Education
Earth Rangers Empowers Children To Bring Back The Wild
Earth Rangers Empowers Children To Bring Back The Wild Earth Rangers' bald eagle, Koho, soaring over audience Can kids come to the rescue of our endangered wildlife? Woodbridge, Ont.-based non-profit Earth Rangers educates and empowers young people to become involved, giving them the ammo they need to care and act. Its colourful comprehensive website…
Build-A-Bear Workshops Reward Huggable Heroes
Build-A-Bear Workshops Reward Huggable Heroes Cassidy Megan McCarthy from Halifax, Nova Scotia, was a 2011 Huggable HeroOscar Wilde famously (and somewhat sagely) opined that youth is wasted on the young, but he might have retracted had he met any one of the 100 or so exceptional, altruistic kids unearthed by the Build-A-Bear Workshop’s Huggable Heroes…
Sarah McLachlan And Her Students Hope Their Free Christmas Song Inspires Generosity
Sarah McLachlan And Her Students Hope Their Free Christmas Song Inspires Generosity Sarah McLachlan and student from her School of MusicSarah McLachlan and students from Vancouver’s Sarah McLachlan School of Music (SoM) are offering a free original Christmas song the kids wrote and recorded with the hopes that people, in turn, will give money, however…
Well-To-Do Family Rummages Through Trash Bins For "Bottles For Bread"
Well-To-Do Family Rummages Through Trash Bins For "Bottles For Bread" About 12 hours ago, 17-year-old Jonathan Korman was at his high school graduation ceremony, and a long after-party ensured that he wouldn’t head to sleep until 3 a.m. But, while his friend snoozes away in the basement, Jonathan is up just after 8 a.m. and is ready to pick…
Top Hip Hop Group Far East Movement "4 C The Power" They Can Have On Kids
Top Hip Hop Group Far East Movement "4 C The Power" They Can Have On Kids Far East Movement make surprise appearance at a benefit show for the Univeristy of California Autism Center and the Red Scarf Project, Dec. 2009 in Los Angeles — Photo courtesy of www.4cthepower.com Los Angeles electro-hip hop group Far East Movement is one of the mentors…
Singer Natalia Kills Joins Justin Bieber In Support Of Pencils Of Promise
Singer Natalia Kills Joins Justin Bieber In Support Of Pencils Of Promise Natalia KillsJustin Bieber isn’t the only musician behind Pencils of Promise. British singer Natalia Kills, signed by Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am, and whose album, Perfectionist, comes out August 16, is already supporting the New York-based charity which builds schools in the…
Ten Budding Entrepreneurs Selected In Socially-Minded Business Contest
Ten Budding Entrepreneurs Selected In Socially-Minded Business Contest Project Wildfire workshop with youth contestantsAn online calculator that helps companies reduce their carbon footprint. A cleaning business run entirely by the autistic community. A tutoring website that pays youths to do their homework. These are just a few of the captivating…
Sundae Funday! A Fun Way To Raise Money For Canada's Aboriginal Children
Sundae Funday! A Fun Way To Raise Money For Canada's Aboriginal Children It’s ice cream time! One is high in calories; one is zero. Take your pick. Both will raise money for Save The Children Canada. Appliance brand Frigidaire has pledged to donate a maximum of $25,000 via its Sundae Funday initiative. It’s part of the company’s commitment to…
Former Child Soldier Emmanuel Jal To Speak at Canadian Schools, Release Album On Universal
Former Child Soldier Emmanuel Jal To Speak at Canadian Schools, Release Album On Universal Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier now 31, is making a name for himself as a conscious rapper on a global scale. The new album, See Me Mama, will be released in Canada in September via his own label, Gatwitch, through Universal Music Canada. The first single is "…
Neil Young Proud Of Bridge School's Global Impact
Neil Young Proud Of Bridge School's Global Impact Neil and Pegi Young’s Bridge School in Hillsborough, California, was a much-needed, one-of-a-kind school for children with severe speech and physical impairments when it opened in 1987. Now it is a model for other schools and uses communication technology to teach its methods to other teachers around…
Yoko Ono Charity Has Built 90 Schools And Counting
Yoko Ono Charity Has Built 90 Schools And Counting Yoko OnoFor nearly half a century, Japanese-born avant-garde artist Yoko Ono has been a figurehead and ambassador for social change. She continues to be a vocal supporter of women’s and gay rights, as well as an advocate for peace. As such, she gives to several handpicked charities that she feels are in…
Hip Hop Artist Taps Into Youth Mentoring
Hip Hop Artist Taps Into Youth Mentoring Student Benjamin McDonald plays steel pan for a school presentation after a TAP music seminarIn the music industry, he is the rapper/producer formerly known as Solitair and now goes by Silver, but outside music he’s known by his birthname Sheldon Pitt, the executive director of Toro Action Programs (TAP), a non-…
Canada's Stephen Harper Establishes The Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards
Canada's Stephen Harper Establishes The Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards Canadian Samaritans have the chance to be recognized by the federal government and win some money to donate to their favourite non-profit. Conservative leader Stephen Harper, Canada's 22nd Prime Minister, has established the annual The Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards “to…
Neil Young To Receive The Allan Waters Humanitarian Award At Junos
Neil Young To Receive The Allan Waters Humanitarian Award At Junos Neil Young hasn't attended the Juno Awards in 29 years, but the Canadian music legend will be on hand to accept the 2011 Allan Waters Humanitarian Award at the 40th anniversary show, March 27, at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. Young, co-founder of Farm Aid and the Bridge School Benefit…
"Freak" Paints His Gay Youth Story On Circus Tent For PhD
"Freak" Paints His Gay Youth Story On Circus Tent For PhD Spencer J. HarrisonThe outside walls of the circus tent are painted with many images and words, none more appropriate to describe this man as “The Amazing Spencer J. Harrison in his titillating incomparable achievement.” His achievements are numerable. He has been an anti-homophobia…