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Well-To-Do Family Rummages Through Trash Bins For "Bottles For Bread"
Well-To-Do Family Rummages Through Trash Bins For "Bottles For Bread" About 12 hours ago, 17-year-old Jonathan Korman was at his high school graduation ceremony, and a long after-party ensured that he wouldn’t head to sleep until 3 a.m. But, while his friend snoozes away in the basement, Jonathan is up just after 8 a.m. and is ready to pick…
Mars Inc. Survey Says Canadians Not As Kind As We Think
Mars Inc. Survey Says Canadians Not As Kind As We Think Mars Canada Inc., a division of Mars Incorporated, is launching its second annual kindness campaign on March 1, asking Canadian to become “kindness ambassadors,” through its “Random Acts of Chocolate” initiative. Last year, a survey of Canadians conducted by Leger Marketing and commissioned by Mars…
Man Gives Up Everything For Five Years of Goodwill Travels
Man Gives Up Everything For Five Years of Goodwill Travels Travis Talbot at the horse rescue farm in Calgary“Six months down and approximately another 4 ½ years to go,” is how Travis Talbot ended an email exchange with Samaritanmag recently. The 39-year-old Calgary native gave up his lucrative career as a restaurateur and nightclub owner and donated all…
Trying To Organize Your Own Volunteer Team This Holiday?
Trying To Organize Your Own Volunteer Team This Holiday? Holiday Helpers volunteers put together gift packages to deliver to low-income familiesAre you attempting to organize your own food drive or gift collection to help out those less fortunate than you this holiday season? That's admirable, indeed. But, alas, your charitable spirit can give you added…
Want To Volunteer This Holiday Season? Call Now!
Want To Volunteer This Holiday Season? Call Now! Have you ever suddenly decided to volunteer at Christmas time at a shelter or food bank and been told they're fully booked? Have you been asked to come down on Christmas Eve to serve dinner to the homeless, but there are so many volunteers that you're just in the way? Well, call now! This is, of…
ELLE Canada Editor Helps Restore Sight To Thousands In Bolivia
ELLE Canada Editor Helps Restore Sight To Thousands In Bolivia Patients waiting to have their bandages removed after cataract surgeryIt’s a long way from the offices of a high-profile fashion magazine in Toronto to a medical charity’s temporary optical clinic in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, but the contrast between those two very different worlds is…
Delta Hotels Challenges People To Be Good Neighbours
Delta Hotels Challenges People To Be Good Neighbours Delta CEO Hank Stackhouse shakes hands with a girl at Toronto's Good Neighbours Challenge launch event April 20Delta Hotels and Resorts has been supporting charities for years, but it has just launched its Good Neighbour Challenge to help worthy causes on a more localized level. The 2010 goal is to…
Humanitarian Mission In Haiti Drastically Changed For Kingston Woman
Humanitarian Mission In Haiti Drastically Changed For Kingston Woman Tammy treating for tenia versicolor, a skin disease caused by fungusTammy Babcock already had a trip planned to Haiti this month in anticipation of her latest humanitarian trip to the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. That was before the 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck,…