Julie Foudy Quotes

I'm obviously very involved with my own charity and foundation that I work with. Obviously, I'm very passionate about that.

I am a charity campaigner.

I launched Chefs for Humanity, a national nonprofit, with my voice, heart and money from my own pocket. Money gives you the ability to make a difference in the world and, when used in a positive way, is a lot of fun.

I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.

I've long wanted to find a charitable cause to really get involved with and be passionate about. I get invited to a lot of charity events to sing, and I am happy to help and bring a source of entertainment, but I'm sort of disconnected from them.

Meeting people who want to start a charity, help out their families, or raise money for a good cause has been really fun.

How I see my career is very much as an entrepreneur in the field of philanthropy.

I have failed a lot in my philanthropy, where I will make philanthropic contributions and they just won't be effective.

I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.

In the charitable world, I find myself giving to large projects that I think can make a large-scale impact.

I want to do something that is not political. I want to do some fundraising, just as a volunteer.

I created my own charity called My Peak Challenge. We've been able to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds. It's helping change people's lives, and I've had lots of wonderful letters about it.

Charity fundraising galas have always been a wonderful way to support a myriad of causes.

'Giving 2.0' was born of my desire to redefine and democratize philanthropy.

I'm on the advisory board of Alex's Lemonade Stand, which is a children's cancer charity. I'm so proud to be on that and help them.

I'm very, very involved in charities involving youth.

I'm very interested in charities. I help a lot of different charities.

Charities are really good. To a certain extent, the ones you pick are arbitrary.

One of my dreams in life is to do fund-raising for the youth.

My goal is to work diligently to become the top philanthropist in the world.

The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar.

I play bad golf for good charities like the LA Police.

I am currently doing about 30 charity auctions a year.

I'm always impressed by how compassionate the gaming community can be when they have a cause and appreciate that they leverage our platform to raise money for those in need. We continue to encourage giving in support of important causes, including Extra Life 2012.

Even though it's become a really cliched thing to see musicians working for charity, it's still effective and it still has to be done.