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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…
Slaight Family Foundation Gives $15 Million to 15 Women and Girls Initiatives
Slaight Family Foundation Gives $15 Million to 15 Women and Girls Initiatives Gary Slaight — photo credit: Slaight Family Foundation.The Slaight Family Foundation, based in Toronto, is marking the approach of International Women’s Day (March 8) by donating $15 million to 15 international organizations working to improve human rights and opportunities for…
WATCH: Three Days Grace Release Kenya Project Video on World Humanitarian Day
WATCH: Three Days Grace Release Kenya Project Video on World Humanitarian Day Three Days Grace's Matt Walst performs for children in Kenya — photo provided Canadian hard rock band Three Days Grace are using World Humanitarian Day Aug. 19 to release a video documenting their recent trip to Kenya and to support World Vision. World Vision is a "relief,…
Country Musician Aaron Goodvin First Artist to Use World For Good Platform
Country Musician Aaron Goodvin First Artist to Use World For Good Platform Aaron Goodvin promo shot — courtesy of Warner Music Canada‘Tis the giving season, but Canadian country artist Aaron Goodvin wants to keep that goodwill going the rest of the year, too. So he’s partnered with A World For Good, a service that lets customers — or in this case fans —…
Gary Slaight Juno Awards Program Exclusive Interview
Gary Slaight Juno Awards Program Exclusive Interview Gary Slaight receives the Humanitarian Award at the Juno Gala Dinner & Awards, March 24, Vancouver — photo credit: CARAS/iPhoto.The benevolence demonstrated by Gary Slaight, this year’s Humanitarian Award recipient at the Juno Awards last month, and the Slaight Family Foundation over which he…
Singer Edwin of I Mother Earth Tells Crowd About Children "Drinking Parasite and Bacteria-Riddled Water"
Singer Edwin of I Mother Earth Tells Crowd About Children "Drinking Parasite and Bacteria-Riddled Water" The World Vision table at I Mother Earth, Our Lady Peace and the Standstills show, at Massey Hall, Toronto, Oct. 24 — photo credit: Karen Bliss.Singer Edwin, who has rejoined his original rock band I Mother Earth to celebrate the 20th…
Fred Penner Interview: Children's Entertainer Has Seen the Power of Music
Fred Penner Interview: Children's Entertainer Has Seen the Power of Music Fred Penner and Peter Katz at the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Concert — photo credit: DrinkInc.caThere's far more to beloved children's entertainer Fred Penner than just songs about sandwiches, cats who like to come back and signature entrances on stages through hollow logs.…
Jon McLaughlin Donating 'Like Us' Album Profits To World Vision Human Trafficking Fight
Jon McLaughlin Donating 'Like Us' Album Profits To World Vision Human Trafficking Fight Jon McLaughlin — photo credit: Owen ThomasOver six albums of sophisticated piano pop Nashville-by-way-of-Indiana musician Jon McLaughlin has done things like duet with Sara Bareilles, perform at the Academy Awards and tour the world. It's been a pretty…
Late Jazz Great Oscar Peterson Possessions Being Auctioned For World Vision
Late Jazz Great Oscar Peterson Possessions Being Auctioned For World Vision
Bitten’s Laura Vandervoort Stands Strong for Women, Children and Animal Rights
Bitten’s Laura Vandervoort Stands Strong for Women, Children and Animal Rights Laura Vandervoort visits some children and moms in Marakwet, Kenya — photo courtesy of Laura Vandervoort.Canadian actress Laura Vandervoort, who spent several years on TV shows Smallville and Instant Star, and now stars in werewolf drama Bitten, has long been involved with…
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…
Suzie McNeil’s New Charity Single For World Vision, Late Keyboardist
Suzie McNeil’s New Charity Single For World Vision, Late Keyboardist Suzie McNeil with Doris, in Zambia, on a trip with World Vision. Doris and her family inspired the second verse of charity singleSinger Suzie McNeil, the last girl standing on the Rock Star: INXS TV series who went on to a successful career in Canada with four albums and 13 national top…
Country Singer Jason Hastie Giving Away House To Alberta Flood Victims
Country Singer Jason Hastie Giving Away House To Alberta Flood Victims Calgary musician Jason Hastie is giving away his 1,200 square-foot bungalow to a person or family in need — photo source: Kijiji.ca When floods hit southern Alberta in June 2013, forcing more than 100,000 people from their homes, Calgary country singer Jason Hastie’s 1,200 square-foot…
Property Brothers Help Michelle Obama, Visit Slums In New Delhi
Property Brothers Help Michelle Obama, Visit Slums In New Delhi The Scott brothers in New Delhi with World Vision.Property Brothers’ Drew and Jonathan Scott have built a lucrative career out of their expertise in real estate, both as renovators and realtors, and in the process have become TV stars in their native Canada and in America, where they reside…
Gene Simmons Family Gives More Than A Kiss To Charities In Vancouver and Zambia
Gene Simmons Family Gives More Than A Kiss To Charities In Vancouver and Zambia Shannon Tweed and Sophie Tweed-Simmons at the 2013 Producers Ball, Toronto, benefitting World Vision.Sophie Tweed-Simmons, daughter of KISS frontman and bassist Gene Simmons and Canadian actress Shannon Tweed, attended the 2013 Producers Ball in Toronto with her mom the eve of…