HIV/AIDS

Singer Molly Johnson Creates Kensington Market Jazz Festival with Charity Elements

Singer Molly Johnson Creates Kensington Market Jazz Festival with Charity Elements Molly Johnson — courtesy of M.J.Jazz singer and long-time philanthropist Molly Johnson has put together the inaugural Kensington Market Jazz Festival, a nine-venue, 80-show, three-day lineup (Sept. 16-18) in the historic Toronto district that includes both her passions:…

Justin Trudeau, Bill Gates, Usher, Metric Slated for Free Concert to End AIDS, TB & Malaria

Justin Trudeau, Bill Gates, Usher, Metric Slated for Free Concert to End AIDS, TB & Malaria Usher will perform at the Global Citizen Concert, Sept. 17, in Montreal — photo courtesy of Global Poverty.The title says it all. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and philanthropic billionaire Bill Gates will join artists Usher, Half Moon Run, Metric, Grimes, and…

Slaight Family Foundation Gives $11 Million to 11 Canadian Charities

Slaight Family Foundation Gives $11 Million to 11 Canadian Charities The Slaight Family: (L to R) Ali, Gary, Chrissy and Donna — photo credit: Gary Beechey.Toronto’s The Slaight Family Foundation (SFF) has announced that 11 Canadian national charities that serve children and youth will each receive a donation of $1 million. The selection of the…

Bono Bravely Offers Bicycle Tour With Him As Prize To Support AIDS Charity (RED)

Bono Bravely Offers Bicycle Tour With Him As Prize To Support AIDS Charity (RED) Bono with a bicycle — photo credit: (RED) YouTube channelU2 lead singer Bono is going to risk his life to support (RED), the international charity whose goal is to eliminate AIDS, and he's looking for some people to join him. The singer recently teamed up with charitable…

Charlie Sheen Says He's Going To 'Deliver A Cure' For HIV

Charlie Sheen Says He's Going To 'Deliver A Cure' For HIV Charlie Sheen on the TODAY show — photo credit: TODAYActor Charlie Sheen revealed he has been living with HIV for the last four years in an interview with Matt Lauer on this morning's edition of the TODAY show and now he's hoping to help people and become more philanthropic in this…

Kisses ‘n’ Lipstick Selfies Fun Fast Way To Raise Awareness of HIV

Kisses ‘n’ Lipstick Selfies Fun Fast Way To Raise Awareness of HIV Is your kiss on someone’s list this Valentine’s week, maybe you can spare one or more for Kisses 4 CANFAR. Launched in 2012 by the Canadian Association for AIDS Research (CANFAR), the Kisses 4 CANFAR campaign wants to stamp out the stigma and fear young people attach to discussing HIV 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…

Kisses 4 CANFAR Makes February More Than Lip Service To Valentine's Day

Kisses 4 CANFAR Makes February More Than Lip Service To Valentine's Day Some University of Toronto students get in the spirit of Kisses 4 CANFAR.Valentine’s Day might be approaching on Feb. 14, but the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) is making the first half of February all about red lips and kisses. The AIDS campaign, appropriately…

ONEHOPE Wine Produced by Mondavi Gives Half Its Profits Away

ONEHOPE Wine Produced by Mondavi Gives Half Its Profits Away ONEHOPE was launched six years ago by eight Southern Californian wine industry colleagues eager to make a difference and so far has raised more than $1 million for various non-profits through a variety of products and services. Cornerstone to the business is ONEHOPE Wine, produced in…

CBS' Good Wife’s Alan Cumming Out There for Gay Rights and AIDS Research

CBS' Good Wife’s Alan Cumming Out There for Gay Rights and AIDS Research Alan Cumming sports a one-of-a-kind T-shirt for the Ali Forney Center's Shred of Hope fundraising auction.Actor Alan Cumming, who plays Eli Gold in CBS drama The Good Wife, was recently in Toronto hosting a fundraiser for the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and is…

Actor Paul Newman's Legacy Lives On In Newman's Own

Actor Paul Newman's Legacy Lives On In Newman's Own Old family photo: Paul Newman, daughter Clea Newman, and wife Joanne Woodward.You’ve seen them on the grocery shelves:  Newman’s Own products from salad dressings to pasta sauce, but did you know every after-tax penny of profit from sale of the foodstuffs is donated via Newman’s Own Foundation…

The Dare To Wear Love Challenge Is Now On

The Dare To Wear Love Challenge Is Now On Hoax Couture's Chris Tyrell and Jim Searle have helped raise more than $100,000 for The Stephen Lewis Foundation through their Dare To Wear Love galas and challenges.Bespoke fashion designers and philanthropists Jim Searle and Chris Tyrell of Hoax Couture are turning Valentine’s Day into Canada Day — and then…

Give CANFAR And Keshia A Kiss

Give CANFAR And Keshia A Kiss CANFAR youth ambassador Keshia Chanté puckers up for the new Kisses 4 CANFAR campaign.For 19 years The Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) has promoted its Have A Heart program at 2500 schools across Canada. Students sell heart-o-grams to help raise money and awareness for HIV/AIDS. This month, for the 20th year…

Canadian Tenors Drop Everything For Bulembu

Canadian Tenors Drop Everything For Bulembu The Tenors with the children of Bulembu (photo courtesy of Canada International)Vocal quartet the Tenors (a.k.a. the Canadian Tenors) have performed marquee gigs across the globe, from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics to Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee at Windsor Castle, but when asked what charity they’d drop…

'Freddie For A Day' Event Conjures Fallen Star’s Spirit

'Freddie For A Day' Event Conjures Fallen Star’s Spirit If you see someone sashaying down the street tomorrow (Sept. 5) wearing a pasted-on handlebar moustache — or better, a skin-tight satiny jumpsuit slit down to the navel — you haven’t accidentally wandered into a Pride parade. You’ve encountered a light-hearted do-gooder being a ‘Freddie for…