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Björk Orchestral Live Stream Shows To Aid Women’s Shelter

Björk Orchestral Live Stream Shows To Aid Women’s Shelter Björk will perform three orchestral shows in her homeland of Iceland in August that will be live-streamed to raise money for a domestic women’s charity. The former Sugarcubes frontwoman, who has now had a 27-year solo music career, will perform with more than 100 Icelandic musicians across three…

Alessia Cara Donates EP Royalties To Save the Children For 21 Years

Alessia Cara Donates EP Royalties To Save the Children For 21 Years Alessia Cara promo shot Alessia Cara will donated net royalties from her new EP to Save the Children for the next 21 years. The Grammy-winning Canadian singer-songwriter said the release of This Summer: Live Off the Floor on July 17 has come amid the impact of the coronavirus pandemic…

Dine Alone Records and Dallas Green Raffle Raises $175,000 For Five Black Organizations

Dine Alone Records and Dallas Green Raffle Raises $175,000 For Five Black Organizations Dine Alone Records and musician Dallas Green raised $175,000 for five organizations in support of the Black Lives Matter movement with an 11-day raffle. People were invited to donate $10 for each chance to win one of the 105 items donated to the raffle by friends of…

Covenant House Stay In + Sleep Out Raises $571,000 For Homeless and Trafficked Youth

Covenant House Stay In + Sleep Out Raises $571,000 For Homeless and Trafficked Youth Covenant House Toronto — photo provided. Covenant House Toronto’s first-ever Stay In + Sleep Out virtual fundraiser has raised more than $571,000 for homeless and trafficked youth. The June 26 Stay In + Sleep Out event involved people of all ages and backgrounds giving…

Rapper G-Eazy Donating Merchandise Profits And Masks

Rapper G-Eazy Donating Merchandise Profits And Masks G-Eazy — photo credit: Lauren Dunn.Rapper G-Eazy showed his support of black rights and desire to end police violence by donating all of the profits from the June merchandise sales on his website to My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, Campaign Zero and Color of Change. Former United States president Barack…

Public Enemy Urges People To Vote Out Donald Trump

Public Enemy Urges People To Vote Out Donald Trump Thirty-one years after the release of the groundbreaking single “Fight The Power,” Public Enemy has released another fiery anthem urging people to battle racism, injustice and oppression with their vote.  “State of the Union (STFU),” produced by DJ Premier, takes on United States president Donald Trump…

George Floyd Memorial Fund Raises $13.6 Million Via GoFundMe Page

George Floyd Memorial Fund Raises $13.6 Million Via GoFundMe Page Photo credit: George Floyd Memorial Fund.The family of George Floyd has raised $13.6 million (USD) through a GoFundMe campaign, which has earned the most donors ever via the social media fundraising platform ever.  Having launched the Official George Floyd Memorial Fund on May 27 —  two…

Music Industry's #TheShowMustBePaused Bigger Than One Day Black Lives Matter Mission

Music Industry's #TheShowMustBePaused Bigger Than One Day Black Lives Matter Mission The initiative continues.While #TheShowMustBePaused brought much of the music industry to a standstill on “Blackout Tuesday” (June 2) in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and other black people at the hands of police, its two…

TheAppLabb Wins $20K Table Tennis Prize, Donates To Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab Hospital

TheAppLabb Wins $20K Table Tennis Prize, Donates To Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab Hospital (L-R): Kundan Joshi, CEO, The AppLabb; Muraly Srinarayanathas, deputy chair, Srinarayanathas Foundation; Sandra Hawken, president/CEO, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation — photo provided. The Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital…

Robert Kraft's Super Bowl Ring Auction Raises $1.02 Million for Food Charities

Robert Kraft's Super Bowl Ring Auction Raises $1.02 Million for Food Charities Robert Kraft's Super Bowl LI ring — photo credit: All In ChallengeNew England Patriots owner Robert Kraft donated a Super Bowl ring to be auctioned off to support food charities Feeding America, Meals On Wheels, World Central Kitchen and No Kid Hungry during the…

Jeff Tweedy and Family Add Charity T-Shirts To The Tweedy Show

Jeff Tweedy and Family Add Charity T-Shirts To The Tweedy Show While many music artists have been doing sporadic live stream performances during the COVID-19 lockdown, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy and his family have been staging them on an almost nightly basis from the basement of their Chicago house for something they call The Tweedy Show. The hour-long…

Lido Pimienta Puts Focus on Vulnerable Wayuu People in Need of Aid

Lido Pimienta Puts Focus on Vulnerable Wayuu People in Need of Aid Lido Pimienta promo shot, 2020 — photo: Facebook Colombian-Canadian singer, songwriter and musician Lido Pimienta launched her new Miss Colombiaalbum last month with a Pitchfork Instagram Live performance which helped to raise money, via a GoFundMe campaign, for Wayuu families in Colombia…

WATCH: Steel Panther's All Day Kitty Cam Encouraged Donations and Adoptions

WATCH: Steel Panther's All Day Kitty Cam Encouraged Donations and Adoptions Steel Panther (L to R): Stix Zadinia, Michael Starr, Lexxi Foxx, Satchel — photo credit: David Jackson. LA rockers Steel Panther raised money for cat rescue Heaven On Earth this past #GivingTuesdayNow by promoting an “all day kitty cam,” focused on the adorable four-legged…

Mr. Brainwash Artwork 'We Love Canada' Benefits Women's Shelter Via Taglialatella Galleries

Mr. Brainwash Artwork 'We Love Canada' Benefits Women's Shelter Via Taglialatella Galleries We Love Canada by Mr. Brainwash — photo provided by INK.Taglialatella Galleries Toronto is donating 10 percent of the proceeds from sales of a silkscreen by pop artist Mr. Brainwash to local women’s shelter Street Haven. French-born Thierry Guetta,…

Toronto Blue Jays’ From Home Plate to Your Plate Food Drive

Toronto Blue Jays’ From Home Plate to Your Plate Food Drive The Toronto Blue Jays and its Jays Care Foundation have launched the From Home Plate to Your Plate virtual fundraising food drive to benefit Food Banks Canada. The charitable organization’s 2019 “HungerCount” report showed there were 1.08 million visits to 2,326 reporting food banks, resulting…