Hollywood (AP) – Ellen DeGeneres is receiving a humanitarian award, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is reaping the benefits.
Producers of the People’s Choice Awards announced Jan. 4 that she will be recognized as the Favorite Humanitarian at their Jan. 6 ceremony. The honor comes with a $200,000 donation from Walgreens, which DeGeneres is directing toward the hospital.
She joked that the award “sums me up perfectly as I am both a human and an itarian.”
DeGeneres is also nominated for Favorite Talk Show Host at the fan-voted People’s Choice Awards, which will be presented at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and broadcast on CBS.
