Amy Winehouse Foundation makes first donations

AAA??Dec. 2, 2011?1:53 PM ET
Amy Winehouse Foundation makes first donations
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In this handout photo dated Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, and provided by The Amy Winehouse Foundation. Amy Winehouse's parents, Mitch Winehouse, left, and Janis Winehouse, second from left, visited Little Havens Children?s Hospice in Essex, England where they met Callum Miller, bottom, his mother Jane Morgan, second from right and Callum's grandmother Victoria Morgan, right, to meet the people benefiting from the foundations ?10,000, euro 11,624, $15.695 grant. (AP Photo, The Amy Winehouse Foundation, HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

In this handout photo dated Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, and provided by The Amy Winehouse Foundation. Amy Winehouse's parents, Mitch Winehouse, left, and Janis Winehouse, second from left, visited Little Havens Children?s Hospice in Essex, England where they met Callum Miller, bottom, his mother Jane Morgan, second from right and Callum's grandmother Victoria Morgan, right, to meet the people benefiting from the foundations ?10,000, euro 11,624, $15.695 grant. (AP Photo, The Amy Winehouse Foundation, HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

LONDON (AP) ? Amy Winehouse's father says meeting the first children to be helped by the foundation set up in his late daughter's name has been both heartbreaking and heartwarming.

The Amy Winehouse Foundation was officially launched 10 weeks ago to support vulnerable youth, and has pledged to donate 500,000 pounds ($780,000) in its first year.

The singer's parents, Mitch and Janis Winehouse, visited Little Havens Children's Hospice in Thundersley, east of London, on Wednesday to meet children benefitting from a 10,000-pound ($15,600) donation.

Mitch Winehouse says "it was heartbreaking actually . . . I'm starting to well up now, but heartwarming at the same time."

A British coroner ruled the singer, known for her beehive hairdo and hits like "Rehab," died of alcohol poisoning.

Associated Press

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