 He served as the national vice chairman of entertainment for the American Red Cross's fund-raising campaign for wounded soldiers in Vietnam as well as contributed donations for improvements and restorations to Indiana, his hometown in Pennsylvania.His signature charity event, "The Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon Race," held annually since 1982, has raised millions of dollars for the Child and Family Development Center at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California.Stewart was a lifelong supporter of scouting, having been a Second Class Scout when he was a youth.