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Music Exec Expands CITYPAK Project To Help Homeless Survive Street

Music Exec Expands CITYPAK Project To Help Homeless Survive Street The CITYPAK Project distributed 2,000 bags to Austin's homeless, including these four people, last March in partnership with SXSW and the city's music community — photo courtesy of CITYPAK Project.Ron Kaplan, co-founder of the Monterey International booking agency — representing such top…

Humans of New York Surpasses $1 Million For Kids to Visit Harvard

Humans of New York Surpasses $1 Million For Kids to Visit Harvard Students of Mott Hall Bridges Academy — photo courtesy of Humans of New York's Indiegogo page.They may go to school in one of the most dangerous neighbourhoods in New York City, but students at one Brooklyn middle school now have a better shot at escaping poverty, and they have an amateur…

Brazilian Soccer Great Pelé Influences Bell Let’s Talk Ad Campaign

Brazilian Soccer Great Pelé Influences Bell Let’s Talk Ad Campaign Still from Bell Let's Talk ad, Paid Vacation — photo courtesy of LG2.At first you think it’s a mistake. The exact same nasty comments are repeated, not once, but twice in the 2015 Bell Let’s Talk commercial to raise awareness about mental health issues. But then after the third loop, it…

Mayor John Tory To Shave Head of Gary Slaight For Fundraising Campaign

Mayor John Tory To Shave Head of Gary Slaight For Fundraising Campaign (L to R) Mayor John Tory and friend Gary Slaight. Soon, one of them will have no hair — photo courtesy of Slaight Communications.Gary Slaight and his family have helped so many causes and charities over the years that when the Toronto philanthropist and music industry benefactor…

Rock Legends Rush’s Hearts To Be Honoured At 2015 Junos Awards

Rock Legends Rush’s Hearts To Be Honoured At 2015 Junos Awards Rush will be honoured with the 2015 Allan Waters Humanitarian Award at this year's Juno Award gala dinner — photo courtesy of Rush.comThe members of legendary Canadian rock trio Rush have been raising funds or awareness for various causes since their very first shows at Toronto’s Maple Leaf…

VIA Rail To Offer Free Rides To Cancer Fighting Hockey Teams

VIA Rail To Offer Free Rides To Cancer Fighting Hockey Teams Hockey great Darryl Sittler signs autographs at Road Hockey To Conquer Cancer — photo courtesy of PMHF.Shooting and scoring to help beat cancer just got a lot easier with news that Via Rail will provide free rail travel to out-of-town teams coming into Toronto to play in the fifth annual Road…

Bif Naked Stages Show for Love for JD Fund, Her Late "Sibling"

Bif Naked Stages Show for Love for JD Fund, Her Late "Sibling" Bif Naked titled this photo with JacenThe jpeg photo Bif Naked sends of herself with Jacen “JD” Ekstrom has been saved as “Siblings.” That speaks volumes about how the Canadian rock singer felt about her bandmate who died suddenly last November from an aortic dissection. This…

Rock Band Simple Plan Raise & Give Away $300,000 To Cap 2014

Rock Band Simple Plan Raise & Give Away $300,000 To Cap 2014 Marie-Mai joins Simple Plan at the 2nd annual Simple Plan & Friends benefit show — photo credit: Steve Campbell.Simple Plan capped off 2014 by giving away $300,000, a record for the Montreal rock band’s Foundation and bringing its total tally since forming in 2005 to $1.5 million in…

Hey Ocean! July Talk, k-os Play #SingItFwd for At-Risk Kids

Hey Ocean! July Talk, k-os Play #SingItFwd for At-Risk Kids #SingItFwd co-founders David Vertesi and Ambrosia Humphrey at 2013's fundraising concert — photo courtesy of David Vertesi.“Music changes lives. Pass it on” is the slogan of the fourth annual #SingItFwd fundraising concert to benefit Vancouver’s Saint James Music Academy for at-risk children, but…

Photographer and Police Officer Team for Portraits For Presents

Photographer and Police Officer Team for Portraits For Presents Police constable JenniferToronto photographer Heather Pollock and police constable Jennifer “JJ” Nantais know each other from playing hockey together. Who would think that shooting pucks would lead to shooting portraits for presents? For the second year in a row, Pollock — who has shot such…

Weddings Parties Anything: Donate Your Aeroplan Miles In Someone's Name For Charity

Weddings Parties Anything: Donate Your Aeroplan Miles In Someone's Name For Charity Aeroplan members have already donated more than 410 million miles to various charities to help offset their travel costs as part of the Beyond Miles program and now they can donate on someone’s behalf — for weddings, parties, anything, even in memory of or for no…

Joe Cocker's Kids Foundation Has Given $1 Million To His Community

Joe Cocker's Kids Foundation Has Given $1 Million To His Community Joe Cocker atThe family of music legend Joe Cocker is asking for memorial donations to The Cocker Kids’ Foundation in lieu of flowers. The gravel-voiced singer of Beatles cover “With A Little Help From My Friends,” Billy Preston’s “You Are So Beautiful” and Grammy-winning duet “Up…

IKEA Monkey’s Fame Not Enough To Boost Sanctuary’s Indiegogo Campaign

IKEA Monkey’s Fame Not Enough To Boost Sanctuary’s Indiegogo Campaign IKEA monkey Darwin opens Xmas gift at Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary — photo from Facebook.The infamous IKEA monkey who has been living at Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary northeast of Toronto is being used to help raise $490,000 via crowdfunding site Indiegogo to move the primate…

Stephen Colbert Raffle Raises Over $300K For Veterans and Students

Stephen Colbert Raffle Raises Over $300K For Veterans and Students Stephen Colbert ended The Colbert Report with a song and a fundraising tally. The talk show host and political satirist, who will take over the Late Show from David Letterman in 2015, announced that the desk and fireplace from his set raised $313,420 (USD) for charity. Good thing, he said…

Luke McMaster Writes Christmas Charity Song About His Family Tradition

Luke McMaster Writes Christmas Charity Song About His Family Tradition Luke McMaster offers charity songCanadian singer-songwriter Luke McMaster was inspired by his own family Christmas tradition when he wrote the lyrics for his new downloadable charity single, “Raise A Glass (It’s Christmas Time),” which is currently charting on adult-contemporary radio…