174 replies to this topic

[Ronny83]

On July 16th and 17th Céline will be in Montreal to shoot photos for a forthcoming UNICEF calendar with babies affected by congenital deformities from all over the world.

The 'making of' the calendar will be filmed and a special 250 pages book will be also available. The calendar will be presented on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

[CellyDee87]

Thanks so much for the information Ronny, Celine is such a sweetheart Can't wait to see it!

[destin139]

thank you for the heads up! i love celine - she is always ready to do things to help others!

[zoea2812]

Celine does so much charity work, that she doesnt get recognition for all the good she does in the world.

[tal-sh2]

Can't believe! WOW, so great. I'll buy it for sure!

[aicee]

She has a big heart.  

[VintageCeline]

I can't wait to see the pictures

x

[Soloni]

thanks for the info ...

[aicee]

In addition..another achievement to consider.

[celinefanonline]

so another miracle like calendar?

[MusicSmiley]

thank you for the information, that's a good thing!

[Ann]

thank you for the info, celine always  cares about other people

[Thomas]

celinefanonline, on Jul 13 2008, 02:16 PM, said:

so another miracle like calendar?

I don't think it will be. That calendar has babies dressed up as cabbages and flowers but these babies will have deformities and disabilities so it will be much more serious.

[alextrusca]

so it's going to be something only with celine? she will be featured in the entire book?

[Miha]

      I want one!!! Celine=
Hope Celine will be @ Oprah at that time!
2 questiones:
Will this calendar include only Celine or there will also be other celebrities included?
Will this calendar be released worldwide or only in Canada?

I have mixed feelings about that project on one hand there is this positive intention of our Celine but on the other hand there are those poor invalid children/babies.....

But yet still Unicef & Medecins Sans Frontieres are the only institutions/foundations that I trust to. And of course the ones that Celine supports!

[I Surrender]

Thanks for the info. Its great to see what she does for charity. Cant wait to see pics and vids.

[Jessyka]

Thanks for the info!

Can't wat to see the pictures!

[Costa Santos]

... So sweet...

[anewdayhascome]

it's really great! that's  our Celine!

[A New Day Has Come]

Thanks for the info and I love celine what a sweetheart.     

[celinerific]

Awwwwe. Celiiinneee
Thanks for the info!

[CelineTheBest5]

Im so proud of her!!

[peo]

Thanks for the info.

[JP]

I wish i can know where it will be

[CelineAndRene]

Awesome!

[olenka]

thanks

[Jacqui]

She's such a sweetie...

[SensationalCeline]

That's so like her.  Is she going to be on Oprah with it? I hope so. If so when is the date?

[Terre]

  Thanks for the info!

[Jacqui]

http://www.newswire....8/17/c5713.html

An unforgettable opportunity for 12 young heros to meet Céline Dion
    MONTREAL, July 17 /CNW Telbec/ - The event currently taking place in
Montreal is the first of its kind: 12 young people from 9 countries are
visiting the city to celebrate life and meet with Céline Dion. The children
were chosen by a team of Reader's Digest correspondents to take part in the
Faces of Love project, the goal of which is to raise funds for various causes
endorsed by Céline Dion, including the CHU Sainte-Justine, the Toronto
Hospital for Sick Children and UNICEF. For these children, who have gone
through so much, a true fairy tale is in the making.
    Chris, Milagros, Martunis, Anna, Elisabeta, Samu, Miles, Mario, Donald,
Fanni, Andrew and Mary Justin, along with members of their families, are
spending a week fulfilling their dreams in Montreal. These children, who have
always wanted to see Niagara Falls, go for a helicopter ride or meet an
Olympic champion, have had a chance to do all this and more during their stay.
    Everyone remembers little Martunis, discovered alive, 19 days after the
tsunami, on a beach in Sumatra. He kept himself alive for three weeks by
eating berries and drinking water from puddles. When Milagros was born in Peru
with her legs joined together from her hips to her ankles and her feet spread
out in a V like the fin of a fish, her chances of survival were slim.
Immediately dubbed La Sirenita-the Little Mermaid-by the media, she took her
first steps in October 2006. And how can one forget Mario, severely burned
after his father immolated himself? After being rescued from the flames by Luc
Fleurant, a St Adèle policeman, Mario spent two years in hospital and
underwent some 30 operations. Both of his legs were amputated, and he only has
stubs left where his arms used to be. Now 13, Mario is happy to be alive and
to be able to go to school. He is the ambassador of this incredible project,
which became a reality last Monday. We all have a lot to learn from the unique
stories of these Faces of Love children.
    In addition to taking part in a one-of-a-time experience, the children
also had an opportunity to join Céline in a personal photo session directed by
famous photographer Heidi Hollinger. The exceptional lives of these children,
who have overcome challenges to go on living with courage and determination,
are immortalized in pictures and words in a book, a calendar and greeting
cards. The book, entitled 12 héros parmi nous and published by Publications
Charron, will be launched in August of this year. The calendar and a series of
greeting cards will be on sale everywhere, starting in September.

    Mission accomplished

    In order to ensure that all of the proceeds from the net sales of these
products go to the children, a special Young Heros Fund was created to help
cover the cost of bringing the children to Montreal and to pay for all the
other expenses associated with this large-scale undertaking. It is thanks to
the generous contribution of over 65 Quebec businesses that the organizers are
today able to declare "mission accomplished."
    "Children from all over the world are facing horrendous hardships. By
telling the stories of the 12 little heros who have overcome fear and
suffering, Faces of Love offers a positive outlook on life," says Martyne
Huot, founder of the Réseau Familles d'aujourd'hui and the brainchild of this
project. "The determination of these children provides a lesson in courage for
each and every one of us and should prompt us to refocus on the basic values
of our society, " adds Ms Huot.
    "We already know about Céline Dion's long-standing commitment to the
Cystic Fibrosis Association, as well as her affiliation with the CHU
Sainte-Justine-she and her husband, René Angélil, were the spokespersons for
the CHU Sainte-Justine's most recent fund-raising campaign. What is not so
well known is the fact that Céline is actually involved: she meets with sick
and injured children, comforts them, shares their pain and fear, and brings
them that which, more than anything else, can help change their lives. Their
hope, determination and strength is largely derived from contact like this,"
explains Georges-Hébert Germain, who wrote the preface for the book written by
12 well-known Quebec authors and personalities.

    A few figures

    Collectively, our young heros travelled over 114,000 kilometres, or three
times around the globe, to meet with Céline Dion and take part in one of the
most fabulous international get-togethers ever staged. The $578,000 price tag
for the organization of this one-week event was covered by donations of cash
and goods and services from Quebec businesses. A total of 297 people were
involved in the event-31 alone just to find young Martunis in Indonesia-and
57 volunteers devoted an estimated 4,600 hours of their time.

    Available for an interview and photos:

    Junior Lemire, Canadian hero and ambassador of the Faces of Love project
    Martyne Huot, Designer of the Faces of Love project
    Nathalie Racine, President of the Young Heros Fund
    Hugo Desmarais, Maria Leppanen, Young reporters for the Réseau Familles
    d'aujourd'hui
    Carine Marcotte, Chaperone, Little Heros Committee
    Roxanna Lopez, Consul General of Peru



For further information: Martyne Huot, Réseau Familles d'aujourd'hui,
(450) 945-1799, martyne.huot@famillesdaujourdhui.com