Philanthropy

Camp Mariah
Camp Mariah was founded in 1994 as the centerpiece for The Fresh Air Funds Career Awareness Program, which focuses on expanding the educational and career options of New York City adolescents.

Camp Mariah c/o The Fresh Air Fund
633 Third Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10017
1-800-367-0003
www.freshair.org
http://www.myspace.com/campmariah

• Boys and girls, ages 12 to 14, make a commitment for three years in order to participate in specially-designed educational, recreational and camping experiences in New York City and at Camp Mariah.

• Named after Mariah, obviously, for her generous and continuous support and dedication to the cause, Camp Mariah provides three-and a-half week summer camp sessions for nearly 300 boys and girls. It offers a unique setting for young people to enjoy career exploration and preparation for the world of work.

• The summer program is both educational and recreational. In addition to career awareness, boys and girls enjoy traditional camping activities including hiking, swimming and singing around campfires. The Career Awareness Program offers a curriculum at Camp Mariah that introduces young people to specific career fields, such as science and technology, communications, and health and fitness. Campers attend classes and workshops in creative writing, journalism, photography, television and video production, fashion design, dance, computer applications, and more. All classes provide an opportunity to teach young people about the wide range of career possibilities available to them.

• Mariah herself regularly makes appearances at the camp, often bringing along industry friends to inspire the campers and prove to them that no dream is impossible. She is also notorious for taking the kids out for a day, whether it be to Rye Playland in 1996, the set of Glitter in 2000, or to the BET Studios in 2001.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Make-A-Wish Foundation
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a global operation that is aimed at granting the wishes of children and young adults with life-threatening illnesses to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.

Make-A-Wish Foundation
3550 North Central Avenue, Suite 300
Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2127
1-800-722-9474
www.makeawish.org

• On December 9, 2002, Mariah met with the Make-A-Wish Foundation's Caleb Boulter, 17, of North Conway, New Hampshire, who has suffered with tuberous sclerosis and other life-threatening illnesses. She continues to keep in touch.

• In October 2001, Mariah donated $100,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, making the donation the first of its kind from an individual celebrity.

• Mariah brought two children from the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Erika Swiggum, 18, of El Segundo, California, and Vanessa Primrose, 11, of Sacramento, California, to the premiere of her movie Glitter at the Mann's Village Theatre in Westwood on September 20, 2001.

• Mariah was presented with the Make-A-Wish Foundation's 2000 Chris Greicius Award for Celebrity Wish Granter of the Year.

• Mariah met with the Make-A-Wish Foundation's Anna Chan, 15, who has fought Hodgkins Lymphoma, backstage after a performance at Wembley Arena on February 29, 2000.

• In January 2000, Mariah gave up her seats at the 27th Annual American Music Awards to Titiana Charles and Colleen Wright of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and dedicated her Lifetime Acheivement Award to the two girls. She later took them with her for a Rolling Stone magazine photo shoot.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Save The Music Foundation
VH1's Save The Music Foundation is a non-profit initiative with two primary missions: To restore music education programs in America's public schools, and to raise awareness of the positive impact music participation has on students.

VH1 Save The Music
1515 Broadway, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10036
1-888-841-4687
www.vh1savethemusic.com

• On July 29, 2003, Mariah held a special Meet and Greet to benefit the Save The Music Foundation after her performance at the United Center in Chicago. For a $200 donation, people received advanced placement concert tickets and the opportunity meet with Mariah backstage.

• In June 2003, a microphone personally autographed by Mariah was auctioned off on eBay to benefit VH1's Save The Music Foundation. Several months later, she auctioned off a pair of front-row seats for her sold-out concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall.

• On May 9, 2003, Mariah visited CBS-TV's Early Show to promote the Save The Music Foundation and to collect instruments to be donated to local school systems.

• Mariah joined India Arie and Bill Clinton at an elementary school in Newark, New Jersey on June 29, 2001, to promote the Save The Music Foundation and to donate about 750 musical instruments to the school system.

• On June 15, 2000, Mariah visited NBC-TV's Today Show to promote the Save The Music Foundation and to collect instruments to be donated to local school systems.

• After being treated for food poisoning, Mariah arrived in New York - fresh out of the hospital - to perform at VH1's third annual Divas Live concert event on April 11, 2000, which benefited the Save The Music Foundation.

• Mariah performed at VH1's first annual Divas Live benefit concert in 1998, which supported the newly-developed Save The Music Foundation. A portion of the proceeds from the subsequent album and video releases were also donated to the foundation. Following the show, she taped a public service announcement to publicize the cause.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

National Adoption Center
National Adoption Center The National Adoption Center expands opportunities for children throughout the United States, particularly for children with special needs and those from minority cultures.

National Adoption Center
1500 Walnut Street, Suite 701
Philadelphia, PA 19102
1-800-862-3678
www.adopt.org

• Mariah attended the Adoption Fair at New York's City Hall Park with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on September 27, 1998 to discuss foster care and adoption.

• In 1999, Mariah filmed a public service announcement for the New York City local chapter of the National Adoption Center.

• Mariah announced on the February 8, 2000 airing of the Rosie O'Donnell Show that retail sales of her "Thank God I Found You" single would be donated to the National Adoption Center.

• Also in February 2000, Mariah held a charity luncheon at a New York restaurant, where she brought in kids from the local chapter of the National Adoption Center. She had presents for all the children and even brought in several of her dogs so the children could play with them.

• On December 18, 2000, Mariah took 100 orphans from the National Adoption Center for a pre-Christmas treat-retreat at her rented home in Aspen, Colorado. Alongside Mariah, the children got to snow sled, make gingerbread houses, sing songs, and chat with their favorite singer all day long!

• On December 21, 2001, Mariah hosted and performed on CBS-TV's Home For The Holidays, a program that plays a significant role inspiring people to action and positively affects the image of adoption and the children who wait.

• To promote her CBS-TV special and the cause itself, Mariah made guest appearances on The Early Show and The Late Show with David Letterman, as well as ABC-TV's The View, where Barbara Walters asked Mariah why so much of her charity work dealt with children and adoption. "There's over 500,000 kids in the system who need permanent homes and families and a lot of times in our daily life we don't think about things like that. All children need to be loved," Mariah said.

• Mariah spent Thanksgiving 2002 in Tokyo, Japan with 15 children from Seibi Home, a Japanese foster care house which hosts 160 children ages 2 to 18 mostly from broken families.