Philanthropy
Along with Do Something and the Dunkin' Brands Community Foundation, Archuleta is involved with helping willing teenagers make a difference in others' lives with disaster relief. He is also one of several teen celebrities taking part in DoSomething.org's Teens for Jeans charity initiative, which donates denim to homeless teenagers nationwide. In January 2010, Haiti was hit with a major earthquake. On January 22, 2010, Archuleta joined other celebrities for a 2-hour fundraising telethon where he answered phones, and even stayed longer afterward to keep answering the phones.
In January 2011, Archuleta travelled to Chennai, India with Rising Star Outreach, a non-profit charity giving children from leper colonies a first-class education and a chance at a future in India.
Archuleta was one of the many Latino singers who participated in Somos El Mundo, the Spanish version of "We Are The World 25 for Haiti". The song and video premiered on the Cristina Show in March 2010, funds raised benefit Haiti relief.
In support of ChildFund, Archuleta partnered with the charity for his My Kind of Christmas Tour in an effort to increase awareness and recruit new sponsors for children in need worldwide.
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