娱乐英语新闻:Brad Pitt, family donate $1 mln to Missouri hospital

BEIJING, June 16 -- Brad and his family have donated 1 million U.S. dollars to a children's hospital in Springfield, Missouri and named it after Brad’s mother, Jane, according to media reports on Tuesday.

    The money will be used to help a Missouri hospital to establish an endowment fund to pay for children's cancer specialists.

    Pitt and his siblings' families, Doug and Lisa Pitt and Rob and Julie Neal, gave the money to St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Mo., on Saturday in honor of their mother's passion for children's issues.

U.S. actor Brad Pitt and his partner Angelina Jolie attend the Japan premiere of Pitt's movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" in Tokyo January 29, 2009

    The hospital is opening the Jane Pitt Pediatric Cancer Center this summer in the town where Pitt and his siblings grew up. The donation will pay to hire the only pediatric oncologist and hematologist in the southwest Missouri region.

    The new center will make St. John's one of six affiliates of St. Jude's Children's Research in Memphis, Tenn., meaning the center will be able to participate St. Jude's clinic research trials.

    Angelina and Brad - who have three adopted children, Maddox, seven, Pax, five, and four-year-old Zahara, as well as three biological children, Shiloh, three, and 11-month-old twins Konx and Vivienne - are known for their work with good causes.

   (Source: China Daily/Agencies)

U.S. actor Brad Pitt (2ndL) poses for a picture together with young people during his visit to the Art Basel art fair in Basel June 9, 2009. The Art Basel runs is opened to the public from June 10 to 14