Jennifer Lawrence donates $2m to children’s hospital

The ‘Hunger Games’ actress is trying to raise an additional $2m

Jennifer Lawrence has donated $2m to a children’s hospital.

The Academy Award winning actress announced in a YouTube video that the money will go towards establishing an intensive care unit at Kosair Children’s Hospital in her home state of Kentucky.

Lawrence is looking to raise an additional $2m by urging the public to donate to the hospital. “As part of my effort to help these children and caregivers, I challenge the entire community to get behind this cause and help match my gift by raising an additional $2 million to support all of these brave and inspiring children,” she says in the video.

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She added: “My family and I have met so many wonderful children on our visits to the hospital. Their strength and courage is inspiring.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtnF7AQ25eQ

Lawrence has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in David O.Russell’s Joy.

She is also starring in the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse, set for release this May.

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