Jun 27, 2008 10:18 am US/Eastern
Paris Hilton Donates To LA's Childrens Hospital
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―
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Socialite Paris Hilton backstage at the 2006 American Music Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on Nov. 21, 2006 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Frazer Harrison/AMA /Getty Images
Paris Hilton is making good on her promise to become a better person.
The 27-year-old socialite made an "extremely generous" donation
toward the construction of a medical building at Childrens Hospital Los
Angeles, hospital officials said Thursday, although they did not
specify the amount.
"The children I have met through my involvement with Childrens
Hospital have truly touched my heart," Hilton said in a statement. "I
am proud to make a donation and lend my name to the fundraising effort
to help children who are facing terribly serious illnesses."
The 460,000-square-foot Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases is expected to open in 2010.
After spending about 23 days in jail last year for violating
probation on alcohol-related reckless driving charges, Hilton told
CNN's Larry King the experience caused her to re-evaluate the role
partying played in her life. She said she wanted "to help raise money
for kids and for breast cancer and multiple sclerosis."
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