The game is sometimes used as a fundraiser for charity.

Botham has been a prodigious fundraiser for charitable causes, undertaking a total of 12 long-distance charity walks.

A fundraising party, or fundraiser, is a party that is held for the purpose of collecting money that will be given to some person or to some institution, such as a school, charity, business, or political campaign.

As its primary annual, celebrity-studded fundraiser, Real Men Charities sponsors " Real Men Cook " events and programs in fifteen cities nationwide, where African American men gather to present their best recipes — some original, others handed down for generations — for charity.

* In the 2012 BBC Comedy series " Citizen Khan " the main character, Mr Khan, ignored a ' n email from a fellow Mosque member, originally from Africa, informing Mosque members about a charity fundraiser thinking it was the Nigerian email scam.

The band were able to showcase their ability on the album to juxtapose pert pop ballads (" Kayleigh ", charting at No. 2 in the United Kingdom, behind charity fundraiser " You'll Never Walk Alone " by The Crowd, and " Lavender ", which charted at No. 5 ) with longer song cycles of lost youth, first love, drug abuse, drink, prostitution and, ultimately, rebirth and redemption, all inspired by Fish's life experiences.

Local commercial radio station Pirate FM held a charity fundraiser in April 2002, which involved redecorating the newly reopened Tamar Bridge.

* Jane Tomlinson CBE – charity fundraiser, who raised over £ 1. 5m whilst suffering from terminal cancer.

In June 2006, Schwimmer won a $ 400, 000 defamation lawsuit against Aaron Tonken, a former charity fundraiser.

* Rockin ' Johnny Austin MBE, a local charity fundraiser.

* In 2004, British leukemia patient and charity fundraiser Lloyd Scott ( 43 ) rode a penny-farthing across the Australian outback to raise money for a charity cause.

They are the Fourth of July Parade, and the Taste of Lancaster, a restaurant festival and charity fundraiser.

On 6 July 2008, Gates starred in the line-up for " A Spoonful of Stiles & Drewe ", a charity fundraiser to celebrate 25 years of musical theatre composers George Stiles and Anthony Drewe.

The date and time chosen for the event inadvertently conflicted with another charity fundraiser, Sport Aid, which was organized by USA for Africa on the same day.

For years he has co-chaired the CityParks Tennis charity benefit, an annual fundraiser produced by the City Parks Foundation.

After his release, he worked as a volunteer fundraiser for the east London charity, Community Links, for several years.

In 1984 Irish musician Bob Geldof and Scottish Ultravox member Midge Ure organised a charity fundraiser record for the starving of Africa.

Whilst attending a fundraiser for the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians ( MAP ) in January 2009, she vowed never to work for the BBC again after their refusal to broadcast an emergency charity appeal for the victims of Israel's attack on Gaza on 27 December 2008.

This festival is usually put on as a fundraiser for a charity chosen by the executive board, and takes place at the end of January or beginning of February.

This festival was to be a charity fundraiser for the area and would focus on the hot dog.

He had for many years been a dedicated charity fundraiser and, despite his illness, he took part in a sponsored parachute jump in August 2005.

The Cotillion, which has been held since thoroughbred racing began in Pennsylvania in 1969 at the old Liberty Bell Park in Northeast Philadelphia, is a ( Eight and a half furlong ) race, is held ( as of 2010 ) on the first Saturday in October as part of a fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity with races featuring female jockeys called " Parx Racing Ladies Day at the Races "

The Birmingham Heart Beat Charity Concert 1986 was a charity concert organised by Bevan in ELO's hometown of Birmingham on 15 March 1986.

On 15 December 1969, Moon joined John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band for a live performance at the Lyceum Ballroom ( now the Lyceum Theatre in London for a UNICEF charity concert.

On 21 July 1990, ex-Pink Floyd member Roger Waters staged a gigantic charity concert of his former band's rock extravaganza The Wall to commemorate the end of the division between East and West Germany.

On June 23, 2008, ZZ Top celebrated the release of their first live concert DVD entitled Live from Texas with the world premiere, a special appearance, and charity auction at the Hard Rock Cafe in Houston.

A partial reunion took place on 30 March 2007 at former Smiths ' bassist Andy Rourke's charity concert in aid of Manchester Versus Cancer.

While it was rumoured that Williams would reunite with Take That on 12 November 2009 for a Children In Need charity concert at The Royal Albert Hall, they merely greeted each other warmly on stage between performances.

Yankee officials said that while the team had contemplated a final ceremony ( with any proceeds going to charity ), talk of a concert was just media speculation.

The profits from the concert were used to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust AIDS charity organisation.

On 11 September 2010 Jones performed for an audience of 50, 000 at the Help for Heroes charity concert at Twickenham Stadium performing " Strange Things Are Happening Every Day " and his classic hit " Green Green Grass of Home ".

He also appeared with BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris on GMTV to promote Childline Rocks, a charity concert.

On January 28, 2010, Poe performed several songs live as part of a charity benefit concert in LA.

In 2005 Del Naja organised and performed at a charity concert in Bristol for Tsunami Relief with Adrian Utley and Geoff Barrow of Portishead.

His last major concert performance was the Music for Montserrat all-star charity concert at London's Royal Albert Hall on September 15, 1997.

In March 2009, Neil joined brother Tim on stage with son Liam Finn at Melbourne's charity Sound Relief concert at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in support of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires.

In February 2007, Neil Finn performed with his son Elroy and Jimmy Barnes at a charity benefit concert for cerebral palsy.

This development, to be named " Country Crossing ", is ultimately intended to feature restaurants, a dinner theater, camping facilities, concert facilities, fairgrounds and a charity bingo hall.

Snook is also home to Chilifest, an annual charity event held since 1991 that attracts some of the biggest names in country music for a 2-day chili cook-off & concert.

The 1985 Live Aid concert was conceived as a follow-on to another Geldof / Goldsmith project, the successful charity single " Do They Know It's Christmas ?".

The live was part of Yoko Ono ’ s Dream Power and educational platform where artists came together to hold a charity concert to raise money for school construction funds for children in Africa and Asia.

In early March Handel began discussions with the appropriate committees for a charity concert, to be given in April, at which he intended to present Messiah.

After a career spanning six decades, Gibb last performed on stage in February 2012 supporting injured British servicemen and women at a charity concert at the London Palladium.

Rubinstein made his first public appearance at a charity benefit concert at the age of nine.

The Orchestra is a registered charity and usually perform four or five concerts, under the direction of well known professional conductors, each year ( including an annual carol concert ), which take place in the magnificent setting of Chester ’ s ancient Cathedral.