American Idol Plans to Encourage Viewers to Aid Haiti Relief Efforts

February 23, 2010 | Read Time: 1 minute

On Thursday night, American Idol will encourage viewers to support relief efforts in Haiti by donating to the United Nations Foundation.

Last year’s winner, Kris Allen, visited Haiti with the foundation to see United Nations relief efforts firsthand. This week’s results show will feature footage from the trip, and information about how to donate either online or by text message to the United Nations Foundation Fund for Haiti.

The foundation is reaching out to its supporters asking them to hold viewing parties and encourage their guests to contribute.

“The UN needs our support to continue to provide food, water, shelter, medicine, security, and economic opportunities to the earthquake victims,” Kathy Calvin, chief executive of the United Nations Foundation said in a written statement. “The UN and Haiti are rising to the challenge and we all have a chance to help them rebuild their future.”

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Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.