Art auction to raise money for underprivileged children

October 12th, 2009 Auction house all shook up over Elvis hairCHICAGO — The King may be dead, but that doesn't mean it's too late to run your fingers through his hair. A Chicago auction house is putting a clump of what it says is Elvis Presley's hair up for auction — along with some of his clothes, sweat-stained scarves and memorabilia.

September 16th, 2009 SYDNEY - A box of 12 Australian mangoes received a record bid price of $40,000 at a fundraiser here. The Age reported that Sydney Markets staged its 19th annual charity auction Wednesday to mark the official start of the mango season and raise money for the Westmead Children's Hospital and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.

September 11th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Satinder Bajwa, an expatriate Punjabi, who is a squash coach, has set up an academy for the underprivileged children in Chandigarh to draw them to Squash. These underprivileged children never thought about playing Squash.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - For more than half of urban families planning and funding for their child's education takes priority over investing in retirement plans or medical insurance, a survey released Wednesday said. The Young Scholar Insights survey conducted by Life Insurance Company Aviva found that 67 percent of 2,250 respondents in 10 cities surveyed thought investing in child's education if the first priority.

August 18th, 2009 LEH - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has inaugurated a school for the underprivileged children from remote and isolated areas of Ladakh region such as Zanskar, Kargil and Nubra valley. Built with support from the Dalai Lama's Charitable Trust and managed by Nalanda Dharma Centre, Leh, the institution named the Jamyang School will impart education in both Tibetan Buddhism and modern sciences to these children.

July 29th, 2009 Pieces of Hollywood history on auction blockLOS ANGELES — Pieces of Hollywood history are on the auction block at a Los Angeles prop shop. The recession-battered 20th Century Props, which offers a massive inventory of items for use in film and television productions, is closing its doors.

April 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood actor Mahima Chaudhry attended the Global Action Week, a programme meant to educate the street children, in New Delhi. The seven-day-long Global Action Week aims at providing education to the underprivileged children.

April 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday promised a slew of measures to address the plight of underprivileged sections of the society in its manifesto. Highlights of its policies for the underprivileged: -- BJP is deeply committed to creating a society of equal opportunities with 'justice for all' as its credo.

March 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - After supermodel Naomi Campbell walked the ramp at the Lakme Fashion Week to raise money for the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist strikes, the clothes worn by the models during that show will now be auctioned online to raise funds for another social cause. The money raised from the auction on the eBay site of the outfits that featured at the March 28 'Mai Mumbai' show will be donated to NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) that promotes communal harmony and friendship among the people of India.

March 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - James Otis, the US based collector and auctioneer of Mahatma Gandhi's personal belongings, today asserted that the purpose behind the auction was to remind the world about Gandhi's greatness. Addressing a news conference here, Otis, who sparked a row by putting up for auction Gandhi's belongings earlier this month, apologized for unintentionally hurting Indian sentiments and asserted that the purpose of the auction was to remind the people about his teachings.

March 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US collector James Otis has offered to donate a few more of Mahatma Gandhi's belongings to India provided New Delhi agrees to his proposal to substantially increase its spending on healthcare for the poor. 'I have other Gandhi belongings.

March 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US collector James Otis says he is happy that some items from his collection of Gandhi memorabilia are going back to India, but feels the priceless treasure should have fetched at least $10 million for the cause of the underprivileged. 'I am very happy that the items will be going back to India,' he told IANS in a telephonic interview from New York.

March 5th, 2009 LONDON - Models Elizabeth Hurley and Jasmine Guinness have donated family photos to be used on a new set of stamps to raise money for domestic violence charity Women's Aid. Hurley contributed to the cause with a picture of her six-year-old son Damien, reports dailymail.co.uk.

February 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Special copies of Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup's book, which was adapted for the eight-Oscar winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire', has been auctioned online to raise funds for an NGO engaged in child welfare. Online trading website Ebay India has auctioned three copies of Vikas Swarup's book 'Q & A', reissued as 'Slumdog Millionaire'.

January 12th, 2009 MUMBAI - Apart from filmmaking and acting, veteran actor Anupam Kher wants to help underprivileged children by launching an education programme of the School Of Life that he runs. 'We want to provide education to the disadvantaged kids, children who were born in impoverished families, or were destitutes by destiny or forced to beg and feed themselves on the street,' Anupam, who has also started his acting school Actor Prepares, told IANS.