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Charity Song of the Month:

LIGHT FIRES, “Last of His Kind,” #entertainment Remix, 2014

“It only takes one to start a revolution,” sings Light Fires’ Regina, the drag queen persona of Toronto’s Gentleman Reg (Vermue), on the infectious dance number “Last of His Kind.” The song is a tribute to Vazaleen club night impresario Will Munro who died of brain cancer in 2010. A portion of the proceeds from #entertainment’s Where There’s A Will There’s A Way remix goes to the Will Munro Fund which provides support for queer and trans-gendered people living with cancer. Buy it here. — K.B.

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Cause Song of the Month:

LAURA NYRO, “Lite a Flame (The Animal Rights Song),” 1993

The late New York-born singer-songwriter whose songs were covered by such artists as Barbra Streisand, Blood Sweat & Tears, Peter Paul & Mary and the Fifth Dimension, was always drawn to socially conscious songs, she said. A vegetarian, her “Lite A Flame (The Animal Rights Song)” — which begins “In the zoo, they gave him a cage” — appears on 1993’s Walk The Dog and Light the Light, and disc 2 of 1997’s Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro. She died that year of ovarian cancer at age 49. Buy the song here — K.B.

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Product of the Month

Body Bijou’s handmade jewelry is designed by 14-year-old Torontonian Linda Manziaris. The pieces are stunning and unique — from necklaces, bracelets and earrings to chains for the waist, legs and shoulders — priced between $40 and $240. The best part? Fifty percent of the net profits are donated to Girls Helping Girls, a registered charity to help girls in need attend school, that was founded by Linda’s teen sister Susanna. “Your Body Bijou purchase is a force for change and is contributing to the empowerment of women and girls around the world,” it says on the web site. — K.B.

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"We started to raise money and to define what we wanted to accomplish — to help young people dealing with various teenage problems, facing illness — cancer is close to our hearts—and to promote the use of music to help them find a passion in life. Every year since then it’s been growing, more than we ever expected and the reaction has been amazingly positive." — Simple Plan drummer Chuck Comeau tells Samaritanmag's Liisa Ladouceur, in 2013, about the Simple Plan Foundation.

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