Lance Armstrong has come forward to help earthquake victims in Haiti. The former Tour de France champion’s Livestrong foundation has planned to forward $250,000 as aid to the Caribbean state.
The sportsman has come up with a video message (See the video here) on his website urging fans to donate for the victims.
“I think what’s on top of everybody’s mind is the earthquake in Haiti and the devastation we all have seen on television or the newspaper or the internet. Some say more than a 100,000 lives (have been) lost,”
He added: “On behalf of Livestrong and everybody at our organisation we’d like to pledge $250,000 for the relief efforts down there for two primary organisations: Partners In Health – great friends of ours doing great work in that country – and also Doctors Without Borders.
“If you’d like to help support these organisations as well go to LiveStrongBlog.org and check it out.
“In the meantime, our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone down there, from the President all the way down to the citizens to people that were either ill before or suffering now, best of luck to you. We’ll be thinking about you and live strong.”
Awesome ..Awesome.. Love it.
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I will donate a portion of my eBay sales to above-mentioned organizations. My prayers go out to the people of Haiti.
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I think that is great, but can the foundation legally give money that was raised for cancer research/cure/aide away like this. People have devoted blood sweat and tears to fight cancer and now the money won’t even go towards that.
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LANCE TIENE UN GRAN CORAZON QUE NO LE CABE EN EL PECHO; NUESTROS BUENOS DESEOS PARA TODA LA GENTE DE HAITI PARA QUE SE RECUPEREN PRONTO Y QUE DIOS LOS AYUDE A ELLOS Y A LANCE EN SUS PROYECTOS.¿SABEN? LANCE DEBERIA SER EL PROXIMO PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS.
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