schools

Interview: Bella Black, 15, Bakes Up Big Ten Campaign To Raise $100,000

Interview: Bella Black, 15, Bakes Up Big Ten Campaign To Raise $100,000 A schoolhouse in Dos Palais, Haiti — photo provided. Fifteen-year-old Bella Black is not only making a difference: she’s baking a difference. For 10 years, she has been hosting Bella's Bake Sale in Toronto on her family’s driveway in their Beaches neighbourhood, selling cupcakes,…

Q&A: Shania Twain on Her Dream to Help Kids Just Like Herself

Q&A: Shania Twain on Her Dream to Help Kids Just Like Herself Photo credit: Shania Kids Can On Shania Twain’s website for her charity foundation, Shania Kids Can (SKC), the Canadian country-pop star who rose from poverty to worldwide acclaim and fame in the mid-90s with sales of more than 75 million albums — even though her brand new album, Now, is…

How Your Pet Can Provide Therapy in Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Schools

How Your Pet Can Provide Therapy in Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Schools Linda Quinn gets a visit from Picasso — photo courtesy of TPOC.Most people think their pets are pretty special. Those wanting to prove it to the world while doing something good in their community should consider contacting Therapeutic Paws of Canada (TPOC). The non-profit, entirely…

The Bully Project: More Than Just A Film

The Bully Project: More Than Just A Film American director Lee Hirsch and producer Cynthia Lowen, whose timely and riveting — and heart breaking — documentary The Bully Project follows the lives of five bullied children and their families, hopes the film will not only be a teaching tool at schools across North America, but that it starts a whole anti-bullying movement, also called The Bully…

P. Diddy Dreams of Own School

P. Diddy Dreams of Own School “My biggest thing that we’re not spending enough time on is education. I have a dream that no one really knows about. I started pursuing my dream to open up my own school. I just feel like education is so important. I want to be able to give thousands of kids a chance at a life because education is life. Education, even…