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Marie Claire Celebrity News: Heather Mills

Heather Mills has donated $1 million worth of vegetarian food to the disadvantaged children of the South Bronx area of New York City.

The former Mrs McCartney, herself a vegan, made the massive donation on Saturday and turned up at Riverside Park in Hunts Point, one of the South Bronx’s most impoverished neighbourhoods, to help cook some of the food herself, hosting a meat-free barbecue for 1,000 local low-income families.

Mills, who earlier this year won a £24.3 million settlement from Sir Paul McCartney, will provide up to three years’ worth of meatless meats, including soy hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken cutlets to the disadvantaged of the area.

She told the New York Post that she hoped the food would be 'healthier for the children than the kind of high-fat, starch-filled junk food they often eat'. 'I wanted to make sure they have as many nutritional advantages as anyone else,' she said.

Mills became interested in the South Bronx after meeting Maryann Hedda of the Hunts Point Alliance for Children at a fundraising event. Hedda told the New York Post: 'The reaction in the community to this donation is, "Wow!"'

Many of those attending the barbecue reportedly did not know who Mills was, but when asked by the New York Daily News, told the paper they were happy that someone was introducing healthy food options to the area.

The Daily News also reported that when asked about her ex-husband’s relationship with American heiress Nancy Shevell, Ms Mills said: 'I have no thoughts. He has exceptional taste in women. That's it.'

Monday 22 September 2008

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Heather Mills has had some bad knocks in the Media and Press during her divorce to Paul McCartney. Lets not forget her fund raising status before this relationship and give her the praise she deserves for getting on with her life including helping others. Well done Heather!
Comment by Susan Parker on September 22 18:18

About time too! She just wants to be popular - I bet most Bronx residents love their real meat though! She promised charities her millions years ago - so maybe someone reminded her - but why doesn't she start charity at home? Because she knows any sort of stunt she pulls over here is not taken seriously and she just wants attention. I would rather starve than take her charity after what she put Paul through. I hope he finds happiness with his new lady though if you ask me - and I were in his shoes, I would not dream of marrying again!
Comment by Cate on September 22 19:05

Sorry I don't believe it. I think it is a scam just for publicity, why doesn't she donate in Britain? There are plenty of starving children here and old people, she talks rubbish, she tries to scam everyone.
Comment by lynne bryan on September 23 20:17

Will it be Linda McCartney veggie food, lol? Was she a veggie before she met Sir Paul? Lucky she has $1 million of Sir Paul's money to spare and lucky the reporters were on hand to report her good deeds for the poor people who live in the richest country in the world.....cynical, moi?
Comment by Ermie Gumweed on December 02 18:22