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Make Music Matter’s Darcy Ataman To Receive Order of Manitoba
Make Music Matter’s Darcy Ataman To Receive Order of Manitoba Darcy Ataman developed the Healing in Harmony therapy model alongside Nobel laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege (pictured)at Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo — photo credit: Make Music Matter.Make Music Matter founder and chief executive officer Darcy Ataman will be awarded the Order…
Hayden's Dream Serenade Benefit Concert Returns to Massey Hall
Hayden's Dream Serenade Benefit Concert Returns to Massey Hall Hayden — photo provided by Massey Hall. The Dream Serenade charitable concert will return to Toronto’s Massey Hall on Nov. 12 to support children with developmental and/or physical disabilities and their caregivers. Dream Serenade began in 2014 as a way for musician Hayden Desser and…
Fundraising Goal Met To Restore Brantford Residential School
Fundraising Goal Met To Restore Brantford Residential School Woodland Cultural Centre — photo courtesy of WCC.Woodland Cultural Centre (WCC) in Brantford, Ont. has reached the fundraising goal of $23.5 million for its “Save the Evidence” campaign to restore the Mohawk Institute Residential School, one of the last residential schools standing in Canada.…
Kiesza NFTs To Raise Funds For 3D-Printed Prosthetic Limbs
Kiesza NFTs To Raise Funds For 3D-Printed Prosthetic Limbs Kiesza — photo provided by ReBlonde.Canadian singer and performer Kiesza and Irish 3D visual artist Luke Didlo have released the MetaMoves motion-capture non-fungible token (NFT) collection to raise money for the production of 3D-printed prosthetic limbs. NFT auction house Portion is donating all…
Signed Items, Advice And More In Make Music Matter Auction: Including Rush, The Tragically Hip, The Trews
Signed Items, Advice And More In Make Music Matter Auction: Including Rush, The Tragically Hip, The Trews Rock band The Trews with the guitar they signed for the Make Music Matter auction: photo provided. Face time with top producers, musical instruments, event tickets, conference passes, art, apparel, memorabilia, accessories and more are up for bid in…
Juno Awards Affiliated Music Education Charity Announces Funding to 78 Schools
Juno Awards Affiliated Music Education Charity Announces Funding to 78 Schools MusiCounts' students with brass instruments — photo provided by Strut. Canada’s MusiCounts music education charity will distribute $874,500 in musical instruments and equipment to 78 schools schools across Canada as part of the latest funding round of its Band Aid Program.…
Be There Certificate Course Offered To Increase Mental Health Literacy
Be There Certificate Course Offered To Increase Mental Health Literacy The Lady Gaga-founded Born This Way Foundation and Jack.org have partnered to launch an online course called the Be There Certificate to help young people increase their mental health awareness and knowledge. The Be There Certificate is a free, digital, self-paced learning experience designed to increase mental health…
Metallica Hopes To Raise $1 Million For World Central Kitchen By End of May
Metallica Hopes To Raise $1 Million For World Central Kitchen By End of May Metallica — photo credit: All Within My Hands Metallica’s All Within My Hands has donated $500,000, on top of a recent $100,000 grant, to help feed Ukrainian refugees through World Central Kitchen. The metal band’s goal is to raise $1 million for World Central Kitchen by May 31…
CanadaHelps Report Shows Decline In Charitable Giving
CanadaHelps Report Shows Decline In Charitable Giving CanadaHelps, the country's largest platform for donating and fundraising online, has released its fifth annual report on the charitable sector and the state of giving. “This year's edition of ‘The Giving Report’ reveals alarming trends in giving participation rates, the ability for Canadians to give, and the rising demand for charitable…
$50M Allan Slaight Breakthrough Fund Supports Unconventional Cancer Research at Princess Margaret
$50M Allan Slaight Breakthrough Fund Supports Unconventional Cancer Research at Princess Margaret Emmanuelle Gattuso and Gary Slaight — photo courtesy of PMCF.The family of the late broadcast entrepreneur and philanthropist Allan Slaight has donated $50 million to Toronto’s Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation (PMCF) in his memory. Slaight died last…
Songs For Ukraine Part of Creators For Ukraine Initiative
Songs For Ukraine Part of Creators For Ukraine Initiative CISAC, the global confederation of authors societies, has launched a support fund dedicated to helping the victims of the war in Ukraine. The fund is part of a wider initiative called Creators for Ukraine that aims to unite the global creative community in support of creators and refugees forced…
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FabFitFun FabFitFub, a leading women's subscription box with a charitable component, ... Ready To Succeed (RTS) is a career and personal development program that provides American youth impacted by foster care as well as low-income first-generation college students with the resources, relationships and opportunities they need to thrive personally and professionally. RTS was started in January…
$2 Million Gifted To Toronto Arts Foundation Resiliency Fund, Deadline To Apply Approaching
$2 Million Gifted To Toronto Arts Foundation Resiliency Fund, Deadline To Apply Approaching The Slaight Family Foundation has matched the Hal Jackman Foundation’s $1-million lead gift to support Toronto artists and arts workers through the Toronto Arts Foundation Resiliency Fund. The resiliency fund was launched on March 9 to benefit Toronto’s artists…
Agnostic Front, Faith No More, Rammstein and Stabbing Westward Members Come Together
Agnostic Front, Faith No More, Rammstein and Stabbing Westward Members Come Together Members of Agnostic Front, Faith No More, Rammstein and Stabbing Westward, as well as Canada’s Lukas Rossi and dozens of other musicians and singers, have banded together under the name Lifeline International to record an interpretation of The Beatles’ “Come Together” to…
Online First Nations Gallery Sells Jewelry By Indigenous Artists
Online First Nations Gallery Sells Jewelry By Indigenous Artists Sun pendant by artist and First Nations Gallery founder John Velten — photo provided.First Nations Gallery is offering Indigenous artists an opportunity to sell their works on its website and claims they’ll receive higher earnings than they would receive from an art gallery or museum gift…