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Appliance Company Electrolux Receives Two CSR Honours
Appliance Company Electrolux Receives Two CSR Honours Major appliances corporation Electrolux, which sells more than 40 million products in more than 150 markets annually, has been given two honours, a place on Ethisphere Institute's 2011 World's Most Ethical Companies list and Energy Star Partner of the Year award for product manufacturer. The company,…
Can You Remain Silent For 25 Hours To Speak Out About Uganda's Invisible Children?
Can You Remain Silent For 25 Hours To Speak Out About Uganda's Invisible Children? Some 31,470 people have signed up for Invisible Children’s 25 campaign, asking for an individual donation of $25 and a pledge of silence for 25 hours, beginning Sunday night, April 24 at 7 p.m. and lasting until Monday April 25 at 8 p.m. Why, you ask? There is an…
George Michael Offers Royal Wedding Song If The Public Gifts To Royal Charity Fund
George Michael Offers Royal Wedding Song If The Public Gifts To Royal Charity Fund British pop singer George Michael has recorded a version of Stevie Wonder’s 1972 ballad “You And I” as a wedding gift to Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton, who will be married on April 29 at London’s Westminster Abbey. While the MP3 of the song is available…
EMI's Coolest Charity Auction On The Planet To Benefit Japan
EMI's Coolest Charity Auction On The Planet To Benefit Japan EMI Group has rallied its artists and songwriters to donate items for a massive eBay auction to raise funds for the Japanese Red Cross disaster relief efforts to help those affected by last month’s earthquake and tsunami. The multi-national music company will also match all funds raised from the "EMI Family 4 Japan" auction up to…
Sting, Downey Jr., O’Connor, Tankian Among Contributors To Nuclear Disarmament Charity Project
Sting, Downey Jr., O’Connor, Tankian Among Contributors To Nuclear Disarmament Charity Project Emmy-winning New York composer/producer Jonathan Elias has assembled a multitude of artists to partake in a charity album, Path To Zero: Prayer Cycle 2, including Sting and his wife Trudie Styler; Robert Downey Jr.; System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian; Sinead O’Connor and Korn’s Jonathan Davis. He even…
Free Workshops And Contest For Toronto's Young Social Business Entrepreneurs
Free Workshops And Contest For Toronto's Young Social Business Entrepreneurs Toronto’s young socially conscious entrepreneurs are being invited to enter their business idea in a contest that will provide funding and mentorship. Although Project Wildfire hopes to attract participants from Toronto Community Housing neighbourhoods, the contest is open to anyone in the city aged 19 to 29,…
Glee Does Good On New Global TV Show
Glee Does Good On New Global TV Show Canada Sings judges — Photo credit: Handout Insight/Global / (L to R) Rob Van Winkle, a.k.a. Vanilla Ice; Jann Arden, Simple Plan's Pierre BouvierThe winner of a new Global Television series will donate $10,000 to the charity of their choice and the runner-up $2000 to their charity. In Canada Sings, workplace glee…
Telus Offers Customers Free Calls To And From Japan
Telus Offers Customers Free Calls To And From Japan Canadian telecommunications company Telus, which received the 2010 Freeman Philanthropic Services Award for outstanding corporation, is giving its consumers a break on calls to Japan. According to Telus.com, the Burnaby-based giant is offering free mobile and wireline calls for clients calling Japan…
Pop-Rock Band Simple Plan Selling "Help Japan" T-Shirts For Red Cross Relief Efforts
Pop-Rock Band Simple Plan Selling "Help Japan" T-Shirts For Red Cross Relief Efforts Montreal pop-rock band Simple Plan, whose album sales have topped 7 million copies worldwide, has created a limited-edited T-shirt with all proceeds going to the Red Cross for the Japan earthquake/ Asia Pacific tsunami relief efforts. The band also donated $10,…
Canadian Gov't Sets Up Comprehensive Contact Page To Inquire About Loved Ones In Japan, How To Donate
Canadian Gov't Sets Up Comprehensive Contact Page To Inquire About Loved Ones In Japan, How To Donate The Canadian government is suggesting that Canadians wanting to help victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami should give money, not clothing or food. The web site for Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade lists everything from…
411 TV Aims To Empower 7000 Female Students
411 TV Aims To Empower 7000 Female Students A youth initiative to empower girls is expanding its scope with an in-school live “television” presentation entitled 411 TV. The 411 Initiative For Change organization, sometimes simply called 411, will be touring the program in 20 Ontario schools from March 21 to April 1 and is expect to reach 7000 female students. Since launching in 1999, 411 has…
TOMS Shoes Creates Spring Line From Late Photojournalist Dan Eldon's Journals
TOMS Shoes Creates Spring Line From Late Photojournalist Dan Eldon's Journals TOMS, the American shoe line whose "one for one" policy is to donate one pair of new shoes to a child in need for each pair bought, has just launched its spring collection, inspired by late photojournalist Dan Eldon. On July 12, 1993, 22-year-old Eldon, one of Reuters…
Blankfest Quebec Concert Inspired By NYC Winter Clothing Drive
Blankfest Quebec Concert Inspired By NYC Winter Clothing Drive Rock fans raised more than 700 winter clothing items for Montreal’s homeless on Feb. 25, including 259 shirts, 90 sweaters and 107 pants. Everything collected at the third annual Blankfest Quebec went to Old Brewery Mission, established in 1890. “Montreal’s winter is really cold and harsh,” event organizer Jon Asher tells…
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…
Like Oasis, Beady Eye Continues Support of Teenage Cancer Trust
Like Oasis, Beady Eye Continues Support of Teenage Cancer Trust Beady Eye, the new band from former Oasis members, including frontman Liam Gallagher, is continuing its support of a charity that helps young people fight cancer. “We’re behind the Teenage Cancer Trust in the U.K.,” guitarist Andy Bell, who joined Oasis as the bassist in 1999, tells Samaritanmag. “All the band is,” adds Gallagher…