American Idol Contestant Donates Proceeds of New Song to ALS and Red Cross

Michael Johns may not have won American Idol, but the season seven contestant wins big for a very cool move he recently made in the world of giving. In 2006, when the realization hit that he wouldn’t be returning to his homeland of Australia for Christmas, Johns penned a song in the middle of the night, called “Another Christmas,” about missing loved ones. Though his first post-Idol album hasn’t dropped yet (look for it in March ‘09), “Another Christmas” was released December 9th on iTunes. The crooner’s only condition for releasing it? That proceeds go to charity: 50% to Red Cross, and 50% to Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS). His friendship with Access Hollywood host Nancy O’Dell sparked the idea for the ALS donation, as Nancy lost her mom to the disease earlier this year. The move is a great way to support Red Cross and especially ALS, one of those diseases which, as Terrell Suggs stated about Sickle Cell, we don’t hear very much about, and which doesn’t get nearly the funding it needs. Go to iTunes, buy it, burn it, send it!

Michael Johns with pal Nancy O'Dell of Access Hollywood

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