September 2011
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Watch“Baba O’Riley” by The Who, performed at the Concert for New York City. The event was organized by Robin Hood and attended by the men and women who responded first to the attacks of 9/11 as well as victims’ families. Listen and watch other clips from the concert here and see the whole concert on VH1 today at 4pm or on our Facebook page.
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“As we face the future, we need to take courage.”
– Rudy Giuliani, The Concert for New York City
Listen and watch other clips from the concert. In a special six-hour telecast, The Concert for New York will air in its entirety on VH1 today from 4pm-10pm.
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There are 1.8 million people living in poverty but...
I have just listened to all the letters that are now up. These are letters that I pretty much know by heart and yet, hearing them read in such a stirring manner, has made my eyes well with tears. One of the themes that runs through the letters is that each person wanted to tell us a little bit about the person who had been lost. They wanted us to remember the individual. One letter quotes...
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“Our common humanity is more important than all of our interesting differences.”
– Bill Clinton, The Concert for New York City.
Watch President Clinton and others at The Concert for New York City, rebroadcast in full, tomorrow on VH1 at 4pm or streaming on our Facebook Page.
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WatchIt is hard to believe that 10 years have passed since 9/11. Five weeks after the tragedy, Robin Hood organized The Concert for New York City as a way to raise money for the relief effort and bring some cheer to a dark time. Ed Burns hosts as VH1 rebroadcasts the entire concert tomorrow at 4pm.
Listen and watch clips from the concert.
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“On September 11, it seemed like everyone had become a New Yorker.”
– Jim Carrey, Concert for New York City
Listen and watch other clips from the concert. In a special six-hour telecast, The Concert for New York City will air in its entirety, Sunday on VH1 from 4pm-10pm.
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Every single family who lost someone on 9/11 received a check for $5,000 from Robin Hood just in time for the holidays, without having to fill out an application for assistance.
Ten years after 9/11, the victim’s children and families, and the families of rescue and recovery workers - our heroes - still require mental health services that remain unfunded.
Make A Relief Fund Gift Today.
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SoundCloud: SoundCloud Gives A Voice To Robin Hood... →
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As the world prepares to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Robin Hood Foundation, the largest poverty fighting organization in New York City, has chosen SoundCloud to power the audio portion of their website commemorating the 9/11 tragedy.
Thirty-six hours after the attacks, Robin Hood established the 9/11 Relief Fund, and provided each victim’s family with...
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WatchThe Robin Hood Relief Fund was established in the days following 9/11 and remains in operation today. The events of 9/11 affected countless New Yorkers from all walks of life. Meet Marino and Claudette.
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WatchThe Rolling Stones and one of the most memorable performances from the Concert for New York City. Listen and watch other clips from the concert.
In a special six-hour telecast, The Concert for New York City will air in its entirety on VH1 on Sunday, September 11 from 4pm-10pm.
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Emary Aronson, Managing Director of the Robin Hood...
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August 2011
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Get your Concert 4 NYC tickets reissued
Attention, June 9 ticketholders: Remember to get your tickets reissued for the September Concert 4 NYC. If you have not received an email about your tickets, email events@robinhood.org.
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“This is a story about not giving up.”
– - David Saltzman, Executive Director of Robin Hood When the Concert 4 NYC was canceled, Robin Hood and the Black Eyed Peas were devastated. We had worked for months to bring a show to Central Park for 60,000 people, only to see it all washed away. We knew that we owed it to the people of New York to... 