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Band The New Pornographers Asks Fans To Contribute To ALS Society
Band The New Pornographers Asks Fans To Contribute To ALS Society Members of the Vancouver band The New PornographersThe CD booklet inside Canadian indie pop-rock band The New Pornographer’s latest album, Together, has a message “in memory of Lynn Calder — please contribute to the ALS Society of Canada.” Lynn is singer-keyboardist Kathryn Calder’s mother…
Delta Hotels Challenges People To Be Good Neighbours
Delta Hotels Challenges People To Be Good Neighbours Delta CEO Hank Stackhouse shakes hands with a girl at Toronto's Good Neighbours Challenge launch event April 20Delta Hotels and Resorts has been supporting charities for years, but it has just launched its Good Neighbour Challenge to help worthy causes on a more localized level. The 2010 goal is to…
The Bryan Adams Foundation Is Doing Remarkable Work
The Bryan Adams Foundation Is Doing Remarkable Work Bryan Adams at The Bread of Life home for children living with AIDS/HIV in St. Vincent - photo courtesy of The Bryan Adams FoundationBryan Adams was recently honoured with the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award at the 2010 Juno Awards in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, which he was unable to accept…
Competitive Eater Wolfs Down Food For MS Society
Competitive Eater Wolfs Down Food For MS Society There’s an emotional moment near the end of the documentary The Story Of Furious Pete where competitive eater Peter Czerwinski wolfs down an estimated 10 lbs of ribs, hugs his mother and tearfully tells her, “All for you, mom, all for you.” That might seem like a strange action to dedicate to your mother,…
Baskin Robbins 31 Cent Scoop Night To benefit Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Baskin Robbins 31 Cent Scoop Night To benefit Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation Ice cream enthusiasts and firefighters enjoy Baskin Robbins 31¢ Scoop Night in support of the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation (CFFF)When executives with the Canadian branch of the Baskin Robbins ice cream parlour chain went looking for a cause to support, they…
Pepsi Refresh Project Asks 20 Canadian Musicians To Each Pick A Charity
Pepsi Refresh Project Asks 20 Canadian Musicians To Each Pick A Charity The Pepsi Refresh Project’s Canadian program is launching this weekend at the JUNO Award celebrations in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, and will give 20 Canadian musicians $2,500 each for the Canadian charity or foundation of their choice. The grants will be given out on a…
Lilith Tour 2010 Launches Choose Your Charity Audience-Engagement Campaign
Lilith Tour 2010 Launches Choose Your Charity Audience-Engagement Campaign Sarah McLachlanThe 2010 Lilith Tour music festival has brought in social media technology platform Involver to launch Choose Your Charity, an audience engagement campaign run exclusively on Facebook. This contest invites local citizens in each city on this summer’s tour to have a…
Toronto’s Panty Schmooze Talent Line-Up Confirmed
Toronto’s Panty Schmooze Talent Line-Up Confirmed R&B singer Jully Black, folk-rock band Great Lake Swimmers and country artist Aaron Pritchett have been tapped to appear at the 8th Annual Panty Schmooze in Toronto May 3. Pritchett will perform and host. GLS will also play and Black will be the auctioneer. The event, created by Heather Ostertag of…
Registering As A Bone Marrow Donor Is Easy
Registering As A Bone Marrow Donor Is Easy Most of us know how to give blood, but how does one become a bone marrow donor? The process is simple. After filling out a form on giftoflife.org and upon acceptance, a swab kit — to administer a swab of the inside of your cheek — will be sent to you, which you then mail back. Samples are tissue typed and entered…
Two Canadians To Trek Across Siberia … Why?
Two Canadians To Trek Across Siberia … Why? (L to R) Kevin Vallely, Ray Zahab, Richard Weber at South Pole, January 2009Impossible2Possible’s Siberian Express For Water will take Ray Zahab of Quebec and Kevin Vallely of British Columbia across the frozen surface of Siberia’s Lake Baikal, starting March 1. The Canadian adventurers hope to raise awareness…
Disney’s Selena Gomez: “Your Voice Is The Most Powerful Tool”
Disney’s Selena Gomez: “Your Voice Is The Most Powerful Tool” “A big deal in my family is that we’ve always learned about giving back. My mom always wanted me to know that even though we weren’t as fortunate as we are now that giving back was always very important. As much as you could do really meant a lot. So now that I have this platform that I’m able…
Unique Online Micro-Philanthropy Site Allows Grassroots Giving
Unique Online Micro-Philanthropy Site Allows Grassroots Giving Iqaluit hunter Meeka Mike wants to interview Native elders about traditional species management and provide her findings to the Canadian governmentRemember that ten spot you found in your coat pocket last week? Chances are you stuffed the bill back into your wallet never thinking that you…
Jason Derülo Puts Scissors Where His Mouth Is
Jason Derülo Puts Scissors Where His Mouth Is a shorn Jason DerüloJason Derülo, the rising U.S. pop artist whose “Whatcha Say” single has sold more than 4 million copies and received 30 million plays on his MySpace page — his album isn’t due until March 2 — has got behind the non-profit organization Locks of Love. He put the scissors where his mouth is…
The Panty Schmooze Movement: Something We Don’t Think About
The Panty Schmooze Movement: Something We Don’t Think About Underwear and bras. One never thinks of these items when it comes to donating used clothing, and rightly so; that’s quite simply gross. But they are still needed. For the past seven years, Toronto’s Heather Ostertag has put on the Panty Schmooze, an event which rallies the music industry to help…
Adam Lambert Vocal About DonorsChoose.org
Adam Lambert Vocal About DonorsChoose.org American singer Adam Lambert is using his newfound spotlight more than just For Your Entertainment, as the title of his debut album suggests. The American Idol runner-up is putting his voice behind DonorsChoose.org, an online charity connecting you to classrooms in need. “It’s something I started promoting over…