That's great news. 
i love him even more when he does sweet stuff like this
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It seems life is always miserable for them. They're not happy unless they're miserable.
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The Eau Claire Promise Zone, a 501c3 non-profit organization, is a citywide grassroots coalition of community partners committed to doing “whatever it takes” to ensure all of our children are prepared to graduate from college and be successful in their career and in life.
It is part of the nationwide “Promise Neighborhoods” movement, modeled after the groundbreaking work of Geoffrey Canada and his Harlem Children’s Zone.
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The Promise Zone is a place: 12 contiguous neighborhoods in the heart of Eau Claire- an urban community- like thousands of others around the nation- struggling to break free of the cycle of intergenerational poverty.
These are the neighborhoods of Eau Claire High School and its feeder schools: Arden, Hyatt Park, and John P. Thomas Elementary Schools, and Alcorn and Gibbes Middle Schools.
In this community, we have made a promise to our children- “Failure is not an option for you. You will make it. You will succeed. We will make sure of it.”
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A Prince of a Gift for Eau Claire Children's Program Pretty damn classy.
http://www.thestate.com/2...laire.html
A Prince of a gift for Eau Claire children's program - otaylor@thestate.com
At a press conference at the Eau Claire Print Building this morning, Prince, on behalf of himself and his band, is scheduled to announce that he is donating money to the Eau Claire Promise Zone.
John Blackwell, the drummer and Columbia native who anchors Prince’s back band, New Power Generation, said Prince was giving $250,000 to the zone that is seeking to break the nearby poverty cycle. Blackwell will represent Prince and his bandmates.
“He’s been donating money to a lot of charities,” Blackwell said Monday evening as he was preparing to board a plane from Tampa, Fla., to Columbia. “It’s awesome that he’s doing that.”
The donation comes on the heels of Prince's 10-day, six-concert run in the Carolinas last month. The Welcome 2 America Tour dates started March 21 at the Colonial Life Arena. Blackwell, who is scheduled to be joined by Shelby Johnson, one of NPG’s featured vocalists and a Greensboro, N.C., native, won't have much time chill in Columbia because he has flight to catch to Los Angeles. |
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Good news! Oh, blue light... | |
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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 This Post is produced, arranged, composed and performed by WetDream | |
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Colombia has a complicated spiral of troubles. Whilst the people are so warm, open and prioritize the community by nature. I really hope the project will benefit from this donation.
I read an article about how donations of rich people can go down the wrong drain. There was a Dutch guy who is specialized in investing in charity projects for the rich. He had a very sound view on it and how what happened to Madonna in Malawi (Oprah and Wycliff) can be prevented. It must be a great and satisfying feeling to be able to donate to these kind of charities.
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Cool thing to do.
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This type of news doesn't get reported enough. Good job P! The greatest live performer of our times was is and always will be Prince.
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^ I think the Columbia issues deserve to be reported more that P his charity. 99% of my posts are ironic. Maybe this post sides with the other 1%. | |
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"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will NEVER forget how you make them feel."-Maya Angelou I'm sure alot of poeple will feel blessed by his generosity. | |
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Prince has been doing this for 30 years. It's nice to know that he does this, but I wonder why we feel the NEED to KNOW? Prince did an interview with a woman at Record World. They talked about whatever, then he asked her: "Does your pubic hair go up to your navel?" At that moment, we thought maybe we shouldn't encourage him to do interviews. | |
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How cool is that? | |
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Props to Prince! Love ya P!
Wonder what the negative nancys will have to say about this one... lol |
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I think it's great that he did it on behalf of himself AND the band. XXXX | |
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Who cares what they think?
Anyway, this is a thread regarding positive news and I think we should just embrace it, and just to add, judging from the end of that news clip, I'm assuming the band may be headed for Los Angeles next.
Here's a pic/excerpt from the article orger "Kevinpnb" posted, showing Ms. Shelby J and John Blackwell of the NPG.
"Members of Prince and The New Power Generation, including Shelby J. and Columbia native John Blackwell, a drummer, present a check for $250,000 to the Eau Claire Promise Zone.
Here's some info on the Eau Claire Children's program and a link to their website:"
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This is great. I love you Prince First concert: January 18, 2011 & then February 7, 2011 at MSG. Best concerts of my life. | |
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It's a Prince lyric, The Contintal. She Believed in Fairytales and Princes, He Believed the voices coming from his stereo
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Awesome 
Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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thanx for sharing the news nice to see Prince donate to charities |
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Good for him, every dollar helps. Jeux Sans Frontiers | |
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Oh, blue light... | |
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Oh. Now everything we know has changed! [Edited 4/5/11 10:12am] This Post is produced, arranged, composed and performed by WetDream | |
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Tres beau
The fight for social & economic justice begins in the classroom. - Barack Obama, July 2008
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Very nice! He gave one million to the Harlem Children's Zone last month I think it was. I'm sure there is plenty that he does that we will never know about. Nor do we need to but it is nice to hear these things from time to time. He's moody and quirky....but a good guy. | |
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awesome news!  "not a fan"  yeah...ok | |
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i knew shelby big ass head would be somewhere hording on attention | |
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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? | |
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Seems to me that the "happy folks" are the ones that just can't seem to be happy, even when there is cause to be because you're the one's that constantly
Oh well! I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart. | |
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I hope he hasn't bought into the 'education reform' bullshit. All you others say Hell Yea!!  | |
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Could it be because she's from the Carolinas?
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