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Louisiana Flood CrowdFunding Page Raises More Than $37k For 'Everyday' Needs
Louisiana Flood CrowdFunding Page Raises More Than $37k For 'Everyday' Needs Goods Rubia Garcia has purchased via the Louisiana Strong fundraising effort — photo via Louisiana Strong GoFundMe pageA New Orleans-based educator has raised more than $37,000 US ($47,900 CDN) from over 900 people in a campaign to help those affected by the destructive…
Twisted Sister Singer Dee Snider Turns 'We're Not Gonna Take It' Into Ballad To Help Criss Angel Fight Childhood Cancer
Twisted Sister Singer Dee Snider Turns 'We're Not Gonna Take It' Into Ballad To Help Criss Angel Fight Childhood Cancer Dee Snider in the desert — photo via Criss Angel's YouTube channelDee Snider, the menacing lead singer for hair metal band Twisted Sister, has reshaped the band's signature 1984 rebel rock hit "We're Not Gonna Take It"…
Prabal Gurung Teams with TOMS Shoes to Help Homeland
Prabal Gurung Teams with TOMS Shoes to Help Homeland Prabal Gurung — photo courtesy of Rock-it Promotions.TOMS, the not for profit company that gives a pair of shoes to a needy child for every pair it sells, has teamed with Nepalese fashion designer Prabal Gurung, whose dresses have been worn by Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and Kate Middleton. He has…
Today Is World Humanitarian Day
Today Is World Humanitarian Day World Humanitarian Day — photo taken from World Humanitarian Day YouTube channelToday (Aug. 19) is World Humanitarian Day, a day the United Nations had dedicated to paying tribute to "all people affected by humanitarian crises and those who lost their lives in humanitarian service." Designated by the U.N. in 2008, the Aug…
Fake Campaign To Get Trump Purple Heart Reaches $65k Fundraising Goal
Fake Campaign To Get Trump Purple Heart Reaches $65k Fundraising Goal Cameron Kerr's proof that he earned a Purple Heart — photo via Help Trump Get a Purple Heart GoFundMe pageA satirical fundraising effort to get U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump his own Purple Heart reached its goal of generating $65,000 U.S. ($84,685 CDN) to help Syrian refugees…
Taylor Swifts Sends $1 Million To Louisiana For Flood Victims
Taylor Swifts Sends $1 Million To Louisiana For Flood Victims Photo courtesy of Red Umbrella PR.Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has given money, donated items or performed for a range of causes from Children in Need to Donate My Dress to African Parks, but she just made her biggest single charitable donation to date — $1 million (USD) for Louisiana flood…
Justin Trudeau, Bill Gates, Usher, Metric Slated for Free Concert to End AIDS, TB & Malaria
Justin Trudeau, Bill Gates, Usher, Metric Slated for Free Concert to End AIDS, TB & Malaria Usher will perform at the Global Citizen Concert, Sept. 17, in Montreal — photo courtesy of Global Poverty.The title says it all. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and philanthropic billionaire Bill Gates will join artists Usher, Half Moon Run, Metric, Grimes, and…
The Weeknd Donates $250,000 USD to America's Black Lives Matter Network
The Weeknd Donates $250,000 USD to America's Black Lives Matter Network The Weeknd press shot — photo credit: Kalen HollomonGrammy Award-winning R&B singer The Weeknd, born Abel Tesfaye in Toronto, has donated $250,000 USD ($324,500 CAD) to America’s Black Lives Matter Network, a source close to the artist confirmed to Samaritanmag. Tesfaye…
Canadian Musicians Cover Canadian Classics at Concert to Help At-Risk Youth Get Music Lessons
Canadian Musicians Cover Canadian Classics at Concert to Help At-Risk Youth Get Music Lessons Justin Rutledge performsCanadian rock trio Rush's classic 1977 hit song "Closer To The Heart" encourages blacksmiths and artists to "forge their creativity" and for philosophers and ploughmen to "sow a new mentality" that's, appropriately, closer to the heart.…
Tragically Hip's Gord Downie Honoured in Sunnybrook Staff Cover Of 'Courage'
Tragically Hip's Gord Downie Honoured in Sunnybrook Staff Cover Of 'Courage' Sunnybrook staff cover Tragically Hip — photo via Sunnybrook Hospital YouTube channelThe staff at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre have performed a musical cover/tribute video of The Tragically Hip's 1992 hit "Courage" to support lead singer Gord Downie…
Olympians Helped by Purchase of Molson Canadian Beer at Swiss Chalet
Olympians Helped by Purchase of Molson Canadian Beer at Swiss Chalet Photo credit: Swiss Chalet e-blast.Canada’s famed Swiss Chalet rotisserie chicken chain has announced a collaboration with Molson Coors brewers that will earn up to $10,000 for the Canadian Olympic Foundation — and help you keep your cold ones colder. Currently taking place in Rio de…
World's Biggest Asshole Helps Promote Transplant Awareness, Donations
World's Biggest Asshole Helps Promote Transplant Awareness, Donations Coleman Sweeney — photo viaColeman Sweeney was a bad person. He'd steal women's undergarments from laundromats. He'd shoot paintball guns at dogs. He'd take Halloween candy from children. And he'd give children cigarettes. He was, until he died, was quite possibly the world's…
Give OUT Day To Support LGBTQ Community On Aug. 2
Give OUT Day To Support LGBTQ Community On Aug. 2 Give OUT Day — photo credit: Give OUT DayMany LGBTQ community groups and organizations will receive much needed financial boosts today as part of the annual Give OUT Day celebrations being held across America. Give OUT Day, a 24-hour online fundraising event designed to raise funds for LGBTQ organizations…
Alicia Keys Stars in Short Film About Refugee Crisis
Alicia Keys Stars in Short Film About Refugee Crisis Alicia Keys stars in short film, Let Me In about the refugee crisis — photo credit: screenshot. Alicia Keys and her non-profit We Are Here have created a thought-provoking short film, Let Me In, that portrays the world refugee crisis in a dramatic light. Written and directed by Jon Olinger, the New…
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Funds Gene Research Breakthrough
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Funds Gene Research Breakthrough Dave Grohl takes the Ice Bucket Challenge — photo caption from Foo Fighters YouTube channelIf you were one of the many thousands of people who had freezing water poured over your head as part of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge back in July 2014, you can now definitively say it was all worth it. The…