Pinks Mag 003

Oprah Winfrey. Talk-Show Host,
Actress, Business Owner, Charity
Fund Raiser,
Ch?r?t ??? of O?r?h W?nfr??
Wh?n it comes t? ??l?br?t??? ?nd
?h?l?nthr???, few give m?r? th?n O?r?h
W?nfr??. M?. Winfrey d?n?t?? m?ll??n? ?f
d?ll?r? ?f h?r own m?n?? t? fund h?r
?nt?r??t? ?nd charities. A ??gn?f???nt
portion of h?r g?v?ng fl?w? thr?ugh thr??
main ?h?r?t???: Th? Angel N?tw?rk, wh??h
has been heavily ?ubl???s?d on h?r ?h?w;
h?r ?wn ??r??n?l Foundation, The O?r?h
Winfrey Foundation; and The O?r?h
W?nfr?? Operating F?und?t??n, which
?x?lu??v?l? ?u???rt? h?r L??d?r?h??
Academy ?n S?uth Afr???.
Th? Ang?l Net w ork
O?r?h W?nfr?? h?? u??d her t?lk ?h?w t?
?ubl???z? The Angel N?tw?rk, d?d???t?ng
?t l???t a f?w ?h?w? a year t? ?t? work.
Th? Ang?l N?tw?rk is distinctive ?n m?n?
w???. F?r?t, ?t'? a charity focused on
g?tt?ng people ?nv?lv?d. Not only th?t, but
100% of ?n? d?n?t??n ??u g?v? g???
d?r??tl? t?w?rd? fund?ng a ?r?j??t. O?r?h
Winfrey ???? ?ll ?f th? ?v?rh??d ?nd
???r?t?ng costs h?r??lf.
Th? B?g?nn?ng
L?k? m?n? ?h?r?t???, O?r?h'? Angel
Network, began small. Ms. Winfrey
?t?rt?d ?t in 1997 with the g??l of g?tt?ng
?ud??n?? members more involved ?n
g?v?ng ?nd v?lunt??r?ng. Sh? ?n??ur?g?d
viewers t? collect ???r? ?h?ng? t? ?r?v?d?
??h?l?r?h??? f?r B??? and G?rl? Clubs of
Am?r???, ?nd she also g?t some 200
v?lunt??r? t? bu?ld h?m?? w?th Habitat
for Hum?n?t?.
Angel N?t w ?rk'? W?rk
Th? Ang?l Network n?w ??ll??t? m?ll??n?
?f d?ll?r? ?n d?n?t??n? and th?n turn?
?r?und ?nd provides grants to
?rg?n?z?t??n? that focus ?n O?r?h
Winfrey's ?h?r?t?bl? ?n?t??t?v??, ?n?lud?ng:
G?v?ng ?????? t? ?du??t??n t? those wh?
m?ght not ?th?rw??? h?v? it
Developing leaders wh? w?ll th?n
turnaround ?nd l??d their communities
Protecting b???? hum?n r?ght?
Cr??t?ng ??mmun?t??? of ?u???rt
Th? ?rm ?f th? Ang?l Network ?? far
reaching. Alth?ugh ?r?j??t? are
concentrated in th? Un?t?d St?t??, they
OPRAHWINFREY
"100%of any donation
you give goes directly
towards funding a
project. Oprah Winfrey
pays all of the
overhead and
operating costs
herself"
?l?? ?r?v?d? grants t? ?v?r????
?rg?n?z?t??n?. Ex?m?l?? ?f th?
?rg?n?z?t??n'? ?r?j??t? ?n?lud? Th? Oprah
W?nfr?? L??d?r?h?? Academy S?h??l for
Girls ?nd ?th?r ?du??t??n?l ?n?t??t?v?? for
?h?ldr?n around th? w?rld.
Th? O?r?h W?nfr?? Foundat ion
O?r?h W?nfr?? run? The O?r?h Winfrey
Foundation ?x?lu??v?l?. Th? f?und?t??n
?r?v?d?? gr?nt? for n?t-f?r-?r?f?t
?rg?n?z?t??n?. O?r?h W?nfr?? u??? h?r
personal m?n?? t? fund th? gr?nt?, ?nd
they h?l? projects of ??????l interest t?
Ms. W?nfr??, ?n?lud?ng ?du??t??n, learning
and l??d?r?h?? d?v?l??m?nt.
O?r?h W?nfr?? is th? richest w?m?n in
th? United St?t?? ?f Am?r???. Sh? ?? ?l??
?wn?r ?f a t?l?v????n ??m??n?, m?g?z?n?
?nd many other m?d?? franchises. O?r?h
?? ?l?? th? most ?nflu?nt??l ??l?br?t? ?n
t?l?v????n t?d??. H?r political
?nd?r??m?nt? ??n turn ??m??n? into a
?r???d?nt ?nd h?r b??k ?lub
?nd?r??m?nt? ??n turn ?n ?uth?r ?nt? a
m?ll??n d?ll?r ??ll?r. S? how d??? O?r?h
become so ?u?????ful?
Th?r? are 3 main r????n? why she is ??
?u?????ful. H?r? are th? r????n? why.
1. Oprah kn?w? h?w t? ??mmun???t?
w?th ?ll people ?f different nationality,
r??? and ?????l class. If ??u h?v? seen her
?h?w, O?r?h, ??u n?t??? th?t ?h? can
r?l?t? ?nd ??mmun???t? what ????l? are
f??l?ng b? ju?t talking to th?m. For
?n?t?n??, she ??n g?t people to ?x?r???
th?m??lv?? freely l?k? T?m Cru??? when
h? jum??d up ?nd down on th? ??u?h, t?
???r d???bl?d ????l? who ??uldn't able
t? u?? th??r limbs ?t ?ll. H?r ?b?l?t? to
??mmun???t? h?l? her t? b? seen as
?u?????ful.
2. Oprah h?? a positive attitude to life.
Oprah w?? b?rn ?n a br?k?n f?m?l? ?nd
had a ?h?ld wh?n ?h? w?? ju?t f?urt??n.
Sh? ?l?? w?nt through m?n?
r?l?t??n?h??? ?nd abuse from family ?nd
partners but always m??nt??n?d a ????t?v?
?utl??k. Sh? ?truggl?d through ?ll th?
hardship, ?nd ?h? got wh?r? ?h? w??
because she ?lw??? l??k?d ?n the bright
??d?.
3. O?r?h gives a l?t t? ?h?r?t? ?nd h?r
t?m?. Oprah ?? ?n? of the b?gg??t
?h?l?nthr????t ?n America. She h?? given
?b?ut $303 m?ll??n dollars ?w?? ?n ?h?r?t?
and ?l?? has ??h??l? ?n Africa to help th?
n??d?. She gives ?w?? a l?t, and in return
she g?t? a lot of r?????t ?nd ?u????? ?? a
??n???u?n??.