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Country Musician Aaron Goodvin First Artist to Use World For Good Platform
Country Musician Aaron Goodvin First Artist to Use World For Good Platform Aaron Goodvin promo shot — courtesy of Warner Music Canada‘Tis the giving season, but Canadian country artist Aaron Goodvin wants to keep that goodwill going the rest of the year, too. So he’s partnered with A World For Good, a service that lets customers — or in this case fans —…
Billy Talent Launch Charity Trust with Limited Edition Gold Plaques
Billy Talent Launch Charity Trust with Limited Edition Gold Plaques Billy Talent promo shot — photo credit: Dustin Rabin.After years of giving back, Canadian rockers Billy Talent have launched their own charitable trust.The band, which are celebrating their 25th anniversary, if you include their previous incarnation Pezz, announced the appropriately…
Bill Murray Art Show Benefits Billy Talent Drummer's MS Charity
Bill Murray Art Show Benefits Billy Talent Drummer's MS Charity Bowman and Billy Talent's Aaron Solowniuk — photo credit: Ben Kowalewicz. Pop culture visual artist Bowman has put together a Bill Murray-themed art exhibit to benefit F.U.MS, the youth-focused multiple sclerosis charity created by Billy Talent drummer Aaron Solowoniuk that raises money…
Billy Talent Drum Kit Being Auctioned Off For MS Charity
Billy Talent Drum Kit Being Auctioned Off For MS Charity Aaron Solowoniuk's drums — photo via eBayBilly Talent drummer Aaron Solowoniuk is auctioning off his drum kit to help support charitable multiple sclerosis (MS) related causes. The Canadian rock band's long-time drummer put the uniquely painted Pearl brand Vision SST all-maple drum kit up for…
Crawl, Jump and Slide in Muck MS Run to Fight Multiple Sclerosis
Crawl, Jump and Slide in Muck MS Run to Fight Multiple Sclerosis What you'll find on the Muck MS Run — photo courtesy of Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.A dirty initiative from the MS Society of Canada is taking an irreverent approach to fundraising. Called Muck MS Canada, the four upcoming events will see participants go over, under and through 15…
A&W's 50s-Themed MS Fundraiser Rallies Hundreds of Franchises
A&W's 50s-Themed MS Fundraiser Rallies Hundreds of Franchises Paul Hollands, president/CEO, A&W Food Services of Canada (left) and Yves Savoie, president/CEO, MS Society of Canada were joined by the Great A&W Root Bear at last year’s kick-off event in Halifax, NS.Paul Hollands might be the president and CEO of A&W Food Services of…
Iron Maiden Quietly Committed To Help Ex-Drummer With MS
Iron Maiden Quietly Committed To Help Ex-Drummer With MS Iron Maiden on stage in 2005 at London, England's Apollo Hammersmith with their ex-drummer Clive Burr for a fundraising concert for the Clive Burr MS Trust Fund. Band members L-R: Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Dave Murray, Nicko McBrain and Janick Gers (photo credit: George Chin).…
Billy Talent Drummer Launches Online Support Site For Youth Affected By MS
Billy Talent Drummer Launches Online Support Site For Youth Affected By MS Billy Talent drummer Aaron Solowoniuk is in a multi-platinum Canadian rock band, headlining arenas across the country and touring all over the world, but he has just realized another dream — the launch of www.someonelikeme.ca, a youth-based blogging website for people affected by…
Competitive Eater Wolfs Down Food For MS Society
Competitive Eater Wolfs Down Food For MS Society There’s an emotional moment near the end of the documentary The Story Of Furious Pete where competitive eater Peter Czerwinski wolfs down an estimated 10 lbs of ribs, hugs his mother and tearfully tells her, “All for you, mom, all for you.” That might seem like a strange action to dedicate to your mother,…
Billy Talent Drummer Knows What MS-affected Youth Need
Billy Talent Drummer Knows What MS-affected Youth Need photo credit: Dustin RabinBilly Talent drummer Aaron Solowoniuk was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 1998 and nine years later started the MS Society of Canada Scholarship Fund. Under the cooler name F.U.M.S, Billy Talent and Friends put on an annual concert to raise money to help send young…