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Prince makes donation to Columbia nonprofit group

by Janet Parker

http://www.midlandsconnec...?id=601359

Recording artist Prince is making a donation to a nonprofit group that aims to make sure all children in a Columbia neighborhood graduate from college.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH, AP) -- Recording artist Prince made a generous donation to a nonprofit group that aims to make sure all children in a Columbia neighborhood graduate from college.

Prince's drummer and Columbia native John Blackwell Jr. presented a check for $250,000.00 Tuesday to Eau Claire Promise Zone officials.

"This gift means that we will move from pioneering to implementation," says Daniel Canada Chairman of the Board for Eau Claire Promise Zone.

Canada says it doesn't matter what neighborhood these children are from or their background, but its all about having the right attitude, "If you will do whatever it takes, then you can achieve, then our children can achieve educational success."

The 501c3 Eau Claire Promise Zone is a 12-neighborhood area that is part of the nationwide "Promise Neighborhoods" movement, modeled after the work of Geoffrey Canada and his Harlem Children's Zone. Geoffrey Canada visited Columbia in January and said that if the program is working in Harlem it can work in Columbia and families in the Eau Claire can already see that happening.

"The parents learn how to console the kid, it teaches us how to make them go to bed on time, to talk to them and basically be better parents," says Derrick Armstrong, father of two.

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That's generous of him.

Very happy to see this. Very generous. Thanks for sharing.

cbarnes3121 said:

i knew shelby big ass head would be somewhere hording on attention

Really? That is your contribution to this thread? What an ignorant remark.

PurpleChi said:

Very happy to see this. Very generous. Thanks for sharing.

Yes it's nice to see when musicians/celebrities, etc., make donations to various communities/organizations. Especially now in this shaky economy.

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Nice. I think that is wonderful...

It's wonderful!

Prince.

Good shit.

Wonderful News

I dig it! So they had to catch a flight to LA? Could it be for a taping at the Lopez Tonight show? Or even some Cali shows. Time will tell.

klick

unique said:

Cool.

This is awesome! I am glad to know Prince is giving in monetary mediums! He gives so much through his music and soul, and it's even more amazing when he can give in money. This is beautiful! I am glad to know news like this as always, NOT enough good is being reported.. too Much Bad news seen on The Hella visions like Prince says...Hahaha.


But NPG..GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

klick2me said:

I dig it! So they had to catch a flight to LA? Could it be for a taping at the Lopez Tonight show? Or even some Cali shows. Time will tell.

klick

Forgot about that. I remember seeing a thread about Prince possibly appearing on the Lopez Tonight show, sometime in early April. Maybe if he appears on that show he'll announce the next series of W2A concerts for the L.A. area, if that's where the W2A will be going next. Who knows we'll just have to wait and see where he takes the next series of shows.

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UPDATE:

Prince's lawyers just got a call from the General Manager at Croke Park saying, "What nerve! Prince is giving away money when he still owes us???"

berniejobs said:

Prince's lawyers just got a call from the General Manager at Croke Park saying, "What nerve! Prince is giving away money when he still owes us???"

These are mutually exclusive pieces of news.

There is no evidence to suggest that Prince isn't making certain payments because he can't.

If Prince's legal business is important to you, there are plenty of other threads for that.

If Prince's charity donations are important to you, you're in the right place.

I like that Shelby and JB presented the cheque, given that they both played their home towns on this leg of the W2A tour.

Sounds like a terrific charity - I hope the publicity this gives them leads to other donations and/or volunteers to help make that money go as far as possible for the kids

Awesome news and very generous!

Looks like news of this has reached many news outlets/websites;they're all reporting the same thing of course, but the fact this was picked up on many outlets is a good thing.

http://breakingnews.nypos...5-12-49-55

http://www.huffingtonpost...45078.html

http://www.aolnews.com/20...ty-in-s-c/

http://minnesota.cbslocal...fit-group/

http://kstp.com/article/s...html?cat=1

http://www.boston.com/ae/...fit_group/

http://www.startribune.co...59674.html

http://www.thesunnews.com...umbia.html

http://www.wtov9.com/ente...etail.html

http://www.heraldonline.c...rofit.html#

http://www.greenwichtime....323378.php

http://www.signonsandiego...fit-group/#

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Militant said:

Props to Prince! Love ya P!

Wonder what the negative nancys will have to say about this one... lol

Why not $251,000?

berniejobs said:

UPDATE:

Prince's lawyers just got a call from the General Manager at Croke Park saying, "What nerve! Prince is giving away money when he still owes us???"

When are people going to learn that Prince is filthy freakin rich, but living on a purple paisley elephants and flowers cloud where taxes and other "petty" requirements of civil society don't apply? Have you all not read the multiple interviews of people who consistently substantiate such disconnected behaviour as sincerely wondering why he can't have a giraffe at 4:30am in the morning? He ain't po' he just livin on Planet P (too bad, cause if he wasn't, he'd have a billion+ instead of millions).

That is so wonderful! He is so wonderful

I am sure the children of this program will benefit greatly from this donation. god bless prince and everyone who contributes to charity.

Awww thanks Princey!!! So nice of him Of course, he has always donated to charities and given concerts to underpriveledged for years since 1999, I believe? But definitely by Purple Rain era where big bucks were coming in. But again, grea news to hear for Prince

That's nice of him. But he's still a deadbeat. You donate after your bills are paid.

He can't do that....because according to mentalists around here (who will ignore this news or find a negative in it), Prince is broke from lawsuits and that's the only reason he's touring.....you know, not to help the world and entertain us or anything like that.

And girl7, the sun is a star. Exactly! Prince is very humble[b][i]

klick2me said:

I dig it! So they had to catch a flight to LA? Could it be for a taping at the Lopez Tonight show? Or even some Cali shows. Time will tell.

klick

I picked up on that too. I'll forgive him since he's going to Lopez Show, but if he even thinks he's gonna skip the Midwest; well he just better not.

fantasticjoy said:

unique said:

it's great he gives money to charity, but why doesn't he pay his own bills? why does he give money away to charity, but other people have to sue him? like his own lawyers?

That's between him and who ever he may owe...but it's good to know he has no problem with giving to those who really need it .

I'm pretty sure that lawyers and promoters need to eat just as much as everyone else. And they can't buy food when clients don't pay.

Lady Gaga would have given more.