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Charity Biography
Lopez teamed up with Amnesty International to launch a bilingual website aimed at raising awareness about Mexican femicide after learning that 350 young women have been killed in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua since 1993. Jennifer and Marc Anthony made a large donation to Children’s Health Fund’s Operation Assist after Hurricane Katrina, and encouraged their fans to give as well. Lopez donated an item to watchmaker Nixon to be made into a watch, the sale of which benefitted the MusiCares MAP Fund—a pool of resources set aside to address addiction and recovery needs of members of the music community. Lopez did a photoshoot to help raise awareness for DKMS. She was one of the recipients of Love Our Children USA’s “Mothers Who Make A Difference” awards in 2009.
Causes Supported
Abuse, At-Risk/Disadvantaged Youths, Cancer, Children, Creative Arts, Family/Parent Support, Health, Human Rights, Hunger, Organ Donation, Poverty, Unemployment/Career Support
Charities Supported
Jennifer Lopez has supported the following charities: ALAS Amnesty International Children's Health Fund Children's Hospital Los Angeles DKMS Los Angeles Free Clinic Love Our Children USA MusiCar
Foundation
Originally known as "the Jennifer Lopez Foundation", the Maribel Foundation is a charitable organization that promotes greater access to healthcare for both women and children. Vision: "To improve the health and well-being of woman and children" Focus Areas: Telemedicine Clinics Building and maintaining clinics domestically and internationally that bring cutting edge medical services to children in underprivileged and hard-to-reach areas through modern communication and new media resources (i.e., videoconferencing and remote surgery supervision). Health Eating, Active Living (H.E.A.L) Restoring the "energy balance" to today's youth by promoting healthy eating and active living. Which includes increased nutrition education, increased physical fitness and all activities preventing the U.S. childhood obesity epidemic. Schools as Centers of the Community (S.C.C.) Empowering local schools to serve as "centers of the community" by being a conduit to the services that today's children and families need (i.e., referrals for physical/mental/dental care, afterschool care for children whose parents work extended hours, adult school for parents seeking further education, dance/sports/arts and crafts afterschool programs, managing your money/economic empowerment courses for family members of students, etc.)
History
The foundation was first mentioned in January of 2007. Jennifer told a spanish newspaper that she and her sister, Lynda, were thinking about starting a foundation to benefit women and children. In June of 2008, Jennifer and Lynda met with Barack Obama's staffers. Reportedly, they discussed healthcare and education issues. They met, presumably, to discuss the foundation's involvement in the Democratic National Convention later that year. In early June, People Magazine stated that plans for the foundation would be unveiled later that year: On August 27, 2008,Viacom and Capitol File magazine co-hosted an event at the Democratic National Convention to benefit the Children's Defense Fund honoring Marian Wright Edelman for her work as an activist for children's rights. Jennifer presented the award to her and the Jennifer Lopez Foundation threw an after-party in her honor. The name of the foundation was officially announced at the 2009 Noche de Ninos event for Childrens Hospital LA, which Jennifer has supported for years.

Charity Biography

Lopez teamed up with Amnesty International to launch a bilingual website aimed at raising awareness about Mexican femicide after learning that 350 young women have been killed in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua since 1993.

Jennifer and Marc Anthony made a large donation to Children’s Health Fund’s Operation Assist after Hurricane Katrina, and encouraged their fans to give as well.

Lopez donated an item to watchmaker Nixon to be made into a watch, the sale of which benefitted the MusiCares MAP Fund—a pool of resources set aside to address addiction and recovery needs of members of the music community.

Lopez did a photoshoot to help raise awareness for DKMS.
She was one of the recipients of Love Our Children USA’s “Mothers Who Make A Difference” awards in 2009.

Causes Supported

Abuse,

At-Risk/Disadvantaged Youths,

Cancer,

Children,

Creative Arts,

Family/Parent Support,

Health,

Human Rights,

Hunger,

Organ Donation,

Poverty,

Unemployment/Career Support

Charities Supported

Jennifer Lopez has supported the following charities:

ALAS

Amnesty International

Children's Health Fund

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

DKMS

Los Angeles Free Clinic

Love Our Children USA

MusiCar

Foundation

Originally known as "the Jennifer Lopez Foundation", the Maribel Foundation is a charitable organization that promotes greater access to healthcare for both women and children.
Vision: "To improve the health and well-being of woman and children"

Focus Areas:

Telemedicine Clinics
Building and maintaining clinics domestically and internationally that bring cutting edge medical services to children in underprivileged and hard-to-reach areas through modern communication and new media resources (i.e., videoconferencing and remote surgery supervision).

Health Eating, Active Living (H.E.A.L)
Restoring the "energy balance" to today's youth by promoting healthy eating and active living. Which includes increased nutrition education, increased physical fitness and all activities preventing the U.S. childhood obesity epidemic.

Schools as Centers of the Community (S.C.C.)
Empowering local schools to serve as "centers of the community" by being a conduit to the services that today's children and families need (i.e., referrals for physical/mental/dental care, afterschool care for children whose parents work extended hours, adult school for parents seeking further education, dance/sports/arts and crafts afterschool programs, managing your money/economic empowerment courses for family members of students, etc.)

History

The foundation was first mentioned in January of 2007. Jennifer told a spanish newspaper that she and her sister, Lynda, were thinking about starting a foundation to benefit women and children.

In June of 2008, Jennifer and Lynda met with Barack Obama's staffers. Reportedly, they discussed healthcare and education issues. They met, presumably, to discuss the foundation's involvement in the Democratic National Convention later that year.

In early June, People Magazine stated that plans for the foundation would be unveiled later that year:

On August 27, 2008,Viacom and Capitol File magazine co-hosted an event at the Democratic National Convention to benefit the Children's Defense Fund honoring Marian Wright Edelman for her work as an activist for children's rights. Jennifer presented the award to her and the Jennifer Lopez Foundation threw an after-party in her honor.

The name of the foundation was officially announced at the 2009 Noche de Ninos event for Childrens Hospital LA, which Jennifer has supported for years.

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