HIV/AIDS

Q&A: Mark S. Bonham Talks LGBTQ Philanthropy And New Homeless Youth Shelter

Q&A: Mark S. Bonham Talks LGBTQ Philanthropy And New Homeless Youth Shelter Mark S. Bonham — photo providedAs the Association of Funding Professional’s 2018 Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year, Toronto’s Mark S. Bonham has bolstered the LGBTQ community’s quality of life with his generous altruism. A successful financier who was named one of the…

Katy Perry Gives Unconditionally To HIV Video, Dedicates To Malaysia Flight Victims

Katy Perry Gives Unconditionally To HIV Video, Dedicates To Malaysia Flight Victims Pop singer Katy Perry visits Madagascar with UNICEF, 2013 — photo courtesy of UNICEF.Katy Perry posted a message about the use of her song “Unconditionally” in a new music video for UNICEF that brought together HIV positive and HIV negative young people “and asked them to…

Kisses 4 CANFAR Makes February More Than Lip Service To Valentine's Day

Kisses 4 CANFAR Makes February More Than Lip Service To Valentine's Day Some University of Toronto students get in the spirit of Kisses 4 CANFAR.Valentine’s Day might be approaching on Feb. 14, but the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) is making the first half of February all about red lips and kisses. The AIDS campaign, appropriately…

Actor Paul Newman's Legacy Lives On In Newman's Own

Actor Paul Newman's Legacy Lives On In Newman's Own Old family photo: Paul Newman, daughter Clea Newman, and wife Joanne Woodward.You’ve seen them on the grocery shelves:  Newman’s Own products from salad dressings to pasta sauce, but did you know every after-tax penny of profit from sale of the foodstuffs is donated via Newman’s Own Foundation…

Red Hot Organization Resurrects AIDS Awareness Albums

Red Hot Organization Resurrects AIDS Awareness Albums Album cover for 2011's Red Hot + RioAfter the release of Red Hot + Riot – The Music And Spirit Of Fela Kuti in 2002, John Carlin thought he was done. The co-founder of the not-for-profit New York-based Red Hot Organization had enjoyed a successful run raising funds for AIDS awareness commencing with…

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…

Bill Clinton: ‘If We All Just Did A Little Bit’

Bill Clinton: ‘If We All Just Did A Little Bit’ Photo credit: Clinton FoundationFormer U.S. President Bill Clinton has helped change the lives of hundreds of millions since leaving office in January, 2001. Through his William Jefferson Clinton Foundation, he’s responsible for bringing affordable AIDS medication to 70 countries, supporting zero-emission…