Rosie O'Donnell & Charitybuzz Unite for the Kids with Online Auction

Charitybuzz has once again teamed up with Rosie O'Donnell for The 2009 Rosie's Broadway Kids Online Charity Auction, which launched today, November 10.  

Rosie's Broadway Kids is an arts education organization dedicated to enriching the lives of children through the arts. Using professional teaching artists, Rosie's Broadway Kids provides instruction in dance, music and drama and a professional theater experience for children who might otherwise not have the opportunity. Its goal is to inspire excellence, motivate learning, uplift the human spirit, and instill a lifelong appreciation for the arts.

Rosie and friends have gathered to offer some unforgettable auction experiences including Spend a Day in the Radio Studio with Rosie O'Donnell; VIP tickets to A Little Night Music with backstage meeting with Catherine Zeta Jones; VIP tickets to A Little Night Music with backstage meeting with Angela Lansbury; VIP tickets to After Miss Julie with backstage meeting with Sienna Miller; VIP tickets to Olenna with backstage meeting with Bill Pullman & Julia Stiles; Attend the star-studded premiere of Nine December 15th at The Ziegfeld Theatre; Meet Betty Buckley backstage after a performance at Feinstein's; Meet Kathy Griffin backstage after her February 10th show in NYC, and more.

The auction is running live now through December 3rd at www.charitybuzz.com with more lots being added daily.

Charitybuzz is the leading online community of upscale bidders who truly doGOOD and liveWELL and believes that there is nothing more important than the works non profits undertake. The company believes that cause marketing can be both effective and trend setting and its innovative auctions reach millions on a global basis. Its growing community of bidders are driven to do well, affluent, well educated, well informed and brand loyal. 

Rosie O'Donnell is a stand-up comedian, actress, singer, author and media personality. She has appeared on Broadway in Fiddler on the Roof, Seussical, and Grease, and served as producer for Boy George's Taboo.  On screen, she has appeared in A League Of Their Own, Sleepless in Seattle, The Flintstones, Beautiful Girls, Exit to Eden, Tarzan, and M. Night Shyamalan's Wide Awake.

She has also been a magazine editor and continues to be a celebrity blogger, LGBT rights activist, television producer and collaborative partner in the LGBT family vacation company R Family Vacations. A TV sitcom and a series of movies introduced her to a larger national audience and in 1996 she started hosting The Rosie O'Donnell Show which won multiple Emmy awards. Her first book, a memoir called Find Me, raised $3 million to establish her own For All Kids foundation and promoted numerous other charity schemes and projects encouraging other celebrities on her show to also take part. O'Donnell is a foster-and adoptive-mother. She has since continued to support many LGBT causes and issues. In 2006 O'Donnell became the new moderator on The View boosting ratings and attracting controversies with her liberal views, and strong personality, dominating many of the conversations. In 2007 O'Donnell also released her second memoir, Celebrity Detox, which focuses on her struggles with fame and her time at The View. She continues to do charity work and remains involved with LGBT and family-related issues. In November 2009 "Rosie Radio", a daily two-hour show with O'Donnell discussing news and events on Sirius XM Radio, premiered.