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Ecuador Earthquake: 5 Ways Canadians Can Help
Ecuador Earthquake: 5 Ways Canadians Can Help Earthquake damage in Ecuador — photo credit: Canadian Red CrossA 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Ecuador on Saturday night (April 16) has resulted in at least 350 deaths and 2,068 injuries so far. Damage from the quake and a reported more than 230 aftershocks is still being assessed, but a number of areas off the…
Singer Alyssa Reid Thinking of Ways To Help 9-Year-Old with Leukemia
Singer Alyssa Reid Thinking of Ways To Help 9-Year-Old with Leukemia Singer Alyssa Reid sports a Because I Am A Girl t-shirt.Toronto singer Alyssa Reid, whose new single “Satisfaction Guaranteed” is currently in the top 10 at Canadian pop radio, has lent her name to Kids Help Phone and is an ambassador for Because I Am A Girl, but since her 17-year-old…
Bargain Hunters With Charitable Hearts Buy On Deal Site GreedyGiver
Bargain Hunters With Charitable Hearts Buy On Deal Site GreedyGiver GreedyGiver.com founder/CEO Apostolos Sigalas.Online bargain hunters may not seem like obvious targets for charitable outreach. But Toronto’s Apostolos Sigalas of GreedyGiver.com can attest to the generosity of penny-pinchers seeking deals with a side of good karma. He would know: he…
Last Minute Holiday Gift Ideas To Help The World
Last Minute Holiday Gift Ideas To Help The World The Ontario SPCA offers cat and dog holiday care packages for critters in their shelters.Few things combat the holiday season’s crass commercialism as effectively as charity. Ironically, few holidays offer such a smorgasbord of altruistic choices for the forward-thinking. You just have to look past the…
Cheryl Perera’s OneChild Seeks To Break The Chains Of Child Sex Slavery
Cheryl Perera’s OneChild Seeks To Break The Chains Of Child Sex Slavery Cheryl Perera with at-risk Brazilian childrenToronto's Cheryl Perera was appalled when she learned about the child sex trade in Bangkok, Thailand during a high school civics class. But she soon turned her disgust into action as she convinced her parents and school principal to allow…
Got Your Goat? Why Not Buy A Unique Life-Changing Gift?
Got Your Goat? Why Not Buy A Unique Life-Changing Gift? Photo credit: courtesy of World VisionThis Christmas, why not buy a goat, a mango tree or a deep well for someone? At global non-profits, such as Plan Canada, World Vision, Oxfam, War Child and UNICEF, the charities offer what many of us will perceive to be unique gifts, but go a long way in helping…