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United Negro College Fund, Camp Good Times, and the 
T.J. Martell Foundation; 
Whereas, on July 14, 1984, after the first concert of the Vic-
tory Tour, Michael met 8 terminally ill children back-
stage; 
Whereas, on December 13, 1984, Michael visited the 
Brotman Memorial Hospital, where he had been treated 
when he was burned during the producing of a Pepsi 
commercial. He subsequently donated all the money he 
received from Pepsi, $1.5 million, to the Michael Jackson 
Burn Center for Children; 
Whereas, on January 28, 1985 Michael and 44 other artists 
met to record ‘‘We Are The World’’, written by Michael 
and Lionel Ritchie, a project devoted to fighting global 
hunger. The proceeds of this record were donated to the 
starving people in Africa; 
Whereas in 1986, Michael set up the ‘‘Michael Jackson 
UNCF Endowed Scholarship Fund’’. This $1.5 million 
fund is aimed toward assisting students majoring in per-
formance art and communications, with money given 
each year to students attending a UNCF member college 
or university; 
Whereas, on February 28, 1986, after having had a heart- 
transplant, 14-year-old Donna Ashlock from California 
received a call from Michael Jackson. He had heard that 
she was a fan. Michael invited Donna to his home fol-
lowing her recovery; 
Whereas, on September 13, 1987, Michael supported a cam-
paign against racism. He made every effort to publicly 
support NAACP, in the fight against discrimination of 
African-American artists; 
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Whereas in October 1987, at the end of his ‘‘Bad Tour’’, Mi-
chael donated personal items to UNESCO for a chari-
table auction. The proceeds of his donation were allocated 
for the education of children in developing countries; 
Whereas, on February 1, 1988 The Song ‘‘Man In the Mir-
ror’’ entered the charts. The proceeds from the sales of 
this record went directly and exclusively to Camp Ronald 
McDonald for Good Times, a camp for children who suf-
fer from Cancer; 
Whereas, on March 1, 1988, at a press conference held by 
his sponsor Pepsi, Michael presented a $600,000 check to 
the United Negro College Fund; 
Whereas on April 1988, Michael Jackson ensured that free 
tickets to three concerts in Atlanta, Georgia, were specifi-
cally set aside for the Make a Wish Foundation; 
Whereas, on May 22, 1988, Michael visited cancer-stricken 
children in the Bambini-Gesu Children’s Hospital in 
Rome. He signed autographs and gave away sweets and 
records to the young patients. He also announced his 
monetary donation of 100,000 pounds to the hospital; 
Whereas, on July 16, 1988, Michael met the Prince of Wales 
and his wife Diana, where he donated 150,000 pounds 
for the Prince’s Trust, and a check of 100,000 pounds 
for the children’s hospital at Great Ormond Street; 
Whereas, on July 20, 1988, Michael visited terminally ill chil-
dren at Great Ormond Street Hospital. At a unit for less 
critical patients he stayed longer and to engage in story 
telling time with the children; 
Whereas, on August 29, 1988, at his 30th birthday Michael 
performed a concert in Leeds, England, for the English 
charity organization ‘‘Give For Life’’, an organization de-
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signed as an immunization charity for children. Michael 
presented a check for 65,000 pounds; 
Whereas on January 1989, the proceeds of one of Michael’s 
shows in Los Angeles were donated to Childhelp USA, 
the biggest charity organization against child abuse. In 
appreciation of the contributions of Michael, Childhelp of 
Southern California founded the ‘‘Michael Jackson Inter-
national Institute for Research On Child Abuse’’; 
Whereas, on January 10, 1989, upon the winding down of his 
‘‘Bad Tour’’, Michael Jackson donated tickets for each 
concert to underprivileged children, and made contribu-
tions to hospitals, orphanages and charity organizations 
throughout each stop on his tour; 
Whereas, on February 7, 1989, Michael visited the Cleveland 
Elementary School in Stockton, California, a site of play-
ground violence where 5 children had been tragically 
killed and 39 had been wounded; 
Whereas, on March 5, 1989, Michael invited 200 underprivi-
leged children of the St. Vincent Institute for Handi-
capped Children and of the organization Big Brothers 
and Big Sisters to the Circus Vargas in Santa Barbara. 
Following the event, the children were invited to his 
ranch to visit his private Zoo at Neverland Ranch; 
Whereas in December 1991, Michael’s office MJJ Produc-
tions donated more than 200 turkey dinners to needy 
families in Los Angeles; 
Whereas in February 1992, within 11 days Michael covered 
30,000 miles in Africa, to visit hospitals, orphanages, 
schools, churches, and institutions for mentally handi-
capped children; 
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Whereas, on February 3, 1992, at a press conference at the 
New York Radio City Music Hall, Michael announced 
that he is planning a new world tour, to raise funds for 
his new ‘‘Heal The World’’ Foundation. This Foundation 
was designed to support the fight against AIDS, Juvenile 
Diabetes, the Ronald McDonald Camp, and the Make A 
Wish Foundation; 
Whereas, on May 6, 1992, Michael defrayed the funeral ex-
penses for Ramon Sanchez, who was killed during the 
Los Angeles riots; 
Whereas, on June 26, 1992, Michael presented the Mayor of 
Munich, Mr. Kronawitter, with a 40,000 DM check for 
the needy people of the city; 
Whereas on July 1992, Michael donated 821,477,296 Lire to 
La Partita del Cuore (The Heart Match) in Rome and 
donated 120,000 DM to children’s charities in Estonia 
and Latvia; 
Whereas, on July 25, 1992, at his concert in Dublin, Ireland, 
Michael announced that he will give 400,000 pounds of 
the tour earnings to various charities; 
Whereas in June 1993, Michael announced a donation of 
$1.25 million for children suffering as a result of the 
riots in Los Angeles; 
Whereas on October 1993, Michael Jackson donated 
$100,000 to the Children’s Defense Fund, the Children’s 
Diabetes Foundation, the Atlanta Project, and the Boys 
and Girl Clubs of Newark, New Jersey; 
Whereas on December 1993, in conjunction with the Gorba-
chev Foundation, Michael Jackson airlifted 60,000 doses 
of children’s vaccines to Tblisi, Georgia; 
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Whereas in 1994, Michael donated $500,000 to Elizabeth 
Taylor’s AIDS Foundation; 
Whereas, on October 1, 1996, Michael donated the proceeds 
of his Tunisia concert to ‘‘The National Solidarity 
Fund’’, a charity dedicated to fighting poverty; 
Whereas, on December 9, 1996, during the ‘‘History Tour’’ 
visit in Manila, Michael visited a Children’s Hospital, 
where he announced that a portion of his concert earn-
ings will be donated to the renovation of the Hospital; 
Whereas the Millennium Issue of the ‘‘Guinness Book Of 
Records’’ named Michael as ‘‘the Pop Star who supports 
the most charity organizations’’; 
Whereas in 2004, The African Ambassadors’ Spouses Asso-
ciation, honored Michael Jackson for his worldwide hu-
manitarian efforts, due to his fiscal contribution of more 
than $50 million to various charities, including many or-
ganizations that feed the hungry in Africa; and 
Whereas we today mourn with and send our condolences to 
the children that Michael Jackson left behind: Prince Mi-
chael, Paris Michael, and Prince Michael II and his 
mother, father, brothers, and sisters: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes Michael Jackson as a global hu-
manitarian and a noted leader in the fight against 
worldwide hunger and medical crises; and 
(2) celebrates Michael Jackson as an accom-
plished contributor to the worlds of arts and enter-
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