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In honor of World Humanitarian day, we’ve brought back the opportunity to #BeyGOOD and support the children of Haiti!

In May 2015, on a humanitarian trip to the island of Haiti, Beyoncé visited local programs in a personal capacity to continue her support of previously funded programs and to learn more about humanitarian activities.

While on location, Beyoncé visited the Saint Damien Hospital in Tabarre. Funded completely through private contributions to NPH worldwide, St. Damien provides high quality medical treatment for disadvantaged and sick children in Haiti and has associated public health and community programs that reach more than 90,000 children and adults annually.

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Watch the exclusive video of Beyonce's humanitarian trip to Haiti below!

"During my most recent visit to Haiti, I experienced the great work Saint Damien's Hospital is providing to so many of the country's children, but they still need our support.

Get your BeyGOOD shirt today: https://beygoodhaiti.beyonce.com #BeyGOODHaiti"

On May 16, 2015, Beyoncé embarked on a humanitarian trip to the island of Haiti to visit local programs in a personal capacity to continue her support of previously funded programs and learn more about humanitarian activities.

While on location, Beyoncé visited the Saint Damien Hospital in Tabarre. Funded completely through private contributions to NPH worldwide, St. Damien provides high quality medical treatment for disadvantaged and sick children in Haiti and has associated public health and community programs that reach more than 90,000 children and adults annually.

However, due to a recent reduction in funding commitment, the hospital has lost the equivalent of two months of funding resulting in significant cutbacks both in staff (450 Haitians are employed here) and in the number of children that can be treated. As an immediate result there are now empty wards, reduced oncology intake, the reduction in the residents program that trains Haitian Doctors, and hundreds of children who are turned away from medical care they desperately need.

Your purchase of a BeyGOOD Haiti t-shirt can help solve an urgent funding crisis with all proceeds from sales of this shirt directly aiding St. Damien in re-opening an abandoned wing and continuing to aid the people of Haiti.

Click here to purchase a shirt and support the cause.

On May 16, 2015 Valerie Amos the Emergency Relief Coordinator, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) accompanied Beyoncé on a humanitarian trip to the island of Haiti. During the trip, Beyoncé visited multiple local programs in a personal capacity to learn more about humanitarian activities.

First stop was the IDP Camp in Caradeux, one of many earthquake settlement camps still in Haiti following the destruction of the 2010 earthquake. The overall people in need of humanitarian assistance has decreased considerably and the number of people displaced in camps has dropped to about 65,000 a 96% reduction from July 2010. but with More than 65,000 Haitians still living in settlement camps, the need for assistance is dire.

Following visits to the camp, the team visited the NPH Saint Damien Hospital in Tabarre, Haiti. Funded through private contributions to NPH worldwide, St. Damien provides high quality medical treatment for disadvantaged and sick children in Haiti and has associated public health and community programs of reach over 90,000 children and adults annually.

The trip also included a tour of the IDP Relocation site in Morne Nazare and a helicopter trip over Port-au-Prince to see progress of the structural reconstruction since the devastation of the 2010 earthquake.

Thanksgiving marks the kick off of holiday season. Many of us are fortunate enough to associate the holidays with an over abundance of food and gifts, not every family is so lucky.

Infused with the giving spirit, BeyGOOD made the dedication to support two organizations that provided outreach to more than 150 families in three shelters in the Bronx, New York, and nearly 80 families through a community hospital in Harlem, New York.

Initially, we set out on the journey to provide turkeys with our own budget in mind, but as absolute proof that doing good inspires others to do good, John and Ruth Brown stepped up to the plate and personally committed to donating turkeys.

We first met John and Ruth in Las Vegas last year during the Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. They had BeyGOOD stickers on so they were upgraded to the BeyStage. They asked to stay in touch so they could continue to carry the message of BeyGOOD and a year later they absolutely embodied the heart of real BeyGOOD Ambassadors! As the General Manager of a meat company, John and his wife Ruth committed to personally covering the cost of paying for half of the turkeys. After being inspired by John and Ruth, John’s boss, Ed, and a fellow meat distributor, also committed to donating turkeys because being GOOD inspires everyone!

Thanks to their giving spirits, and the spirit of BeyGOOD, we were able to support 250 families, assuring they would enjoy a hearty Thanksgiving meal.

Follow us on Twitter @BeyGOOD and share your stories of how you plan to give back and #BeyGOOD this holiday season.

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The world's biggest auction of celebrity shoes returns for its fifth instalment in December, with Beyonce's shoes among the highlights.

The Small Steps Project auction opens for bids on November 4, and closes on December 7. Profits will benefit charities supporting children living on landfill sites, many of who walk on them barefoot.

The highlights of the sale are shoes from Beyonce and George Clooney.

Go to smallstepsproject.org for more info.

Check out the two new posts from Beyonce's official website below!

"Today, alongside Chime for Change we commemorate ‪‎Day of The Girl‬ by highlighting some of the many impactful initiatives that have taken place over the last year.

#‎ChimeIn‬ for a girl who inspires you because together, we have the tools to create real impactful change for girls all over the world."

"Today, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to India’s Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai for their ongoing work against the suppression of children and for young people’s rights, including the right to education. At just 17, Malala is the youngest person to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Congratulations, and may you both continue to be the inspiration the world needs."

Since inception a year ago, #BeyGOOD has reached more than 2 million people around the world through partnerships, drives, and projects that work to put the spirit of doing good into motion, and now the journey will continue with the assistance of STATE Union.

This summer STATE and #BeyGOOD are hitting the road and giving back to thousands of kids in underfunded communities across the east coast with the #BeyGOOD x STATE GIVEBACKPACK Program.

Together, we’ve handpicked six cities in very high need – and partners doing phenomenal work in support of those communities – and starting on August 18th, STATE and #BeyGOOD will be visiting Charlotte, Baltimore, Washington D.C, Philadelphia, Newark, and New York City, and carrying out STATE’s signature high-energy, motivational bag drop rallies to provide over 2,000 students with new backpacks for the school year. The rallies will be followed by a simulated shopping experience where all participating students will have the opportunity to stuff their #BeyGOOD STATE Bags with brand new school supplies.

In an effort to support as many youth as possible, shop.beyonce.com has made it easy for anyone to get involved. For a limited time, a special edition custom #BeyGOOD STATE Bag backpack will be available for purchase with all proceeds benefitting the 2014 Back To School Program initiative.

ABOUT THE BAG:

The premium classic backpack finished with high-end details. It features a large main storage compartment with 15″ padded laptop sleeve pocket, a second compartment with multiple supply organizers, key clip and iPad pocket, and a front stash pocket. The #BeyGOOD X STATE Union also features leather zipper pulls, leather-bound side pockets and heavy gauge antique brass zippers. It is finished with a signature STATE rivet in black and embroidered #BeyGOOD patch.

Get your #BeyGOOD x STATE GIVEBACKPACK Union bag here.

As the new school year is approaching, Beyonce also prepared a special Back to School Bundle for her fans, which is available for pre-order at Beyonce Online Shop!

Beyonce posted a short birthday message to Michelle Williams on her official website:

"Happy birhday, Michelle!

-B"

She also thanked her fans for participating in the Houston Food Drive:

#BeyGOOD joined forces with The Bread of Life, Miss-A-Meal, the Houston Food Bank and The Box and Majic 102.1, to fuel the movement to eradicate hunger with the Houston Food Drive.

From July 14-18, the city of Houston had the opportunity to #BeyGOOD and join in the effort to fight hunger for a chance to win tickets to see Beyoncé and Jay Z’s On the Run Tour at Minute Maid Park. The outcome was astounding.

With nearly 2,500 people showing up to the Houston donation site over the course of 5 days, the amount of food collected exceeded expectations. Thanks to the generosity of the people of Houston, The Houston Food Bank and Bread of Life were able to raise more than 10 tons of food that will help feed thousands of families facing hunger in the Houston area.

Thank you, Houston for joining the #BeyGOOD movement to help make a difference for those that need it most. We are all in this together and this food drive was proof that each and every one of us can make a difference by giving back.

See more photos from the food drive here.

Beyonce and Jay-Z performed at the second show at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on July 12, 2014.

The next stop on the On the Run Tour was Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia on July 15.

On Friday, the couple performed at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. Before the concert, Beyonce encouraged her fans to participate in a food drive, which qualified them for a chance to win pit tickets to the show. Read more about the action and check out pictures from the donation site at Beyonce.com.

Beyonce’s charitable efforts may have been questioned by the likes of Harry Belafonte, but her longtime pastor Rudy Rasmus sings a completely different tune. According to the Houston church leader, Mrs. Carter has been instrumental in his ministry.

In an interview with local news station KHOU, Rasmus shares that Beyonce dropped $7 million on a housing complex that now provides homes to 42 previously homeless people.

“She’s doing great things, matter of fact, phenomenal things,” Rasmus said in support of the singer. “ has a global platform and is doing some amazing work. And I’m glad she’s a friend of mine.”

Rasmus, who also officiated Beyonce and Jay Z’s wedding, dispelled rumors of trouble in paradise between the couple, saying that he gives validity to things “based on conversation with the person.” He also recalled Bey’s pre-stardom days of singing in his church.

“She’s an incredible human being, has an incredible heart, and has been extremely helpful in our mission, in our ministry here,” he said.

Watch Pastor Rudy Rasmus discuss Beyonce below.

WHO: BEYONCÉ AND JAY Z
WHAT: "ON THE RUN TOUR: BEYONCÉ AND JAY Z" to exclusively visit Paris, France. Only European city.
WHEN: September 12 and 13
WHERE: Stade de France, Paris

HOW: Members of Beyoncé's Fan Club will have access to pre-sale tickets beginning Tuesday, June 17 at 8:00 am local time. For additional details visit, www.beyonce.com/tour.

American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Tuesday, June 17 at 10:00 am local time.

Tickets for the "ON THE RUN TOUR: BEYONCÉ AND JAY Z" at Paris' Stade de France go on sale to the general public starting Thursday, June 19 at www.livenation.fr.

"ON THE RUN TOUR: BEYONCÉ AND JAY Z," in partnership with #BeyGOOD, will donate €1 from every ticket purchased to the Shawn Carter Foundation to support students.

CHIME FOR CHANGE co-founders Frida Giannini and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter reunited at the Gucci Fifth Avenue flagship store, together with co-host T Magazine Editor-in-Chief Deborah Needleman, to celebrate the one-year anniversary of The Sound of Change Live.

The two co-founders came together with Gucci President and CEO Patrizio di Marco, James Franco, Blake Lively, Pedro Andrade, CHIME FOR CHANGE Managing Editor Mariane Pearl, and CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board members Alyse Nelson, Caryl Stern and Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy on Tuesday June 3, 2014 to reflect on the impact of the CHIME FOR CHANGE campaign in its first year and to raise further funds to support projects focused on Education, Health and Justice for girls and women.

To commemorate the anniversary, Beyoncé committed to donating $500,000 to fund CHIME FOR CHANGE projects for girls and women in the areas of Education, Health and Justice as follows:

On the night of April 14, 2014, 276 teenage girls were abducted from their boarding school in Borno, Nigeria by a terrorist group. Varying reports have stated that some girls have since escaped, but to date, approximately 230 girls are still missing.

Protesters across Nigeria have been rallying to draw attention to the plight of the girls, and encourage local and international military action. Initially, the Nigerian army released a statement claiming to have rescued the girls, but has since retracted that claim. The Nigerian president has called for international support to rescue the abducted girls.

In light of the recent events, CHIME FOR CHANGE strategic partner Catapult is raising money to distribute to organizations working in Nigeria to support girls’ education.

You can help the cause by donating $10 now by texting BRINGBACK to 50555 or you can donate online to #ChimeIn and help bring back our girls. For more information, visit ChimeForChange.org

Since its inception a year ago, #BeyGOOD, in partnership with global charity organizations, has reached more than 2 million people across the globe with tangible support.

#BeyGOOD has aided in putting people back to work, restocked desperately depleted clothing donation centers and provided counseling, housing, food and medical assistance to the homeless, through an estimated 25 tons of clothing donations which assisted more than 20 global charity partners.

#BeyGOOD has supported more than a dozen youth organizations that serve the most vulnerable and at risk young people that include those who are orphaned, homeless, neglected, compromised with violent crimes and sex trafficking, unemployed and physically challenged.

Our goal is, and will always remain, to inspire people everywhere to be kind, to be charitable and to #BeyGOOD. In doing so, we make the world better, one good charitable action at a time.

The movement continues. Get involved.

Follows us on Twitter @BeyGOOD and sign up to be a #BeyGOOD ambassador.

Last year, we did a big story on closet organization, and in the process, sold a handful of pieces on behalf of three charities. It was such a success that we decided to do it again, and enlisted some friends-of-goop who have particularly outstanding personal style to help—this year, 100 percent of the profits benefit DonorsChoose, a charity where public school teachers can directly ask for help fulfilling specific classroom needs. Beyoncé gave us a pair of heels from her latest tour:

"Excited to donate these custom-made Ankle Boots by Stuart Weitzman to benefit Goop’s charity closet sale. 100% of the profits go to Donors Choose."

Check out Goop for more information!

The Carters have officially announced their rumored joint tour. Beyonce and Jay Z will head out on a 16-date stadium tour they're calling On The Run, to kickoff in Miami on June 25th and wrap in San Francisco on August 5. The tour is sponsored by Chase.

Members of Beyonce's Fan Club will have access to pre-sale tickets beginning Tuesday, April 29 at 8am local time. For details visit, www.beyonce.com/tour.

Exclusively, Chase credit and debit customers will receive advance access to purchase tickets from Tuesday, April 29 at 10am through 10pm local time. A non-exclusive presale window will continue through Thursday, May 1 at 10pm local time. Chase credit and debit customers will also have exclusive access to purchase a Chase Lounge VIP ticket package which includes a private pre-show lounge with food, drinks, music and more.

Tickets for "On the Run Tour: Beyonce and Jay Z" go on sale to the general public starting Friday, May 2 through the Live Nation Mobile APP and at www.livenation.com.

Beginning today, Monday, April 28, fans can visit https://www.facebook.com/Beyonce or https://www.facebook.com/JayZ for more information about getting early access to tickets on Wednesday, April 30 at 10:00am local time.

"On The Run: Beyonce and Jay Z," in partnership with #BeyGOOD, will donate $1 from every ticket purchased to the Shawn Carter Foundation to support students. Additionally, a portion of the proceeds from each Chase Lounge VIP Ticket Package will also be donated to The Shawn Carter Foundation.

Join the conversation, use #OnTheRunTour on Twitter and Instagram. On The Run Tour is exclusively promoted by Live Nation.

Check out the full list of dates under the cut.

Boots, aka Jordy Asher, the mystery man behind a large majority of the production of Beyonce's self-titled album, has been casually releasing solo tracks from his upcoming mixtape, "WinterSpringSummerFall," over the past few months. Today, Boots dropped the album's final track, "Dreams," which sees him reconnecting with Bey for a song that is nothing short of magical.



If the smooth lovin' of this reunion weren't enough to steal your heart, then the fact that all profits from this song will benefit Day One, a New York City-based nonprofit dedicated to the prevention of teen dating violence surely will.

"The idea behind the mixtape was to release things in a different way than everybody else does," Boots said. "When Beyonce and I did the song together we started talking about, 'Well, what could we do with this?' Obviously we wanted to put it on the mixtape, but we decided there was an opportunity here that we didn’t want to miss. I already get messages from people all the time saying, 'I’ll buy your album! I don’t even care!' even though it’s going to be free. Two things that are very important to me are education and women’s rights, and the moment my friend sent to me it made the most sense and was the most important thing to me that I had come across. If people knew ... if there was more public knowledge about the organizations like Day One and the places that people could go, it would stop those situations from occurring, or reoccurring."

Today I updated the advertisements section in the gallery, mostly with screen captures.