Darius Rucker Quotes

I play bad golf for good charities like the LA Police.

I'm obviously very involved with my own charity and foundation that I work with. Obviously, I'm very passionate about that.

We went around and looked and talked to a lot of foundations with those charities and decided upon the Children's Hospital. They had a golf tournament at the time, but it was a small event that didn't raise a significant amount of money.

One of my dreams in life is to do fund-raising for the youth.

I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.

I'm always put in the unfortunate position of asking people to donate money and people I know in bands to play benefit concerts and all this stuff.

URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages.

I have failed a lot in my philanthropy, where I will make philanthropic contributions and they just won't be effective.

I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.

I created my own charity called My Peak Challenge. We've been able to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds. It's helping change people's lives, and I've had lots of wonderful letters about it.

People are voluntarily giving money to A.E.I. - there is no government money - because they think the work we do is valuable.

Pence is a fan of fundraising and does enjoy doing it.

Charity fundraising galas have always been a wonderful way to support a myriad of causes.

The Red Cross Gala is unique. There's great history there. It's the highlight of the summer in terms of social and charity events.

I want to get involved in causes I believe in, and I know so many others that want to also get involved, but it's hard to know how. Often, it's through big organisations, and you don't know exactly where your money is going or what effect you are having.

I'm on the advisory board of Alex's Lemonade Stand, which is a children's cancer charity. I'm so proud to be on that and help them.

I launched Chefs for Humanity, a national nonprofit, with my voice, heart and money from my own pocket. Money gives you the ability to make a difference in the world and, when used in a positive way, is a lot of fun.

I'm very interested in charities. I help a lot of different charities.

My foundation is based on helping children, and I hand-pick projects that are close to my heart and home.

As you might imagine, I'm approached by lots of organizations and lots of people who want me to support their various charitable efforts in some way. And I look at those requests, and I basically try to do what I can.

I started off with making personal donations and eventually set up my own foundation, VTCY Foundation, now known as Better Malaysia Foundation. My contributions are also made through companies that I own.

I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for something - money, free ad space, your first born. So it is probably no surprise that people often don't take my calls.

My goal is to work diligently to become the top philanthropist in the world.

Supporting causes with whatever we do can be effective.

I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money.