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Slaight Family Foundation Gives $11 Million to 11 Canadian Charities

Slaight Family Foundation Gives $11 Million to 11 Canadian Charities The Slaight Family: (L to R) Ali, Gary, Chrissy and Donna — photo credit: Gary Beechey.Toronto’s The Slaight Family Foundation (SFF) has announced that 11 Canadian national charities that serve children and youth will each receive a donation of $1 million. The selection of the…

Canadian Country Music Association's Humanitarian Award Gets Cash Bump From Slaight Music

Canadian Country Music Association's Humanitarian Award Gets Cash Bump From Slaight Music Gord Bamford congratulates then-MusiCounts president Allan Reid for winning the 2015 Slaight Family Humanitarian Award — photo credit: CCMACountry music may be all about hurtin' songs, but thanks to a $150,000 donation to the Canadian Country Music Association (…

Super Bowl 50 Initiative Provides More Than $7.3 Million In Charitable Grants

Super Bowl 50 Initiative Provides More Than $7.3 Million In Charitable Grants Action from a 50 Fund Play 60 event — photo credit: 50 FundWhen the National Football League's Super Bowl 50 championship game takes place this Sunday, Feb. 7,  in San Francisco, California, between the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers, the mammoth sport and cultural event…

Rapper Big Sean Pledges $10,000 to Flint Kids, Starts Crowdfunding Campaign

Rapper Big Sean Pledges $10,000 to Flint Kids, Starts Crowdfunding Campaign Big Sean — promo shot, Instgram.Detroit rapper “Big Sean “Anderson — Kanye West’s signing whose 2015 album Dark Sky Paradise hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 200  — is among the artists helping out the citizens of Flint, Michigan, who are embroiled in a tainted water disaster. Through…

Chicago Blackhawks Babysit, Cook, Play Road Hockey With Boy

Chicago Blackhawks Babysit, Cook, Play Road Hockey With Boy Ben with Chicago Blackhawks player Corey Crawford — photo credit: Chicago Blackhawks FacebookA Chicago area family that needed some babysitting help received assistance from a very unlikely source — members of the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team. In a video posted on the team's website earlier…

Roger Mooking, Zane Caplansky & Heroes in Green Capes Help Second Harvest

Roger Mooking, Zane Caplansky & Heroes in Green Capes Help Second Harvest Zane Caplansky presents The Fresser — photo credit: Stephanie AlbaneseCelebrity chef Roger Mooking and deli king Zane Caplansky are extending February’s Hero Day for the entire month in an effort to help Toronto’s Second Harvest raise more money for its food provider service.  …

God Made Me Funky, Elwins & Guests Lee Aaron & Simone Denny Headline First Standalone MusiCounts Concert

God Made Me Funky, Elwins & Guests Lee Aaron & Simone Denny Headline First Standalone MusiCounts Concert MusiCount's Vanessa Thomas, musician Jess Moskaluke and CCMA's Don Green (centre, back) with students from Kennetcook District Elementary School at the World Trade & Convention Centre, Summit Suite in Halifax, NS during CCMA Week — photo…

Pearl Jam and Friends Call on You To Help Match Flint Water Fund Donation

Pearl Jam and Friends Call on You To Help Match Flint Water Fund Donation Pearl Jam 2013 promo shot — courtesy of Universal Music CanadaJust days after Cher donated over 180,000 bottles of water to residents of Flint, Michigan who have been victimized by lead contamination in their own water system, Seattle rockers Pearl Jam have also stepped up in a big…

Cher Wondering If Fellow Artists Will Join Her in Helping Residents of Flint, Michigan

Cher Wondering If Fellow Artists Will Join Her in Helping Residents of Flint, Michigan Cher promo pic — photo courtesy of Warner Music Canada.Cher is wondering if “fellow artists” will join her in helping Flint, Michigan. The singer, disgusted with the revelation that the drinking water there is contaminated with lead, purchased 181,400 bottles of water…

Blue Jays' Rookie League Program Goes Year-Round To Help Toronto Community Housing

Blue Jays' Rookie League Program Goes Year-Round To Help Toronto Community Housing Rookie League Coach Kadeem, Blue Jays players Aaron Sanchez, Marcus Stroman, Dalton Pompey, Toronto Community Housing Corporation President & CEO Greg Spearn, Mayor John Tory, Jays Care Executive Director Robert Witchel, Blue Jays Central Host Jamie Campbell —…

MLK Day Is Kick-Off For Black History Month Related Nike, Adidas Kicks

MLK Day Is Kick-Off For Black History Month Related Nike, Adidas Kicks Adidas' Jesse Owens tribute shoe for Black History Month — photo credit: AdidasMonday, Jan. 18 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States, a federal holiday to celebrate the late nonviolent activist's efforts to promote peace and racial harmony in the 1960s. The purpose of…

Pemberton Music Festival Gives $100,000 To Local Arts, Community Groups

Pemberton Music Festival Gives $100,000 To Local Arts, Community Groups Broken Social Scene face the mountains at Pemberton Music Festival — photo credit: Jorge Alverez, Pemberton Music FestivalHuka Entertainment, the company behind the Pemberton Music Festival, is giving back to the British Columbia village that hosts the massive music event in the form…

Celtic Thunder's Byrne and Kelly Release Christmas Charity Song to Help America’s Homeless

Celtic Thunder's Byrne and Kelly Release Christmas Charity Song to Help America’s Homeless Neil Byrne and Ryan Kelly, two members of Ireland's Celtic Thunder, have written an original Christmas song called “The Gathering” with proceeds going to the National Alliance to End Homelessness in the U.S. Byrne and Kelly became a duo after performing a…

Lemmy Fans: Let’s Raise More Money for Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund

Lemmy Fans: Let’s Raise More Money for Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund Rock legend Lemmy passed away Dec. 28 — photo credit: Motorhead Facebook pageThe most obvious ways Motorhead fans can continue to honour rock legend Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister, who died Dec. 28, is to continue to play his music; mind you, any music — he loved Little Richard…

Chance The Rapper Part of Winter Coat Empowerment Plan To Help Homeless

Chance The Rapper Part of Winter Coat Empowerment Plan To Help Homeless Chance The Rapper in a Chicago Bulls jersey from hisPinned to the top of Chance the Rapper’s Twitter account is a photo of a coat that turns into a sleeping bag. "This coat turns into a sleeping bag for homeless. Homeless are hired to make the coats," Chance's tweet reads followed…