Título: Joe Walsh
Seção: Public service
Background: Joseph Fidler Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In a career spanning more than forty years, he has been a member of five successful rock bands: James Gang, Barnstorm, Eagles, the Party Boys, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. In the 1990s, he was also a member of the short-lived supergroup the Best. Walsh has also experienced success both as a solo artist and prolific session musician, being featured on a wide array of other artists' recordings.

Conteúdo: Walsh is active in charity work and has performed in a number of concerts to raise money for charitable causes. He has also been a personal contributor to a number of charity causes including halfway houses for displaced adult women in Wichita, Kansas. Walsh funded the first talent-based scholarship at Kent State University in 2008.  Walsh's love of Santa Cruz Island grew into a lifelong commitment to conserve the environment there, and he has been active in preserving the island's parks. He is President of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation, and has served on the Foundation's board since the 1980s.  Walsh had often joked about running for office, announcing a mock presidential campaign in 1980 and a vice presidential campaign in 1992. Walsh ran for President of the United States in 1980, promising to make "Life's Been Good" the new national anthem if he won, and ran on a platform of "Free Gas For Everyone". Though Walsh was only 32 at the time of the election and thus would not have met the 35-year-old requirement to actually assume office, he said that he wanted to raise public awareness of the election. In 1992 Walsh ran for vice president with Rev. Goat Carson under the slogan "We Want Our Money Back!"  In an interview to promote his album Analog Man in 2012, Walsh revealed he was considering a serious bid for political office. "I think I would run seriously, and I think I would run for Congress," Walsh told WASH in Washington, D.C. "The root of the problem is that Congress

user: What public service did Joe Walsh involve himself in?

assistant: Walsh's love of Santa Cruz Island grew into a lifelong commitment to conserve the environment there,

user: When did he start advocating to conserve the environment?

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assistant: He has also been a personal contributor to a number of charity causes including halfway houses for displaced adult women in Wichita, Kansas.

user: Did he work with anyone of note within these charities?

assistant: In 2017, Walsh contacted others in the music industry Zac Brown Band, Gary Clark Jr., Keith Urban to

user: Why did he contact them?

assistant: to try to organize and perform what became VetsAid  -

user: Did they agree to perform?

assistant: - a concert series along the lines of the Farm Aid program spearheaded by country entertainer Willie Nelson.

user: How much if any did this charity collect?

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user: What was his most beneficial charity?

assistant: Walsh funded the first talent-based scholarship at Kent State University in 2008.

user: Was this recognized worldwide?

assistant: Walsh had often joked about running for office, announcing a mock presidential campaign in 1980 and a vice presidential campaign in 1992.