Good on you Michael

[rmhodv]

I know recently that there was a thread discussing whether or not we thought Mr Schumacher was arrogant or not. Whether this is true or not I say hats of to Michael, as I've just heard that he has donated 10 Million USD to the tsunami appeal.

[Marki]

I belive this is true well done Mr S

Also

Sandra Bullock $1m

[billb]

spielburg too - now wheres mr gates when you need him....

[parrot of doom]

Mr Gates is the world's most generous philanthropist (sp?) so I doubt he has a guilty concience.

[billb]

parrot of doom said:

Mr Gates is the world's most generous philanthropist (sp?) so I doubt he has a guilty concience.

is that in terms of total money or percentage of wealth / salary??

[stumartin]

Schumacher is also one of the founding funding partners of the ICM charity supported by the recent Race of Champions. For a 'complete to$$er' he does an awful lot of good work.

www.imp.mc/rocwebsite/_press/releases_2004/rel_04122004gb.htm

[tinman0]

stumartin said:

Schumacher is also one of the founding funding partners of the ICM charity supported by the recent Race of Champions. For a 'complete to$$er' he does an awful lot of good work. www.imp.mc/rocwebsite/_press/releases_2004/rel_04122004gb.htm

wont get him into heaven any easier.

[shirley temple]

billb said:

spielburg too - now wheres mr gates when you need him....

Mr Gates has offered to supply the support teams with computers and software FOC, however the updates will need paying for

Good on those who have donated, as for Shoemaker? top effort!

[Marki]

shirley temple said:

Good on those who have donated, as for Shoemaker? top effort!

True ,,, but the more i think of it why do they feel the need to be so public about it

[Mrs Fish]

Marki said:

shirley temple said: Good on those who have donated, as for Shoemaker? top effort! True ,,, but the more i think of it why do they feel the need to be so public about it

They may not have been public about it themselves personally, there are a great many other people involved in their careers and money management who could enable it to slip. I think it is unfair that they are seen to be less of a giver because it has been made public.

[lazyitus]

Great that all this money is coming in.

Though it does makes me wonder what will happen if there is any excess money left over if the donations exceed the needs?

[Marki]

Mrs Fish said:

Marki said: shirley temple said: Good on those who have donated, as for Shoemaker? top effort! True ,,, but the more i think of it why do they feel the need to be so public about it They may not have been public about it themselves personally, there are a great many other people involved in their careers and money management who could enable it to slip. I think it is unfair that they are seen to be less of a giver because it has been made public.

Sure it is unfair Mrs F , but you cant tell me that if they wanted to do it undercover it would still leak out to the press .

Maybe its to shame others into giving ?

[billb]

lazyitus said:

Great that all this money is coming in. Though it does makes me wonder what will happen if there is any excess money left over if the donations exceed the needs?

will go into interest payments back to us...

[stumartin]

Marki said:

...you cant tell me that if they wanted to do it undercover it would still leak out to the press . Maybe its to shame others into giving ?

I imagine a large part of it is publicity for the cause (not terribly necessary in the present case). One of the reasons a celebrity/public figure might choose to make the fact and nature of his/her donation known is to spur others into taking an interest. I don't think 'shame' is the appropriate word.

That's not to say that a great number of two-bit transient 'celebs' seem to use any and every opportunity to draw attention to themselves, but they often aren't the ones in a position to make £1m donations or otherwise make real contributions.

You only have to look at the comparison between someone like, ooh, Robbie Williams/Will Young/The Darkness etc.. and Bob Geldof.

[apache]

Good on him, ten mil is a seriously large wedge regardless of how wealthy he is

[forever_driving]

According to Yahoo news, the tsunami killed one of his bodyguards

[mutt k]

forever_driving said:

According to Yahoo news, the tsunami killed one of his bodyguards

Apparently the bodyguard was with his two kids who are also lost presumed dead

[simonrockman]

I work for Motorola and we've had an internal email, the company is giving $1m, plus a similar value of radios and equipment and will also match donations made by staff.

Simon

[mel]

I thought Bill Gates was already involved in a big project with Bono to get a lot of third world debt written off which would certainly help the countries affected, this was up and running well before they get hit by the tidal wave.