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I Miss the Oprah Winfrey Show
Oprah Winfrey has been the first to do a lot of different things. An example of one of those firsts is her ability to influence the millions of Oprah Winfrey Show fans with something as simple as a good review. When she reviews a product or service, people listen. When she endorses a book, it becomes a Best Seller. Her thoughts and opinions are so valued that CNBC is doing a documentary about her called The Oprah Effect. What the documentary will boil down to is a thumbs up from Oprah Winfrey is like being shot into success over night. The documentary according to the Chicago Tribune will feature three businesses that Oprah talked about on her show and how her opinion changed their lives.
Oprah Winfrey Supports Education
In january of this year Oprah Winfrey once again showed her support for education by sending a letter to educator Ron Clark. There was recently a TV movie about this teacher and his belief and determination in teaching at risk kids. He had previously made two appearances on the Oprah Winfrey show as well. Inside the letter was a $365,000 donation for the innovative private school he opened in 2007. It is in what is one of the city's poorest neighborhoods.
Ron Clark, who currently has to find private donors to pay most of the annual tuition for each student, was quoted saying: 'We teach school all day and fund-raise at night. To have an unsolicited gift come like that is incredible.'
When he told his students with the news, he said the money from Oprah Winfrey's foundation, will pay for 26 students to attend the middle school for one year. Dozens of kids will now have the opportunity to follow their dreams.
If you follow her in the news you would know the Oprah Winfrey Foundation handed out $4 million dollars to educational programs in 2008 alone.

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