Today Show Toy Drive Raises $25.5 Million
MSNBC - 1 hour ago
December 22, 2006
"Through your generosity, we helped make the holidays brighter for more than four million children. These children may not have any gifts at all without the help of Today viewers who opened their hearts this year to help needy families all over the United States...
The toy drive is now a Rockefeller Center tradition. Surprise celebrities visit the crowd each morning to gather up their donations. Among those who came through the years have been George Clooney, Hillary Swank, Jim Carrey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ben Stiller, Bonnie Hunt, Jack Black, Dermot Mulroney, Edie Falco, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Brown, Ashanti, Paula Abdul, Rick Springfield, Sting, LL Cool J, Chris Isaak, Harry Connick, Jr., Martin Sheen, Julie Andrews, Lynn Redgrave, Lionel Ritchie, Avril Lavigne, Naomi Watts, Whoopi Goldberg, NY Mets manager Willie Randolph, Robin Williams, NY Yankees Alex Rodriguez and Joe Torre, Henry Kissinger, Yogi Berra, Mister Rogers, Joe Perry from Aerosmith, Susan Lucci, Molly Shannon, Donald Trump, Jimmy Smits, Phylicia Rashad, LeAnn Rimes, NASCAR'S Kurt Busch and Jimmy Buffett..."
December 22, 2006
"Through your generosity, we helped make the holidays brighter for more than four million children. These children may not have any gifts at all without the help of Today viewers who opened their hearts this year to help needy families all over the United States...
The toy drive is now a Rockefeller Center tradition. Surprise celebrities visit the crowd each morning to gather up their donations. Among those who came through the years have been George Clooney, Hillary Swank, Jim Carrey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ben Stiller, Bonnie Hunt, Jack Black, Dermot Mulroney, Edie Falco, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Brown, Ashanti, Paula Abdul, Rick Springfield, Sting, LL Cool J, Chris Isaak, Harry Connick, Jr., Martin Sheen, Julie Andrews, Lynn Redgrave, Lionel Ritchie, Avril Lavigne, Naomi Watts, Whoopi Goldberg, NY Mets manager Willie Randolph, Robin Williams, NY Yankees Alex Rodriguez and Joe Torre, Henry Kissinger, Yogi Berra, Mister Rogers, Joe Perry from Aerosmith, Susan Lucci, Molly Shannon, Donald Trump, Jimmy Smits, Phylicia Rashad, LeAnn Rimes, NASCAR'S Kurt Busch and Jimmy Buffett..."
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