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Aroma Espresso Bar Hosts Tea and Coffee Tasting To Support Evergreen

Aroma Espresso Bar Hosts Tea and Coffee Tasting To Support Evergreen Kids from Evergreen's Green City Adventure Camp, 2014 — photo courtesy of Evergreen.Consuming can support sustaining. That’s the goal of More Than Just a Brew, an evening to sample specialty coffee, tea and baked goods in support of Evergreen’s outdoor education efforts, including…

The Pink House of Yorkville Goes Ultra Pink For Pretty In Pink Party

The Pink House of Yorkville Goes Ultra Pink For Pretty In Pink Party Pink treats at Jeanne Lottie fundraiser — photo credit: Karen Bliss Pink drinks, pink nails, pink cupcakes, pink eye shadow, pink-filled gift bags, all available in a pink house. Not just any house. For those familiar with Toronto’s Yorkville district, it’s The Pink House, the colour…

Bands4Good Philanthropic Talent Competition Expands To Canada and UK

Bands4Good Philanthropic Talent Competition Expands To Canada and UK 2013 Bands4Good winner the Lauren Nicole Band recently traveled to New York to rock out at a local school with Little Kids Rock — photo courtesy of B4G.Bands and solo artists of all genres in Canada and the UK are now eligible to enter American online music talent competition Bands4Good…

Reggae Combo Fujahtive Rebooting to Help Those Fleeing Domestic Abuse

Reggae Combo Fujahtive Rebooting to Help Those Fleeing Domestic Abuse Fujahtive circa 1990. Come see what they look like now and if they still wear vests. They are reuniting for Dr. Roz's Healing Place — photo courtesy of Anthony Goldstein. When long-dormant bands reform, they are typically motivated by cash or nostalgia, not altruism. But when…

Cineplex Free Saturday Morning Movies to Benefit Free the Children

Cineplex Free Saturday Morning Movies to Benefit Free the Children Cineplex president/CEO Ellis Jacob serves up goodies alongside two CineplexIf weekly housecleaning and morning cartoons aren’t quite reason enough to spring out of bed early on Saturday morning, then a slate of free movies and deeply discounted snacks courtesy Cineplex should do the trick…

Blur Guitarist Graham Coxon Parts with Prized Motorcycles To Help Abused Children

Blur Guitarist Graham Coxon Parts with Prized Motorcycles To Help Abused Children Blur guitarist Graham Coxon is auctioning off this 2004 Triumph Bonneville and six others from his collection to benefit the NCPCC — photo courtesy of Bonhams.Blur guitarist and solo artist Graham Coxon is putting seven of his prized motorcycles up for auction through…

Roller Girl Helping Quadriplegic Teenager After Snowboard Accident

Roller Girl Helping Quadriplegic Teenager After Snowboard Accident Nic Paterson, Shadow, Tanya Anthony — photo credit: Kevin MillingtonRetired roller girl Tanya Anthony didn’t walk by the young man in the wheelchair asking for money outside Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens to help his service dog; she stopped to talk to him and ask him why. Nineteen-year-old…

Smooth-Faced Simple Plan Get Limited Edition Kiehl's Cream For Charity

Smooth-Faced Simple Plan Get Limited Edition Kiehl's Cream For Charity Simple Plan (sans drummer) perform acoustically at a private concert for Kiehl's ticket winners, 2014 — photo credit: George Pimentel. Facial moisturizer isn’t a typical fundraising item for an all-male rock band, but Montreal’s Simple Plan gladly teamed with cosmetic company…

Every Penny From Slurpee Name Your Price Day Goes To Food Banks Canada

Every Penny From Slurpee Name Your Price Day Goes To Food Banks Canada Convenience store chain 7-Eleven has declared this Friday (Sept. 19) Canada’s first-ever Slurpee Name Your Price Day at all 491 of its stores and the money all goes to food banks.  Given that Winnipeg alone has been named the Slurpee Capital of the World for 14 consecutive years, based…

Sloan Picks Addiction and Mental Health To Receive $25K From Charity Gig

Sloan Picks Addiction and Mental Health To Receive $25K From Charity Gig Sloan — photo credit: Tim McCready.Sloan has just released an album, Commonwealth, on which all four members get their own “sides.” The Toronto-based band, whose members all write and sing, have always taken a democratic approach to their music. So it would come as no surprise that…

Al Pacino In Conversation At Intimate TIFF Gala For Film Charities

Al Pacino In Conversation At Intimate TIFF Gala For Film Charities Al Pacino will be speaking at the 3rd Annual TIFF Gala — photo courtesy of TIFF.The 39th Toronto International Film Festival kicks off tonight at the TIFF Bell Lightbox with the 3rd Annual TIFF Gala and a marquee speaker, Academy Award-winning actor Al Pacino.  The intimate event for 300…

Greenwich International Film Festival Launches Out of the Gate UNICEF Partnership

Greenwich International Film Festival Launches Out of the Gate UNICEF Partnership Children editing their videos at a OneMinutesJr workshop on violence in schools in Skopje, 2013 — photo credit: © UNICEF/100_0741/SchueppA new film festival in Connecticut launching in 2015 will be the first to come out of the gate with an official charity association and…

Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards Honour Susan Sarandon, Common, Jim Brown, Others

Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards Honour Susan Sarandon, Common, Jim Brown, Others

CONTEST: Meet Billy Talent At Riot Fest, Toronto: Canada-Only Contest

CONTEST: Meet Billy Talent At Riot Fest, Toronto: Canada-Only Contest Billy Talent — photo credit: Dustin Rabin.Samaritanmag.com is running a contest to meet multi-platinum-selling rockers Billy Talent at Riot Fest in Toronto at Downsview Park, on Saturday, Sept. 6, and of course watch the band perform and all the rest of the acts that day. See below to…

Singer Gord Bamford Enlists Hockey Players, Rodeo Champs For Golf

Singer Gord Bamford Enlists Hockey Players, Rodeo Champs For Golf Gord Bamford talks with Make A Wish Foundation recipient Tyler Gauthier at the 2013 Gord Bamford Charity Golf Classic.It will be a motley bunch at the Lacombe Golf and Country Club in Alberta on Aug. 14 when chart-topping country singers, rodeo world champs, NHL and Olympic gold medalist…