Paul Newman

Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Jewish American actor and film director.

Philanthropy

Newman founded Newman's Own, a line of food products, in 1982. The brand started with salad dressing, and has expanded to include pasta sauce, lemonade, popcorn, and salsa, among other things. Newman donates the proceeds, after taxes, to charity. As of early 2005, the franchise has resulted in $175 million in donations. He co-wrote a memoir about the subject, Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good (ISBN 0385508026).

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Newman's Own - Food - 1982 - Salad dressing - Pasta - Lemonade - Popcorn - Salsa - Charity - Memoir - Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good

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One beneficiary of his philanthropy is the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a residential summer camp for seriously ill children, which is located between Ashford and Eastford in Connecticut. Newman cofounded the camp in 1986; it was named after the gang in his film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). Newman's college fraternity, Phi Kappa Tau, adopted "Hole in the Wall" as their "national philanthropy" in 1995.

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Philanthropy - Hole in the Wall Gang Camp - Residential summer camp - Ashford - Eastford - Connecticut - 1986 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - (1969) - Phi Kappa Tau

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