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FabFitFun Co-founder "Blown Away" by Starlight Brave Gowns, Partners with Charity
FabFitFun Co-founder "Blown Away" by Starlight Brave Gowns, Partners with Charity With 200,000 subscribers eagerly awaiting their surprise box full of lifestyle goodies, it makes sense to add some extra goodness in there. Women’s product box service FabFitFun teams up with a charity each season and this winter it’s the Starlight Children’s…
Munk, Pringle, Movember, HSBC, Aird Among 2016 Philanthropy Award Winners
Munk, Pringle, Movember, HSBC, Aird Among 2016 Philanthropy Award Winners Aiden Aird, 17, receives his award from Loblaws Companies' Nicole Donaldson, at the 2016 Philanthropy Awards — photo credit: Joel Nadel of Event Imaging. Peter Munk and his wife Melanie, Andy and Valerie Pringle, HSBC Bank Canada, Movember Foundation, and 17-year-old Aidan Aird…
Andy Kim Christmas with Nelly Furtado, Ron Sexsmith, Sloan and More, on Way to a Sell-Out
Andy Kim Christmas with Nelly Furtado, Ron Sexsmith, Sloan and More, on Way to a Sell-Out Andy Kim — photo via Andy Kim FacebookThe Andy Kim Christmas concert in Toronto has moved this year to the bigger Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Dec. 7 and Nelly Furtado, Ron Sexsmith and Sloan will be among the names performing at the 12th annual charity event. It is…
McGregor Socks Creates Two Movember Designs
McGregor Socks Creates Two Movember Designs McGregor Socks first previewed its Movember socks during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) at the Tastemakers’ gifting lounge, where actors such Tom Ford, Gerard Butler and Jeremy Renner, got to take a home a pair of the moustache-emblazoned men’s socks. The six designs — three in stripes with a…
Zak Starkey and Sshh Liguz Recruit Original Players for Charity Covers Album
Zak Starkey and Sshh Liguz Recruit Original Players for Charity Covers Album SSHH: singer Sshh Liguz and guitarist Zak Starkey — photo courtesy of High Rise PR.Teen Cancer America and Teenage Cancer Trust have a new musical ally. The respective US and UK cancer charities, both founded by The Who’s frontman Roger Daltrey, will split all sales proceeds from…
ALUS Receives $5 Million, Becomes Weston Family's Latest Environmental Initiative
ALUS Receives $5 Million, Becomes Weston Family's Latest Environmental Initiative (L to R): Tamara Rebanks (chair of the conservation committee, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation), Camilla Dalglish (director, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation), W. Galen Weston (chairman, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation), Bryan Gilvesy (CEO, ALUS Canada), Nancy…
Tom Petty To Be Named MusiCares Person of the Year
Tom Petty To Be Named MusiCares Person of the Year Tom Petty — photo via Warner Music CanadaTom Petty is going to be honoured as the 2017 MusiCares Person of the Year in a star-studded benefit concert featuring the likes of Foo Fighters, Stevie Nicks and Norah Jones, being held Feb. 10, 2017 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The ceremony is one of…
Pros And Cons Prisoner Music Program Gets $25k David Rockefeller Fund Grant
Pros And Cons Prisoner Music Program Gets $25k David Rockefeller Fund Grant Hugh Christopher Brown and Sarah McDermott — photo credit: Kristen Ritchie The Pros And Cons Music Mentoring Program is going to be making a lot more noise thanks to a $25,000 grant from the David Rockefeller Fund. The added funds will be used to expand the Pros And Cons program…
Tastemakers TIFF Gifting Lounge Donates Autographed Board and Cheque to SickKids
Tastemakers TIFF Gifting Lounge Donates Autographed Board and Cheque to SickKids (L to R) Rock-it Promotions' Debra Goldblatt-Sadowski and Lindsey Virtue present cheque to SickKids Foundation — photo courtesy of Rock-it Promotions.Rock-It Promotions, the PR firm behind the annual Tastemakers gifting lounge during the Toronto International Film Festival (…
Awards Given to MLSE Foundation, The Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism and InnerCity Weightlifting
Awards Given to MLSE Foundation, The Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism and InnerCity Weightlifting MLSE Foundation staff — (L to R) Tanya Mruck, Lindsay Carter, Kendra Kerr, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, Melissa Perri — pick up Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Sports Award in New Jersey — photo credit: EQUI-PHOTO, INC., Bill Denver. Toronto-based Maple…
Tell a Short Story, Donate Money: It's All Part of Indigo Adopt a School program
Tell a Short Story, Donate Money: It's All Part of Indigo Adopt a School program Photo courtesy of Indigo Love of Reading Foundatio.Got a short story worth sharing online? It could translate into a book donation by Indigo Love of Reading Foundation to a school in need. Of course, monetary donations are also part of this annual fundraiser to get more…
Gord Downie to Play Two Charity Concerts in Support of His Secret Path Reconciliation Project
Gord Downie to Play Two Charity Concerts in Support of His Secret Path Reconciliation Project Secret Path — photo via Arts & Crafts YouTube channelGord Downie's reconciliation music project the Secret Path is going live. Downie's ambitious new Secret Path solo album, graphic novel and animated film project will now also include two live performances…
Tragically Hip Tour Generates More Than $1 Million For Brain Cancer Research
Tragically Hip Tour Generates More Than $1 Million For Brain Cancer Research Sunnybrook staff thank Gord Downie and The Tragically Hip — photo courtesy SunnybrookThe Tragically Hip's recent concert tour across Canada has helped generate more than $1 million towards brain cancer research from donations. The amount generated from a portion of the ticket…
Black Eyed Peas' 'WHERESTHELOVE' Star-Studded Song, Video To Combat Violence, Racism
Black Eyed Peas' 'WHERESTHELOVE' Star-Studded Song, Video To Combat Violence, Racism Black Eyed Peas — photo from Black Eyed Peas YouTube channelThe Black Eyed Peas have reunited for the first time in five years to refashion their 2003 hit "Where Is The Love?" into "WHERESTHELOVE," a star-studded throwdown calling out racism, violence and…
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"…