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Brew For Ukraine Asking Breweries Worldwide To Support Relief Fund

Brew For Ukraine Asking Breweries Worldwide To Support Relief Fund Lviv, Ukraine’s Pravda Brewery has switched from making beer to Molotov cocktails to help people defend themselves against Russian soldiers who invaded their country last month, so it’s asking breweries around the world to show support by creating their recipes and donating to its…

WATCH: Mila Kunis And Ashton Kutcher’s Ukraine Fundraiser Reaches $17M of $30M Goal

WATCH: Mila Kunis And Ashton Kutcher’s Ukraine Fundraiser Reaches $17M of $30M Goal Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis — photo credit: screenshot from GoFundMe video.Acting couple Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher have created the Stand With Ukraine GoFundMe fundraiser and will match up to $3 million in donations. The campaign has set a goal of $30 million and…

ACFS To Benefit From Doja Cat’s House Party Video Game

ACFS To Benefit From Doja Cat’s House Party Video Game Entertainer Doja Cat will become a character in the House Party video game, which will donate a portion of its proceeds to South African non-profit organization ACFS. Doja Cat chose ACFS as the charity to benefit from House Party. The Johannesburg-headquartered organization was established in 1945…

Rolling Green And Telefilm Promote Sustainable Filmmaking

Rolling Green And Telefilm Promote Sustainable Filmmaking Rolling Green has partnered with Telefilm Canada as part of its efforts to promote the adoption of sustainable practices on Quebec film sets. Through this partnership, Telefilm will support the completion of a case study that will allow Rolling Green to measure the environmental footprint of a…

The Chicks Partnering With Environmental Non-profit REVERB For Tour

The Chicks Partnering With Environmental Non-profit REVERB For Tour The Chicks — photo credit: Robin Harper.The Chicks, formerly known as the Dixie Chicks, will embark on a 27-city North American tour in June and are partnering with environmental non-profit REVERB to make it more environmentally sustainable while engaging fans to take action for people…

How To Donate To Support People In Ukraine

How To Donate To Support People In Ukraine After annexing the Crimean peninsula and launching an ongoing eight-year war in eastern Ukraine in 2014, Russia launched an unprovoked full-scale invasion of the eastern European country on Feb. 24. Before the recent escalation, some 2.9 million people were already affected by the conflict and humanitarian…

AWOLNATION Promoting Mental Health With The Jed Foundation

AWOLNATION Promoting Mental Health With The Jed Foundation Alternative pop-rock act AWOLNATION is partnering with mental health non-profit organization The Jed Foundation (JED) to shed light on mental health issues and raise funds for JED’s mental health awareness efforts. AWOLNATION founder Aaron Bruno began having social media conversations with other…

Publicis Media Helps 10 Canadian Entrepreneurs

Publicis Media Helps 10 Canadian Entrepreneurs Publicis chief strategy and data officer David Rusli — photo credit: North StrategicPublicis Media provided 10 Canadian entrepreneurs with out-of-home media support worth $400,000 to boost their small businesses. Those efforts helped recipients generate 75 million impressions, which was 147 per cent more…

NBA All-Star 2022 Game And Events Donated Millions To Various Causes

NBA All-Star 2022 Game And Events Donated Millions To Various Causes Team LeBron — screenshot. Two Akron, Ohio-born players were among the biggest names playing in the NBA All-Star Game in nearby Cleveland on Sunday (Feb. 20), but the biggest winners may have been the charities and organizations that benefitted from the exhibition and its associated…

WATCH: Jason McCoy And Kyle McKearney’s “Hunger Strike” Push For Food Banks Canada

WATCH: Jason McCoy And Kyle McKearney’s “Hunger Strike” Push For Food Banks Canada Kyle McKearney and Jason McCoy — photo credit: screenshot fromCanadian musicians Jason McCoy and Kyle McKearney have almost reached their goal of raising $10,000 for  Food Banks Canada with the video for their cover of Temple Of The Dog's "Hunger Strike," but are in need of…

National Music Centre and TD Launch New Music Opportunities for Indigenous Artists

National Music Centre and TD Launch New Music Opportunities for Indigenous Artists Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre, Calgary — photo credit: Bittermann Photography. Museum and performance venue National Music Centre (NMC) in Calgary has teamed up with TD Bank to launch OHSOTO’KINO, an initiative to create additional opportunities for…

MusiCounts Launches Hip Hop and Social Justice Resource For Schools

MusiCounts Launches Hip Hop and Social Justice Resource For Schools Graphic provided by MusiCounts.Canadian music education charity MusiCounts, an arm of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences which presents the Juno Awards, has launched a new resource called #BlackMusicMatters: Hip-Hop & Social Justice in Canada. The listening and…

Billie Eilish Joins Campaign To Release Memphis Zoo Pandas

Billie Eilish Joins Campaign To Release Memphis Zoo Pandas Panda Ya Ya — photo credit: Panda VoicesSinger/songwriter Billie Eilish has joined with international animal protection non-profit organization In Defense of Animals and Panda Voices to call for the immediate retirement of giant pandas YaYa and LeLe from Memphis Zoo. The two animals were shipped…