Health
Downie, Feist, Harmer, Mansbridge, Egoyan, Thompson Aid Waterkeeper
Downie, Feist, Harmer, Mansbridge, Egoyan, Thompson Aid Waterkeeper The Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie shares his water story at the 2014 Waterkeeper Gala, presented by RBC. Photo credit: George Pimental Photography.We drink it, bathe in it, swim in it. So let’s take care of it. The Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie co-hosted and curated a fundraising gala that…
94-Year-Old Family Produce Biz Andy Boy Gives Millions To Charity
94-Year-Old Family Produce Biz Andy Boy Gives Millions To Charity The Andy Boy pink ribbon logo found on packages of their romaine hearts.Making a salad or stir fry can do more good than just good for your body, if you’re a customer of D’Arrigo Bros of California. Their bags of romaine hearts, for example, have the pink ribbon symbol for breast cancer,…
EDM Dance Party Meets 5K Marathon in Charitable Electrodash
EDM Dance Party Meets 5K Marathon in Charitable Electrodash Electrodash 2013 at Toronto's Canada's Wonderland — photo courtesy of Electrodash.Of all the reasons someone might choose to run a 5K marathon — personal challenge, fundraising or fitness goals or some combination of the three — it’s hard to imagine many saying “For the chance to join an awesome…
Fran Drescher Practices, Preaches Toxic-free Preventative Lifestyle
Fran Drescher Practices, Preaches Toxic-free Preventative Lifestyle Fran Drescher at the Los Angeles Fran Van launch — photo courtesy of Cancer Schmancer.Actress Fran Drescher, best known for creating and starring in 90s sitcom The Nanny and currently appearing as the step-mother in Cinderella on Broadway, has taken on a role as a health and cancer…
Event Gives Homeless and At-Risk Eye Exam, Haircuts, Foot Care & More
Event Gives Homeless and At-Risk Eye Exam, Haircuts, Foot Care & More Dental screening is among the services offered at Homeless Connect Edmonton and the upcoming Homeless Connect Toronto event — photo courtesy of HCT.The homeless and vulnerably housed can use all the help they can get. So the opportunity to tap into multiple social services such as…
Q&A: Larry King Recalls Heart Attack, Talks Cardiac Foundation, Women
Q&A: Larry King Recalls Heart Attack, Talks Cardiac Foundation, Women Larry King with 7-year-old Mohammed Umer in 2006. The boy was air-lifted from Afghanistan to the U.S. for surgery to fix a hole in his heart and blockage to the lungs — paid for by The Larry King Cardiac Foundation. Renowned talk show host Larry King — whose Larry King Now airs…
Get Larry King’s Suspenders, Chance To Hang with Him at Dodgers Opener
Get Larry King’s Suspenders, Chance To Hang with Him at Dodgers Opener Who wants to hang with Larry King? At a Los Angeles Dodgers game, no less? And for the opening day of baseball season? Watching the game with the 80-year-old TV and radio legend, that is something to cross off your bucket list. Well, it is a long shot, of course, a contest King has…
Energy Room Named After Noted Canadian Magazine Editor Linda Lewis
Energy Room Named After Noted Canadian Magazine Editor Linda Lewis Weighing less than 100 lbs and battling Leukemia, Linda Lewis walks the runway at the 2013 Well Dressed for Spring fundraising event for Wellspring Cancer Support Network.A room offering free treatments to cancer patients will be named after noted editor Linda Lewis at Toronto’s Wellspring…
Singer Alyssa Reid Thinking of Ways To Help 9-Year-Old with Leukemia
Singer Alyssa Reid Thinking of Ways To Help 9-Year-Old with Leukemia Singer Alyssa Reid sports a Because I Am A Girl t-shirt.Toronto singer Alyssa Reid, whose new single “Satisfaction Guaranteed” is currently in the top 10 at Canadian pop radio, has lent her name to Kids Help Phone and is an ambassador for Because I Am A Girl, but since her 17-year-old…
Winterlicious Challenge Winners Choose Diabetes and Heart and Stroke
Winterlicious Challenge Winners Choose Diabetes and Heart and Stroke Saverio Macri, executive chef from Cibo Wine Bar, and Richard Andino, executive chef from Dyne Restaurant, celebrate their Chefs of Winterlicious Challenge victory — photo credit: Sue Holland.Toronto chefs battled it out under time constraints with a secret ingredient to raise money for…
Male Breast Cancer Ignored by Pink Ribbon, Buoyed by Peter Criss, Richard Roundtree
Male Breast Cancer Ignored by Pink Ribbon, Buoyed by Peter Criss, Richard Roundtree Toronto’s Todd Herzog was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. Here he is at the 2013 Weekend To End Women's Cancers.No campaign to end cancer has achieved the white-hot media profile of the breast cancer campaign. Celebrities from across the spectrum — actresses Cynthia…
Rob Ford Bobblehead Raises Money For City of Toronto’s United Way Campaign
Rob Ford Bobblehead Raises Money For City of Toronto’s United Way Campaign Toronto Mayor Rob Ford signs bobbleheads in his likeness. Proceeds go to the United Way — photo credit: Jordan Adler.Much has been made about embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford spending time signing bobbleheads of himself, but the proceeds do go to charity. One week after he…
Ugly Sweater Run Across North America For Children’s Wish and Toys For Tots
Ugly Sweater Run Across North America For Children’s Wish and Toys For Tots Getting in the spirit at the Denver Ugly Sweater Run in 2012. — photo credit: Evan Semon.Remember that hideously ugly sweater that your Aunt sent you last Christmas that’s currently contaminating your chest-of-drawers? Well, you can exhume it out of mothballs and help The…
Slaight Family's Strategic $50 Million Gift To Hospitals: Where Will It Go?
Slaight Family's Strategic $50 Million Gift To Hospitals: Where Will It Go? (L to R): Donna, Gary and Ali Slaight. The Slaight Family Foundation donated $50 million to five Toronto hospitals.They’ve been called “visionary philanthropists.” After spending time at five Toronto hospitals and observing their needs, the Slaight family will donate $50…
Hall of Famers Like Darryl Sittler Play In 135 Team Road Hockey Event
Hall of Famers Like Darryl Sittler Play In 135 Team Road Hockey Event Former Toronto Maple Leafs Captain signs a jersey at the 2013 Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer.Hockey Hall of Famers, including Darryl Sittler, Paul Coffey and Marcel Dionne, recently joined hundreds of road hockey-playing fans, musicians and media personalities for Road Hockey to Conquer…