Hand in Hand: Justin Bieber, Michael W. Smith Join Many Celebs to Raise $44M for Hurricane Victims

Heather Sells
09-12-2017

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Several Christian artists joined a wide range of actors and music artists to support hurricane victims in a Tuesday night TV special. The event was a big success, raising $44 million to help those victims.

Justin Bieber, Chris Tomlin, Michael W. Smith, Tyler Perry, CeCe Winans, Amy Grant and Pastor John Gray were among the dozens of participants.

 

Turn in… Hand-in-hand benefit....about to begin. Here with Angie… Support Harvey. Love to all.

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Reporter Efrem Graham anchors CBN News' Studio 5 Christian entertainment show and says comedian Kevin Hart helped to rally celebrities around the cause.

"This is significant," he said. "It's inspiring to see so many Christian artists and other celebrities working together to support hurricane victims."

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The Los Angeles Times reports that Hart donated $25,000 to the American Red Cross to help Hurricane Harvey victims right after the disaster in Texas.

During the Hand in Hand telethon Bieber tweeted out his phone number, asking people to call him.

The event aired at 8 p.m. from New York, Nashville and Los Angeles. The proceeds will benefit a variety of charities including Habitat for Humanity and United Way.

Selena Gomez also joined in the effort.

Billboard magazine credits manager Scooter Braun and Houston rapper Bun B with organizing the effort.

Braun is no stranger to creating and developing such events. After the bombing in Manchester, England outside the Ariana Grande concert, he raised $13 million for the British Red Cross with an all-star concert.


 

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Heather Sells covers wide-ranging stories for CBN News that include religious liberty, ministry trends, immigration, and education. She’s known for telling personal stories that capture the issues of the day, from the border sheriff who rescues migrants in the desert to the parents struggling with a child that identifies as transgender. In the last year, she has reported on immigration at the Texas border, from Washington, D.C., in advance of the Dobbs abortion case, at crisis pregnancy centers in Massachusetts, and on sexual abuse reform at the annual Southern Baptist meeting in Anaheim
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