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Sandra Bullock helped rebuild New Orleans school, fund $700,000 student clinic

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Sandra Bullock helped rebuild New Orleans school, fund $700,000 student clinic
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Actress Sandra Bullock has been a long-time benefactor for Warren Easton Charter High School in New Orleans, helping it recover after Hurricane Katrina. Her contributions include funding a student clinic, scholarships, and various school supplies.

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It highlights the impact of celebrity philanthropy on public infrastructure and educational recovery in disaster-stricken areas.

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Sandra Bullock has an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and, in 2010 and again in 2014, was ranked as the highest-paid actress in the world. Ask her where her money did the most good, and the answer is not a film deal.It is a flooded high school in New Orleans. Bullock has backed Warren Easton Charter High School since 2006, months after Hurricane Katrina shut its doors. It was one of the best investments she ever made. No wonder she was an honorary member of the Warren Easton Hall of Fame in 2009. She had every right to be there. Her efforts in rebuilding the school post-Katrina were notable.The flood closed the school doorsKatrina closed the school's building and left about $4 million in damage. In Mid-City, Warren Easton, one of the oldest public high schools in Louisiana, was on the verge of shutting down.

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