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Take A Photo Of Yourself In Mickey Mouse Ears, Earn Make-A-Wish $1 Million
Take A Photo Of Yourself In Mickey Mouse Ears, Earn Make-A-Wish $1 Million Make-A-Wish and Disney Parks are teaming up for #ShareYourEars — photo credit: Make-A-Wish CanadaFor a long time, fans of the Walt Disney universe would show their loyalty with their ears; more specifically, by wearing hats or headbands of the iconic black ears made popular by the…
MLSE Foundation Gives Tour of 42,000 Sq. Ft. Sports Facility for Underserved Kids
MLSE Foundation Gives Tour of 42,000 Sq. Ft. Sports Facility for Underserved Kids LauchPad facility: main area will have two sports courts; far area will have an adventure wall — photo credit: Anastasia V. Silva. What was once a vacant 42,000 sq.-ft. lot in Toronto's Moss Park neighborhood is the new location for MLSE LaunchPad, a multi-sport facility…
The Doors' Jim Morrison's Rare Poetry Books Available Via Grammy Charity Auction
The Doors' Jim Morrison's Rare Poetry Books Available Via Grammy Charity Auction The Jim Morrison poetry books up for auction — photo credit: eBayA new auction is lighting fans of The Doors imaginations on fire as a collection of three rare poetry books by the band's late lead singer Jim Morrison have been put up for bidding on eBay. The…
NBA All-Stars, Vets, Rising Stars & Execs Get Packing for Food Bank
NBA All-Stars, Vets, Rising Stars & Execs Get Packing for Food Bank Dikembo Mutombo sorts food for the NBA All-Star Day of Service — photo credit: Dalton Higgins.Like many NBA All-Star weekend attendees and viewers, you might’ve been fixated on the NBA All-Star game hype and the dozens of all-star weekend parties that flooded downtown Toronto. But…
Arcade Fire's Win Butler DJing Dudebox Party To Support Kanpe Charity
Arcade Fire's Win Butler DJing Dudebox Party To Support Kanpe Charity Party people at a previous Dudebox event — photo credit: DudeboxWith all the high-gloss, high-profile, high-rolling stars, athletes and big spenders rolling into Toronto for NBA All-Star Game events, the best party of the weekend just might be the decidedly underground and not-…
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…
Cancer Bats Singer To Shave Head, Band Collecting Money in Old Boot
Cancer Bats Singer To Shave Head, Band Collecting Money in Old Boot Liam Cormier with long hair; Chris Hammell eager to shave it — photo credit: screenshot from promo video.Toronto’s Cancer Bats are giving the boot to cancer — well, giving what’s inside the boot to cancer. Money. You would think that collecting donations would be enough, but, no,…
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…
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…
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 —…
Nicki Minaj Tweets About Playing Angola After Human Rights Foundation’s Urgent Plea
Nicki Minaj Tweets About Playing Angola After Human Rights Foundation’s Urgent Plea Despite an urgent plea from Human Rights Foundation (HRF) president and CEO Thor Halvorssen to cancel her upcoming concert in Luanda, Angola, due to the country’s continuous alleged human rights violations, it looks as though Grammy Award-winning rapper Nicki Minaj…
Toy Company Mattel To Help Patients In Children's Hospitals Play
Toy Company Mattel To Help Patients In Children's Hospitals Play A patient plays at Mission Children's Hospital, a past Mattel grant recipient — photo credit: Tara HoranToy company Mattel's charitable foundation is doing its part to help hospitalized children play around thanks to $90,000 in grants it's giving to nine separate children's hospitals.…
Madi Vanstone Q&A: Teenager Honoured after Lobbying Government for Cystic Fibrosis Drug Coverage, Diagnosis Now Negative
Madi Vanstone Q&A: Teenager Honoured after Lobbying Government for Cystic Fibrosis Drug Coverage, Diagnosis Now Negative Madi Vanstone (pictured left), 14, receives the 2015 Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy Award from the Association of Philanthropy Professionals — photo credit: Beth Vanstone."An exceptional [14] year-old who embodies a great spirit…
Steve Fund to Implement 24/7 Mental Health Text Support for American Students of Colour
Steve Fund to Implement 24/7 Mental Health Text Support for American Students of Colour Stephen C. Rose — photo credit: The Steve Fund.Non-profit organization The Steve Fund has announced three steps towards improving the mental health of students of colour in the U.S. More than a year after establishing the fund, the first-ever U.S. non-profit devoted…
Ryan Reynolds Asks For Parkinson's Donations After Father's Death
Ryan Reynolds Asks For Parkinson's Donations After Father's Death James Reynolds with his son Ryan — photo credit: Ryan Reynolds TwitterCanadian actor Ryan Reynolds is asking people to consider donating to The Michael J. Fox Foundation For Parkinson's Research in the memory of his late father, James C. Reynolds. James died on Oct. 25 in a White…