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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…
Cody Simpson New Ambassador For The Who's Teen Cancer America
Cody Simpson New Ambassador For The Who's Teen Cancer America Cody Simpson (striped shirt), at UCLA Medical Center's first teen cancer ward, alongside friends and members of the advisory group for Teen Cancer America.Cody Simpson, the 16-year-old Australian pop singer-songwriter who is represented by Justin Bieber’s manager, is the new ambassador for…
Are Arts Grants Failing Artists? CUE's Radical Fix
Are Arts Grants Failing Artists? CUE's Radical Fix Tumbleweed InstrumentsThe grating drill of jackhammers are threatening to overtake Samaritanmag’s conversation with Toronto-based writer and arts activist Jason Samilski, but the reason for the tools’ raucous hum is kind of fitting to the discussion at hand. Samilski is talking about CUE, the…
Billy Talent Drummer Launches Online Support Site For Youth Affected By MS
Billy Talent Drummer Launches Online Support Site For Youth Affected By MS Billy Talent drummer Aaron Solowoniuk is in a multi-platinum Canadian rock band, headlining arenas across the country and touring all over the world, but he has just realized another dream — the launch of www.someonelikeme.ca, a youth-based blogging website for people affected by…
Free Workshops And Contest For Toronto's Young Social Business Entrepreneurs
Free Workshops And Contest For Toronto's Young Social Business Entrepreneurs Toronto’s young socially conscious entrepreneurs are being invited to enter their business idea in a contest that will provide funding and mentorship. Although Project Wildfire hopes to attract participants from Toronto Community Housing neighbourhoods, the contest is open to anyone in the city aged 19 to 29,…
Gym Class Heroes’ Travie McCoy To Continue Work With Staying Alive Foundation
Gym Class Heroes’ Travie McCoy To Continue Work With Staying Alive Foundation Travie McCoy presents grantee Mandakini with a Staying Alive Foundation Award tGym Class Heroes vocalist Travie McCoy, who shot a documentary and released a charity single last year for MTV Networks International’s Staying Alive Foundation, plans to continue bringing attention…