Ryan to co-host Disaster in the Gulf telethon
Next Monday CNN will broadcast a two-hour telethon Disaster in the Gulf: How You Can Help as a Larry King Live Special to raise funds for three charities working to rebuild the Gulf Coast.
United Way provides emergency assistance to families facing financial, education or health problems as a result of the oil spill; The National Wildlife Federation is looking for funding to aid their work recovering wildlife and their ecosystems; and The Nature Conservancy is looking at long term conservation and recovery along the Gulf of Mexico.
Ryan will be hosting from the “Tweet Suite”, as he did for the Haiti telethon which raised $5 million. Ryan explained on the radio that although systems are being put in place for longer term aid, it’s important to raise money that can be used to provide immediate relief.
As well as talking about the telethon on his radio show, Ryan put a call out on twitter for celebrities who want to participate.
if ur a public figure & want to help w/ @cnn's gulf coast relief telethon, please contact my office or larrys, thx. http://bit.ly/gulfrelief
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The Larry King Live website has a long list of celebrities who have already signed up: Chelsea Handler, Sting, Tim McGraw, Kathy Griffin, Alyssa Milano, Deepak Chopra, Pete Wentz, Ted Danson, Robert Redford, Harry Connick Jr., Jenny McCarthy, Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump, Aaron Neville, Kerry Kennedy, James Carville and Mary Matalin, Anderson Cooper, Tyson Ritter, Lenny Kravitz, Ian Somerhalder, Edward James Olmos and Philippe Cousteau.
Disaster in the Gulf: How You Can Help will air on Monday, 21st June on CNN starting at 8pm ET.
