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Charity’s Top Money Makers
Want to raise money for a good cause? Recruit the Jonas Brothers.
The sibling sensations top Charity Folks’ list of the 10 hottest celebrity draws on the online charity-auction Web site.
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Empire Expo Center, New York State Fair, Syracuse, N.Y.
The brothers Kevin, Joe and Nick raised $450,000 in an online charity auction by charityfolks.com, which arranged VIP tickets and meet-and-greets in exchange for donations to the band’s Change for the Children Foundation.
Billy Joel is second on the Charity Folks list with $400,000 earned from a private New York concert. Bruce Springsteen came in third with $300,000, followed by Morgan Freeman, Howard Stern sidekick Robin Quivers and the cast of “The Sopranos.”