Amelia (2009)
Birds of America (2008)Hilary donated the handbag for auction is displayed at "Hollywood Bag Ladies" Lupus Luncheon at the Regent Beverly Wilshire on October 26 2006 and November 7 2007.
• New York University Medical Center
Protect the Skin You're in, Save Your Ass - To support the melanoma group at the New York University Medical Center, Marc Jacobs and his friend Robert Duffy decided to ask celebs to pose nude on t-shirts to benefit the cause. They didn't think it was right to ask people to do what they asked for so they decided to pose nude as well. Other examples of celebrities besides Hilary who posed was Dita Von Teese, Naomi Campbell, Julianne Moore, Selma Blair and all of these got their own t-shirt color. The photos were taken by Brian Bowen Smith and was first auctioned off at a Jacobs post-show party but later on got sold in his stores in a cheaper reprinted version for a limited time only.
Read more here and view more photos here
• On Native Soil
"On Native Soil" is a good, solid overview of the 9/11 Commission, if a rather slight overview of the commission's findings themselves, which were published in the phone-book-sized report released exactly two years ago today.
This broadcast reveals precisely what you'd expect: that the system fell apart and that those in the know didn't let others know in a timely fashion. The revelations have been widely reported, which means that "On Native Soil" is ultimately a memoir and memorial. That's OK - we need to be reminded - but don't come here looking for "fresh revelations" or "shocking new details." Understandably, the program seethes with anger over the facts that were ignored, and the opportunities overlooked. There's a pounding music score that bestows a surprisingly theatrical - and effective - flair as well.
But the fundamentals remain pretty much the same: Interviews of people, family members for the most part, are terribly sad. It will bodily strike viewers that they suffered their horrible losses - for nothing.
August 21, 2006 - A look at the 9/11 Commission narrated by Kevin Costner and Hilary Swank at 10 on Court TV - Read more here
• IDEX/United Planet - assisting community projects
In July/August 2006 Hilary went to Palampur in North India under the nonprofit organization IDEX that works together with grassroots groups to assist community projects. Hilary told us in the magazine Vanity Fair - August 2006 that the room she was going to stay in had a bed who was a plank with a mat on it; that her bathroom only had cold water and her toilet was a hole in the ground. Appearantly was it 115 to 120 degrees and lots of bugs. Hilary decided to make this trip and do something meaningful meanwhile she would getting to know herself. She always wanted to go to India and doing something like this was always a dream of hers. She worked as a teaching assistant with 28 children from age 4 to 14, mostly with learning out the English alphabet.
"It just reminds me not to take the things I have - my loved ones, my freedom - for granted. Especially my freedom."
You can read more about the trip and what Hilary did here and view more photos here
• Breast Cancer Care charity
In November 7, 2005 on the UK Premiere of the movie In Her Shoes, donated Hilary one of her own pair of shoes to be auctioned in aid of Breast Cancer Care charity. Other celebrities who donated shoes was Kate Winslet, Jerry Hall, Kelly Osbourne and Sir Elton John.
• Key to the Cure
Saks Fifth Avenue is a nationwide shopping event to support Key to the Cure, a charitable initiative to fight women's cancers.
Since 1999, Saks Fifth Avenue has raised over sixteen million dollars to fight women's cancers. These funds have been distributed to national and local women's cancer organizations across the country.
Saks Fifth Avenue is proud to have Hilary Swank, the Entertainment Industry Foundation's 2005 Ambassador for this special initiative.
All Saks Fifth Avenue stores and saks.com will donate 5% of sales and Off 5th stores will donate 2% of sales up to one million dollars during these two days to benefit the Women's Cancer Research Fund, a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation. These funds will be distributed to national and local women's cancer organizations across the country.
Our limited-edition white cotton T-shirt was designed by Diane von Furstenberg exclusively for Saks. $33 from the sale of each T-shirt will benefit EIF's Women's Cancer Research Fund.
View more photos here
• Hurricane Victims
Hilary attended to the 'NBC Benefit Special for Hurricane Katrina' in September 2, 2005 and helped raising money to help people get back on their feets again.
"In terms of property damage," said actress Hilary Swank, "the estimate is at least $26 billion in insured losses and perhaps twice that in uninsured losses over a 90,000-square-mile area - approximately the size of Kansas."
Read more here and view more photos here
• Lunchbox for Charity
A host of Hollywood celebrities have designed their own lunchboxes in 2005 to raise money to end hunger as part of a charity auction in New York. Rapper P Diddy, rockers David Bowie, Edge, Flea and Bono have joined supermodels Iman and Naomi Campbell to raise money in aid of The Food Bank for New York and The Lunchbox Fund of South Africa.
• Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope
Together with the Red Cross and NBC-Universal did Hilary and several other celebrities attend to the Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope and helped raising money. They called donors and thanked them for their contribution and this event raised $18.3 Million!
The two-hour concert from Universal Studios in Universal City, Rockefeller Center in New York and the BBC Studios in London featured performances by artists from Madonna to Elton John, Stevie Wonder to Sarah McLachlan, Eric Clapton to Sheryl Crow. Celebrities such as Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Natalie Portman, Renée Zellweger and Halle Berry kindly donated their time to thank donors who made contributions during the East Coast broadcast.
Read more here
• Today Show Annual Christmas Toy Drive
Attended to the 'Today Show' collecting toys for the Today Show Annual Christmas Toy Drive in New York, USA on December 13, 2004.
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• ASPCA: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
After September 11 Hilary volunteered as a rescue worker, saving animals trapped in buldings. "I worked with the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), the Humane Society and the park rangers. We got out the people's pets and took them to a place where we could reunite them. A lot of them were fine, but there were a couple that didn't make it. The blast blew out the windows and their owners weren't there, so the animals couldn't withstand the dust or the fumes," she explains. "Very sad, but there was a lot of dying that day. Rescue workers would say things like, ‘Let me see that dog. Bring that dog over here.' Then they'd pet it and say. ‘At least something is coming out of here alive.'"
• AIDS Project Los Angeles
Hilary designed a Christmas card in 2001 called 'Peace Fairy' for AIDS Project Los Angeles, a holiday campaign to raise funds for services provided to men, women and children living with HIV and AIDS.
• PETA
Super hero catnip to Academy Award-winning actor Hilary Swank for sweet-talking her way through police barricades surrounding the World Trade Center disaster zone and climbing to the 31st floor of an evacuated high-rise to rescue Lola, a Labrador who had been alone for four long days.
Source: http://www.petakids.com
• Hello Kitty anniversary benefit for UNICEF
Hilary Swank, Kate Bosworth and several other stars were asked in November 10, ???? by the Hello Kitty company to design their own artwork and fashion to celebrate the 30-year-anniversary. The things that was created was auctioned off to benefit UNICEF and Target House. Before were you able to bid on Hilary's 'Stary-Eyed Hello Kitty' artwork on the website http://target-com/hellokitty. The artwork says "Always follow your dreams! With love, Hilary Swank".
• Unknown Charity
Hilary designed her own Christmas Card to unknown charity and she called it Diversity in Snowballs.
"Here's to celebrating the diversity in us all! Thanks for your support! Happy Holidays, Hilary Swank"
• Hetrick-Martin Institute
Hilary has been working hard for the organisation Hetrick-Martin Institute to honour support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youths aged between 12 and 21. She was also honored with an Emery Award on November 29, 2006 for her work and her part in Boys Don't Cry.
She's brave in other ways too. During a ceremony last year sponsored by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to honor Boys Don't Cry, some people made jokes about Angelina Jolie, Swank got to her feet and said that this audience, of all people, knew how hard life is for people who make unconventional choices and that perhaps they should show Jolie more compassion. People cried.
