23 May 2013
PuppyText-Feature
Photos: (Getty, DoSomething.org)

Photos: (Getty, DoSomething.org)

Readers, this is a fair warning: We’re about to give you our puppy dog eyes. But it’s for a good cause, promise. We just really want you to help put a stop to puppy mills around the country. Thanks to DoSomething’s Puppy Text campaign, you can learn more about how to do just that.

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16 May 2013
CodySimpson-Feature
Photo: (Getty)

Photo: (Getty)

We know you've got quite the appetite for Cody Simpson's new soon-to-be released album, but in the meantime, you can join Cody in the fight against real hunger. He’s hooked up with ConAgra Foods’ Child Hunger Ends Here campaign, and has just picked his winners — as has Amber Riley, Tori Kelly and Scooter Braun — for the Fill a Heart cover contest.

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8 May 2013
OnTheRoadCoverFlips-Feature
Photos: (Huffington Post)

Photos: (Huffington Post)

Author Maureen Johnson had a simple idea: How would book covers look different if the authors’ genders were flipped? She proposed a coverflip contest to her fans and now, thanks to some help from The Huffington Post, we have an answer.

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7 May 2013
EmmaRobert-Feature
Photo: (Getty)

Photo: (Getty)

What do Phillip Phillips and Emma Roberts have in common?

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1 May 2013
ToriKelly-Feature
Photo: (Getty)

Photo: (Getty)

About one fifth of kids in the United States live their life not knowing where their next meal is coming from, so ConAgra Foods has created the Child Hunger Ends Here campaign. "Glee" star Amber Riley, up-and-coming singer Tori Kelly, Carly Rae Jepsen and Cody Simpson have all lent their voices to the program.

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15 Apr 2013
JenniferLawrenceRedCarpet-Feature
Photo: (Getty)

Photo: (Getty)

Got a hunger for Jennifer Lawrence? GLAAD is holding a contest to fly one lucky winner and a friend to Los Angeles to walk the red carpet, mingle with celebs, and hang with Jen at the April 20th GLAAD Media Awards. Trust me -- this is one reaping you wanna be a part of!

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14 Apr 2013
Prizes-Feature
Photo: (MTV)

Photo: (MTV)

The 2013 MTV Movie Awards air tonight at 9/8c on MTV, and no matter where you watch 'em from, we wanna give YOU the celebrity treatment! One lucky person will win the same swag bag we're gifting to A-list Movie attendees. It's packed full of lavish goodies, and get this: all you have to do to enter is Tweet!

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10 Apr 2013
BellaGetSchooled-Feature
Photo: (Get Schooled Foundation)

Photo: (Get Schooled)

The next time your parents offer you a few bucks for being a good student, let 'em know your going rate is WAY higher these days. Why?! Cause the Get Schooled Victory Tour is rewarding the winners of their Fall Attendance Challenge with awesome prizes and celebrity visits!

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4 Apr 2013
StateFarm-Feature
Photo: (Flickr.com/StateFarm)

Photo: (Flickr.com/StateFarm)

Like a good neighbor, State Farm is…well, you know. State Farm is bringing back its Neighborhood Assist program, which means 40 community Causes will receive $25,000 grants!

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25 Mar 2013
RihannaBarrington-Feature
Photos: (Getty, YouTube)

Photos: (Getty, YouTube)

Chicago’s Barrington High School had the best day ever last Friday, after a video highlighting its students’ awesome charity work won them a visit from Rihanna!

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