Wed, 08 April 2009 at 6:12 pm

Madonna Gives To Italy Quake Victims

Madonna leaves an office building in London and heads home on Wednesday (April 8).

According to the Associated Press, the 50-year-old singer pledged a “substantial amount” to the small mountain village of Pacentro where Madonna’s grandparents were born. The mayor of the small Italian town noted $500,000 as being the amount and said most of the donation will go to towns that were harder hit.

In a statement, Madonna said, “I am happy to lend a helping hand to the town that my ancestors are from. My heart goes out to the families that have lost loved ones or their homes.”

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# 26

Moni @ 04/09/2009 at 5:29 am

this is great…………thanks to Madonna, the quake victims need all of the help they can get. I hope others that can afford to give, will follow the example of Madonna. Can the Catholic church in Rome help out this Italian community?

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# 27

Laura @ 04/09/2009 at 5:36 am

Thank you Madonna!
I’m italian too…..and we need some help!

thank you very much for your support!

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# 28

zzz @ 04/09/2009 at 7:17 am

she just did it in order to help with her adoption process..she does everything out of self-interest. What’s $500,000 these days, she has billions and should have donated at least 2-3 million if she was so generous.

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# 29

Jepoy @ 04/09/2009 at 9:17 am

Damned that she did.
Damned if she didn’t.
Now what’s a girl to do?

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# 30

JZ @ 04/09/2009 at 10:47 am

love Madonna
xoxoxo

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# 31

nice @ 04/09/2009 at 10:48 am

She still so HOT!
GO MADONNA

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# 32

alice @ 04/09/2009 at 1:22 pm

thanks so much madonna for your support cause i’m italian too and i wanna say again thank you thank you for everything you do in this very difficult moment for my country…thanks <3

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# 33

F.Niro @ 04/09/2009 at 2:36 pm

Thank you Madonna. Forget what people say, you did good. I’m always very proud of everthing you do. Keep it up! God knows you mean it.
I’m also Italian and from all of us we thank you…

love ya

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# 34

Tdani @ 04/09/2009 at 2:36 pm

Naturally—she’s ITALIAN. That is where her roots are. Madonna, this “charity” is getting so fake

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# 35

Andre Boulanger @ 04/09/2009 at 4:52 pm

She’s more generous than the Pope. All he was worried about was the loss of his treasures.