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Simple Plan To Donate Money From Video To Ukrainian Relief Efforts

Simple Plan To Donate Money From Video To Ukrainian Relief Efforts All money generated by YouTube views of Simple Plan’s new “Wake Me Up (When This Nightmare’s Over)” video will be donated to Ukrainian relief efforts through the UNICEF Ukraine Emergency Appeal. The Montreal-based pop-punk band is also donating a portion of the proceeds from tickets sold throughout its current tour via its own…

Agnostic Front, Faith No More, Rammstein and Stabbing Westward Members Come Together

Agnostic Front, Faith No More, Rammstein and Stabbing Westward Members Come Together Members of Agnostic Front, Faith No More, Rammstein and Stabbing Westward, as well as Canada’s Lukas Rossi and dozens of other musicians and singers, have banded together under the name Lifeline International to record an interpretation of The Beatles’ “Come Together” to…

How To Donate To Support People In Ukraine

How To Donate To Support People In Ukraine After annexing the Crimean peninsula and launching an ongoing eight-year war in eastern Ukraine in 2014, Russia launched an unprovoked full-scale invasion of the eastern European country on Feb. 24. Before the recent escalation, some 2.9 million people were already affected by the conflict and humanitarian…

How To Support India Through Its COVID-19 Crisis

How To Support India Through Its COVID-19 Crisis India has declared a state of emergency as COVID-19 is wreaking havoc and overwhelming the healthcare system in the world’s second most populous country. India recorded a record 3,689 COVID-19 deaths on May 2 and more than 3,000 people had died from it for four straight days, pushing the country’s total…

Major Global Record Labels Pledge Millions In Pandemic Fight

Major Global Record Labels Pledge Millions In Pandemic Fight photo credit: Kaikoro (iStock)The three multi-national major labels, Universal, Warner and Sony, have all taken significant steps to help their employees, as well as artists and songwriters, by dedicating funds to aid them during the covid-19 pandemic.  How the monies are being allocated by…

Iron Chef Cat Cora Talks Chefs For Humanity, Feeding Displaced People in Disaster Zones

Iron Chef Cat Cora Talks Chefs For Humanity, Feeding Displaced People in Disaster Zones Cat Cora at the 2019 First Studio City Charity Gala in Markham, Ontario — photo providedWhen disasters strike worldwide we're used to seeing charities like Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross be among the first on the ground to offer medical care and assistance…

Q&A: Sharon & Bram Release Peace Song with Jim Cuddy; Discuss 40-Year Legacy of Impacting Kids

Q&A: Sharon & Bram Release Peace Song with Jim Cuddy; Discuss 40-Year Legacy of Impacting Kids Bram Morrison, Jim Cuddy and Sharon Hampson — photo provided. Sharon & Bram just dropped a cover of The Travellers’ “Talk About Peace,” a single featuring Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy written by Sharon’s late husband Joe, and hope to call attention to…

England Players Have Been Donating World Cup And Related Tournament Fees To Charity Since 2007

England Players Have Been Donating World Cup And Related Tournament Fees To Charity Since 2007 2018 England World Cup Football Team — photo via England TwitterWhen Kylian Mbappe of the 2018 World Cup-winning French football team announced he was donating all his related match fees to charity it was a gesture met with near-universal approval. After all,…

Elevation Pictures Gets Charitable with Latest Two Theatrical Film Releases

Elevation Pictures Gets Charitable with Latest Two Theatrical Film Releases The Man Who Invented Christmas — photo courtesy of Elevation Pictures.Canadian film distribution company Elevation Pictures held two charitable events this past week in advance of the theatrical release of The Breadwinner, the animated film about a girl who disguises herself as a…

Q&A: Rush Receive Humanitarian Award, Explain Quiet Stance on Philanthropy

Q&A: Rush Receive Humanitarian Award, Explain Quiet Stance on Philanthropy Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee receive the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Sprit Award, April 20, 2017, Toronto — photo credit: Grant W. Martin Photography. Rush may be loud onstage but the legendary Canadian rock band, which has sold more than 40 million albums in 40 years, is quiet…

Susan Sarandon Q&A: Actress Talks Transgender Issues and Nepal Visit

Susan Sarandon Q&A: Actress Talks Transgender Issues and Nepal Visit Susan Saradon sports this Embrace Change fundraising t-shirt using her Rocky Horror character — photo credit: Bryan Gibbs.Deciding which Samaritanmag-wheelhouse topics to discuss with actress Susan Sarandon was not easy. The Oscar winner, known for roles in such films as The Rocky…

Helping People and Animals in Nepal After Earthquake: How You Can Help, Get Info Too

Helping People and Animals in Nepal After Earthquake: How You Can Help, Get Info Too Red Cross in Nepal — photo courtesy of Canadian Red Cross. Emergency response teams from around the globe are in Nepal, assisting in search and rescue efforts and attending to the injured after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook the area of Kathmandu just minutes before…

Greenwich International Film Festival Launches Out of the Gate UNICEF Partnership

Greenwich International Film Festival Launches Out of the Gate UNICEF Partnership Children editing their videos at a OneMinutesJr workshop on violence in schools in Skopje, 2013 — photo credit: © UNICEF/100_0741/SchueppA new film festival in Connecticut launching in 2015 will be the first to come out of the gate with an official charity association and…

Katy Perry Gives Unconditionally To HIV Video, Dedicates To Malaysia Flight Victims

Katy Perry Gives Unconditionally To HIV Video, Dedicates To Malaysia Flight Victims Pop singer Katy Perry visits Madagascar with UNICEF, 2013 — photo courtesy of UNICEF.Katy Perry posted a message about the use of her song “Unconditionally” in a new music video for UNICEF that brought together HIV positive and HIV negative young people “and asked them to…

Childhood Sexual Abuse Fires Artist's Activism & Art

Childhood Sexual Abuse Fires Artist's Activism & Art Multidisciplinary artist/activist Ingrid D. Johnson.Anyone looking for a powerful example of something really good coming out of something really bad need look no further than Winnipeg-based multidisciplinary artist Ingrid D. Johnson. Through music, poetry, film, spoken word and performance,…