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What charities did Joe Walsh work with?
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.
What does he do to help conserve the environment in Santa Cruz?
He is President of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation, and has served on the Foundation's board since the 1980s.
What other charities is he involved with?
He has also been a personal contributor to a number of charity causes including halfway houses for displaced adult women in Wichita, Kansas.
How else did he help the public through charities?
Walsh funded the first talent-based scholarship at Kent State University in 2008.
What else did he do for the charities?
In 2017, Walsh contacted others in the music industry Zac Brown Band, Gary Clark Jr., Keith Urban to try to organize and perform what became VetsAid  .

Question: What was his role with the charities?
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