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'Out For A Rip' Guys Give To Jays Care With 'Home Run Anthem'

'Out For A Rip' Guys Give To Jays Care With 'Home Run Anthem' The Toronto Blue Jays baseball team's 2015 season has been full of improbable events. The team, which was below .500 nearly two-thirds of the way through their schedule, made a series of trades that propelled them into top spot in their division and into the Major League Baseball playoffs for the first time in…

Avril Lavigne Snow White Campaign To Combat Effects Of Lyme Disease

Avril Lavigne Snow White Campaign To Combat Effects Of Lyme Disease

Montreal Canadians' P.K. Subban Gives $10 Million To Montreal Children's Hospital

Montreal Canadians' P.K. Subban Gives $10 Million To Montreal Children's Hospital Montreal Canadians hockey player P.K. Subban is giving $10 million to the Montreal Children's Hospital in what's being called the largest philanthropic commitment ever made by a professional athlete in Canada. Subban, a multiple-time all-star defenceman and Olympic gold medal-winner for Canada, has…

Big Sean's Social Message Wins MTV Video Music Award

Big Sean's Social Message Wins MTV Video Music Award Lost amidst the Nicki Minaj-Miley Cyrus call-out, Kanye West presidential run quip and Cyrus outfit change stories from the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards was the fact that they actually saluted someone trying to do some good as well. Specifically, Detroit musician Big Sean won the Best Video With a Social Message for his super-smash "One…

Gord Bamford Golf Event Raises Half-Million For Charity

Gord Bamford Golf Event Raises Half-Million For Charity 8th Annual Gord Bamford at his 8th annual Charity Golf Classic — photo courtesy of Sony Music Canada.Country musician Gord Bamford may have just scored a charitable hole-in-one as his 8th Annual Gord Bamford Charity Golf Classic raised an astounding $508,350 on Aug. 12-13. Bamford, a 19-time CCMA…

Nickelback Guitarist and Wife Undertake South Sudan Basic Needs Challenge

Nickelback Guitarist and Wife Undertake South Sudan Basic Needs Challenge Nickelback guitarist Ryan Peake and his wife, fashion entrepreneur and philanthropist Treana Peake, are experiencing the difficulties of living with a lot less right now while they participate in the South Sudan Basic Needs Challenge to support Obakki Foundation and encourage others to join them. Created by Treana in 2009…

People With Multiple Sclerosis Being Challenged To 'Do'

People With Multiple Sclerosis Being Challenged To 'Do'

Rock Band Rush Raise $25K for Cancer Foundation with Hockey Kit Tour

Rock Band Rush Raise $25K for Cancer Foundation with Hockey Kit Tour Neil Peart plays The Hockey Theme — photo credit: screenshot from YouTube video.More than $25,000 was raised for the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation by Toronto rock band Rush during its hockey kit tour. What is a hockey kit tour, one might ask? Why, it’s a drum kit emblazoned with…

Avril Lavigne Q&A: Singer Talks Foundation, Special Olympics and Lyme Disease

Avril Lavigne Q&A: Singer Talks Foundation, Special Olympics and Lyme Disease Avril Lavigne — screenshot from video for charity single,Avril Lavigne isn’t letting Lyme Disease stop her from doing a world of good for others.  The philanthropic singer is still recovering from the debilitating illness that is caused by the bite of an infected blacklegged…

Bryan Adams Accepts Humanitarian Award, Recalls Acts of Kindness from Childhood

Bryan Adams Accepts Humanitarian Award, Recalls Acts of Kindness from Childhood Bryan Adams accepts the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award, Toronto, 2015 — photo credit: Barry Roden. By all accounts, Bryan Adams is a little uncomfortable about accepting awards for his philanthropy and rarely does interviews about it.  He received the Allan Waters…

Toronto Hospital's Unique #NoHairSelfie Campaign To Go Global in 2016

Toronto Hospital's Unique #NoHairSelfie Campaign To Go Global in 2016 Mayor John Tory takes scissors to his friend Gary Slaight's head for the #NoHairSelfie campaign — photo credit: Karen BlissThe inaugural #NoHairSelfie campaign that raised $1.8 million for The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation in Toronto is going global, Paul Alofs, president and…

Youth with Life-threatening Illnesses Meet Bands on Take Action Tour

Youth with Life-threatening Illnesses Meet Bands on Take Action Tour The members of Memphis May Fire with Taylor, enjoying her dream courtesy of Living The Dream Foundation — photo: LTDF's Instagram.The 13th annual Take Action Tour, headlined by Christian metalcore band Memphis May Fire, has kicked off in the U.S. and hits 19 cities through April 4.…

Country Singer Gord Bamford Gives Away $10,000 Seven Times On Tour

Country Singer Gord Bamford Gives Away $10,000 Seven Times On Tour Kids at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital don paper cowboy hats for singer Gord Bamford's visit, March 6, Toronto — photo credit: Yasmin Soul. While sporting homemade paper cowboy hats, the children at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto anxiously…

Bob Dylan Calls MusiCares a Blessing for 'Red Hot' Billy Lee Riley

Bob Dylan Calls MusiCares a Blessing for 'Red Hot' Billy Lee Riley Bob Dylan with former President Jimmy Carter and Neil Portnow, president/CEO of The Recording Academy — photo courtesy of The Recording Academy®/WireImage, photo by Michael Kovac © 2015. Bob Dylan’s acceptance speech for MusiCares Person of the Year should be required reading…

Cool Stuff & Rare Experiences on eBay for Grammy Awards Charity Auction

Cool Stuff & Rare Experiences on eBay for Grammy Awards Charity Auction Bid on a chance to meet Florida Georgia Line — photo credit: Kristin BarloweWanna Meet Weird Al or Florida Georgia Line or are you content with a photo of the Rolling Stones and some Taylor Swift or Bruce Springsteen vinyl? Music fans looking to take home a piece of musical…