the psychological needs of people bereaved by the tsunami.
Elizabeth Kenny	Although exhausted by her war service, Kenny supervised a temporary hospital in Nobby that had been established to care for victims of the 1919 influenza epidemic.
Hideki Matsui	He also donated $ 620,000 to relief efforts for victims of the earthquake and tsunami of 2011 in the Tōhoku region of Japan.
Gao Yaojie	But starting from 2000, Guo has prohibited his wife from managing their money, because'' she donated almost all our savings to AIDS patients and their families.''
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Nobuyuki Tsujii	Additionally, he performed in numerous charity concerts on behalf of Japan's earthquake and tsunami victims, including a UNESCO concert held in Paris on March 11, 2012.
Marilyn Musgrave	After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Musgrave helped lead the effort to urge President Bush to suspend'' Davis-Bacon'' prevailing wage protection in the Gulf Coast region.
Jennifer Nettles	Following the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Nettles and Sugarland partner Bush sang on the remake of We Are the World as part of Artists for Haiti.
Michael Capponi	In September 2008 Michael visited Cuba with United States humanitarian license to assess damage from the hurricane.
Michael Laws	In August 2011 it was announced that he will fight high profile Maori activist Ken Mair in a charity boxing contest on 3 December to raise funds for victims of the Christchurch earthquake.
Scribe (rapper)	Scribe released a remix of his single' Not Many' to show support for the victims of the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes.'
Maria Sharapova	In addition, with Angela Haynes, Maria Kirilenko, Nicole Vaidišová, Rennae Stubbs, Governor Jeb Bush and Jennifer Capriati, Sharapova participated in an exhibition in Tampa in December 2004, raising money for the Florida Hurricane Relief Fund.
Tillson Harrison	From 1946 until his death, he assisted in the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in China, saving many lives.
Stan Goff	In March 2006 Goff helped to organize the Veterans and Survivors March of the Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans For Peace, Military Families Speak Out, and Gold Star Families for Peace to call attention to the cost of the war in Iraq and its impact on relief efforts along the Gulf coast after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Shmuly Yanklowitz	In 2010, Yanklowitz flew to Haiti after the earthquake where he volunteered with refugees and has since been an advocate for greater transparency in disaster relief work.
K. J. Choi	After his 7th PGA Tour victory at the 2008 Sony Open in Hawaii, Choi donated $ 320,000 of his earnings to the victims' families of a warehouse fire in Seoul, South Korea, which killed over forty people.
Zebulon York	In 1882, his steamboats helped deliver relief supplies to flood victims.
David Miliband	On 10 November 2013, IRC CEO David Miliband ordered the war relief agency to mount an emergency response to a natural disaster -- Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
Tommy Emmanuel	In late January 2010, after the 2010 Haiti earthquake earlier in the same month, Emmanuel announced that he would be auctioning off three guitars, that he personally played and owned, on eBay, in order to raise money to donate to UNICEF in Haiti.
Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo	In the wake of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Tabitha and Napoleon held a week long fundraiser from online sales of their dancewear line.
Masaharu Morimoto	In April 2011, Morimoto sang at the Thousand Hearts Benefit for Japanese earthquake relief in California.
Ramin Mehmanparast	After the December 2012 Sandy Hook shooting in the United States, Mehmanparast expressed his condolences to the American people and the victims' families.
Tim Deegan (meteorologist)	He will also recount his trip with the Hurricane Hunters into Hurricane Gilbert in September 1988.
Brian Wilson	In September 2005, Wilson arranged a charity drive to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina, wherein people who donated $ 100 or more would receive a personal phone call from Wilson.
Taylor Swift	In 2012, Swift supported Architecture for Humanity's Restore the Shore MTV telethon in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
Hideki Matsui	html Time Asia that Matsui personally donated $ 500,000 towards charity relief for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
Gabriella Cilmi	Cilmi performed at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 2009 for Sound Relief, a multi-venue rock music concert in support of relief for the Victorian bushfire crisis.
Yeh Kuang-shih	Right after an earthquake struck Taiwan on 27 March 2013, Yeh ordered all officials within the ministry departments to conduct checks on any damage caused by the earthquake.
Bob Parker (mayor)	The Bats at the Band Together Concert For Canterbury in October 2010 Mayor Parker was the incumbent mayor at the time of the September 2010 Canterbury earthquake.
Yuzuru Hanyu	Water pipes under the ice at his home rink burst as a result of the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.
Charlie Sheen	Sheen donated one dollar from each ticket sold from his `` My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not An Option Show'' 2011 tour to the Red Cross Japanese Earthquake Relief Fund.
Jaclyn Victor	She has also performed'' Gemilang'' at a Tsunami Concert held to aid victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
Liam Titcomb	In 2003, Liam contributed the song'' War'' to the benefit album Peace Songs in support of War Child Canada's humanitarian programs.
Kenshin Kawakami	In response to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Kawakami donated $ 50,000 to relief efforts.
Spencer Chandra Herbert	Following the December 2006 windstorm that hit Stanley Park, Herbert held the first fundraiser assist rehabilitation and enlisted local wood-turners and wood-workers in salvaging trees.
Peter Beck (priest)	Since the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, Beck has been one of the figureheads of the city.
Leona Lewis	In January 2010, Lewis provided vocals on a cover of'' Everybody Hurts'', released to help raise money for victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Jason Reischel	Reischel also donated the My Cousin, The Emperor song'' Montevideo'' for the'' Poverty is Real : Asheville 2012'' CD in September 2012 which helped raise $ 5,000 for Pisgah Legal Services to combat Poverty.
Herbert O. Dunn	Dunn distinguished himself with the help he provided to the civil population when the great 1918 flu pandemic killed 2,000 people on the island.
Stefan Beese	In 2012, five years after producing the Pink Project in collaboration with GRAFT, Beese served as the Production Designer for Brad Pitt's `` A Night to Make It Right'' fundraising gala in New Orleans, which raised over $ 5 million to support its mission to build safe, affordable, andsustainable homes in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward.
Joe McElderry	In January 2010, he participated in the Helping Haiti charity single, a cover of'' Everybody Hurts'' arranged by Simon Cowell in order to raise money for victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Joshua Bolten	In March 2010, Bolten was appointed a member of the board and co-chair of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, which has raised $ 36 million to date for immediate earthquake relief and long-term recovery efforts in the Caribbean country.
Jessica Sanchez	Sanchez was one of the singers in Lisa Lavie's collaboration video'' We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube Edition)'' for charity relief for victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, along with American Idol season 10 finalist Thia Megia.
Dave Brubeck	In 2008 Brubeck became a supporter of the Jazz Foundation of America in its mission to save the homes and the lives of elderly jazz and blues musicians, including those who had survived Hurricane Katrina.
Larry Brilliant	He spent the first half of 2005 as a volunteer helping out in the tsunami in Sri Lanka and working in India with WHO in the campaign to eradicate polio.
Michael Vick	After the Virginia Tech massacre on April 16, 2007, Vick and the United Way donated $ 10,000 to assist families affected.
Jeff Bates	In 2005, a concert in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, raised $ 25,000 for Hurricane Katrina relief in his home area.
Gabrielle Giffords	After Hurricane Katrina struck in the late summer of 2005, Giffords spent time as a volunteer in Houston, Texas, in relief efforts for hurricane victims.
Autumn de Forest	In 2013, she painted the piece'' Sandy Flag,'' which will be auctioned to provide relief for victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Michael Capponi	In December 2010, Michael Capponi decided to help with the revitalization of a historical town in Haiti called Jacmel.
Ingrid Michaelson	In 2012, after Hurricane Sandy, Michaelson released the Live From Laurel Canyon EP with all of the proceeds going to Tunnel to Tower Foundation's Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund.
Robert Peter Gale	In 1988, he was part of the U. S. medical emergency team sent in the aftermath of the earthquake in Armenia.
Jason Smith (rugby league)	Smith played in the State of Origin greats game in 2011 to raise money for the Queensland flood victims.
Jared DeVries	In 2006, he helped purchase and shop for emergency relief supplies for Hurricane Katrina victims.
Mike Gallagher	On May 8, 2006 Gallagher used his show to raise money for the creation of homes in poverty-stricken areas of Jamaica in conjunction with Food for the Poor, during a live broadcast in the Jamaican national capital.
Phil Keoghan	Shortly after the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, Keoghan traveled to his hometown to ensure his family was safe but also to record segments for The Early Show to implore viewers to provide aid to the New Zealand Red Cross and to promote continued tourism, a fundamental part of New Zealand's economy, to the country.
Louise Manoogian Simone	She organized AGBU disaster relief after the 1988 Spitak earthquake.
Joan Baez	In 1993, at the invitation of Refugees International and sponsored by the Soros Foundation, she traveled to the war-torn Bosnia and Herzegovina region of then - Yugoslavia in an effort to help bring more attention to the suffering there.
Jack Lescoulie	The young Lescoulie helped the radio station cover the 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
Dr. John	In November 2005, he released a four-song EP, Sippiana Hericane, to benefit New Orleans Musicians Clinic, Salvation Army, and the Jazz Foundation of America.
Guru Radha Kishan	She held various positions in NFIW and lead from the front to serve the people, be it the relief camps organised by NFIW for flood effected people or the Shanti March after 1984 Sikh riots.
Michela Alioto-Pier	Another top priority for Alioto-Pier is earthquake preparedness, especially important for her district, hit hard by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
Gisele B?ndchen	She contributed an autographed iPod loaded with a personal playlist to be auctioned off, with all proceeds benefiting Music Rising, a campaign founded in 2005 to replace lost or destroyed instruments of musicians in the Gulf Coast Region after the hurricane disasters.
Trisha Yearwood	Yearwood first joined along with husband, Garth Brooks in 2006 and partook in the Hurricane Katrina disaster relief by building flood walls in New Orleans and protective structures in Mississippi.
Sean Penn	After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Penn founded the J/P Haitian Relief Organization, which has been running a 55,000 person tent camp.
Sean Penn	In September 2005, Penn traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana, to aid Hurricane Katrina victims.
Tom Schieffer	On March 16, 2006 he visited Niigata City with the families of victims of North Korean abductions of Japanese.
Josignacio	In 1992 after Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida he organized an auction with more than 100 Cuban painters for victims of the tragedy.
David Bailey	In 2010, he visited Afghanistan to photograph British troops raising money for the charity Help For Heroes.
Ronnie Thompson (Georgia politician)	Thompson is a featured artist on the CD America Speaks from the Heart by Centurion, a tribute to the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks, and the American military personnel in the War on Terror.
Shivaune Field	Three months after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, she visited Sri Lanka to host a documentary on relief and reconstruction efforts.
Sissel Kyrkjeb?	On 21 August 2011, Sissel performed the Norwegian hymn'' Til ungdommen'' by Nordahl Grieg at the National Memorial Ceremony for the victims of 22 July 2011 terrorist attacks.
Torkom Manoogian	In the aftermath of the devastating Armenian earthquake in December 1988, he coordinated international efforts aiming the mobilization and marshaling of financial and material support for the rehabilitation process in Armenia.
Zheng Jie	She donated her winnings to the victims of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake in her native province.
Marie Equi	In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, she organized a group of doctors and nurses to provide humanitarian aid in the wake of the disaster, earning her a special commendation from the United States Army.
Cory Booker	After Hurricane Sandy destroyed much of the shoreline areas of New Jersey and New York in late October 2012, Booker invited Newarkers without power to eat and sleep in his home.
Mounira Solh	She was also active in humanitarian and charity work, and led the national team of relief volunteers to help victims of the Beirut Great Fire in 1956.
Matt Frei	In 2005, Frei reported from the centre of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Szeto Wah	In 2008 he transferred more than $ 781,000 in donation collected by the alliance to the Hong Kong Red Cross as relief for the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
Jeri Westerson	In 2011, author Tim Hallinan asked Jeri to participate in a short story e-book anthology whose entire proceeds would raise money for Japan earthquake relief.
Ryo Ishikawa	On 30 March 2011 Ishikawa announced that he will be donating all of his 2011 tour earnings, plus an additional ¥ 100,000 for every birdie he makes during the year, to the Japan earthquake relief efforts.
Stevie Wonder	Memorial dedication concert On January 22, 2010, Wonder performed'' Bridge Over Troubled Water'' for the Hope for Haiti Now : A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief event to help victims of the earthquake in Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010.
Zul F	In 2011, he performed at the `` Enlightening Japan / Brunei Night'' charity concert to raise funds for Tsunami victims ; live broadcast on Nippon TV, Japan.
Stefan Templeton	Ten days after the devastating tsunami that ensued due to the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake, Templeton helped insert 27 medical personnel in Aceh Jaya (Indonesia) to conduct emergency assessment in the most inaccessible regions and coordinate delivery of supplies in collaboration with ELISA (Equipe Légere d'Intervention de Secours Aéroportée) and PFC (Paramedics for Children), with the support of Newmont Mining Corporation CEO Richard Ness.