LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alicia Keys wants $5 from every "American Idol" fan.
In one night, the amount raised via text donations eclipsed the total money raised in all of 2008. And not a single check was written or credit card was used!
The Grammy-winning singer appeared on the American Idol show last Wednesday to urge viewers to support the Text ALIVE Challenge, which aims to bring medicine and medical care to children and families with HIV/AIDS in Africa and India.
Keys asked fans to text the word "alive" to donate $5 to Keep a Child Alive, the charity she co-founded and for which she serves as global ambassador. She also introduced a beneficiary of the charity, 15-year-old Rwandan rapper Noah, who performed on the show.
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