Sandra Bullock, Kevin Hart and other celebrities are lending their weight to the Tropical Storm Harvey relief effort in Texas.<\/p>\n
Bullock has donated $1m (\u00a3774,000) to the American Red Cross in the wake of the flooding in Houston and beyond.<\/p>\n
Hart has called on his famous friends to dig deep, while his own fundraising campaign is near $1m.<\/p>\n
Others to have pledged money include The Kardashians, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Brown and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.<\/p>\n
American Red Cross communications vice president Elizabeth Penniman said: “It’s times like this when we do receive such an incredible amount of support. Especially during times of disaster, people see what’s happening in Texas and our hearts all go out to them.<\/p>\n
“Having someone like Sandra Bullock make this kind of commitment, it helps bring people together and open their hearts and be even more generous.”<\/p>\n
The Ride Along and Get Hard star posted a video pledging $25,000 (\u00a319,400) – which he later doubled – and named a string of other A-listers whom he said should follow his example.<\/p>\n
He said: “I think we’ve participated in a lot of challenges on the internet, some meaningful, some meaningless, but we’ve all done it… At this point I’m going to start a real challenge. I’m challenging a lot of my celebrity friends to follow my lead.”<\/p>\n
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson – $25,000
\nThe movie star said: “I want to send a message to the people of Houston – you’ve got to stay strong and you’ve got to hold on to faith.”<\/p>\n
Chris Brown – $100,000<\/strong> But he added that he was “sceptical” about the Red Cross, saying “my donation will go to the people” instead. He didn’t explain how that would work though.<\/p>\n TI – $25,000<\/strong> Jensen Ackles – $50,000<\/strong> With his co-stars, he then started a crowdfunding campaign that has so far raised more than $200,000 (\u00a3155,000).<\/p>\n He said: “I wish I was down there and helping people and pulling people off of roofs in a boat right now but I’m not. This is what I can do.”<\/p>\n Chris Young – $100,000<\/strong> He said: “I have friends and family there and I’m almost certain my house down there may have to be torn down as it was in one of the areas that was hardest hit by winds and flooding… But that’s the least of my concerns.”<\/p>\n Nicki Minaj – $25,000<\/strong><\/p>\n She posted: “I’ll donate 25K for Houston. Praying for everyone there. Great work @kevinhart4real” The Chainsmokers – $30,000<\/strong> Lil B – free verses<\/strong> –<\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sandra Bullock, Kevin Hart and other celebrities are lending their weight to the Tropical Storm Harvey relief effort in Texas. Bullock has donated $1m (\u00a3774,000) to the American Red Cross in the wake of the flooding in Houston and beyond. Hart has called on his famous friends to dig deep, while his own fundraising campaign […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[623,10692,10693],"class_list":["post-349356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-showbiz","tag-citi-showbiz","tag-kevin-hart","tag-sandra-bullock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=349356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=349356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=349356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=349356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n“Kevin Hart I accept your challenge,” the singer announced. “We need to come together.”<\/p>\n
\nThe rapper added his donation – but was even more vehement in insisting it wouldn’t go to the Red Cross.<\/p>\n
\nThe Texas-based Supernatural actor (above, centre) sent his “thoughts and prayers to everyone getting hit by hurricane Harvey… Including my wife and children”.<\/p>\n
\nThe country singer kicked off his own campaign, which now stands at more than $300,000 (\u00a3232,000).<\/p>\n
\nDJ Khaled – $25,000<\/strong>
\nThe hit-maker added his name to the cause: “Kevin Hart I hear you loud and clear. I just sent $25,000 to Houston, Texas to help all the families in need… All my celebrity friends, let’s go.”<\/p>\n
\nThe pop duo said: “We didn’t officially get called out by Kevin Hart but we felt really compelled to donate to his Hurricane Harvey fund.”<\/p>\n
\nRather than donating money, the rapper has come up with a different way to help musicians who have been hit by the flooding – contributions to their tracks.<\/p>\n