Foundations
Slaight Family Foundation pledges $12M to Support Indigenous Peoples over Five Years
Slaight Family Foundation pledges $12M to Support Indigenous Peoples over Five Years Gary Slaight with Indspire CEO Roberta Jamieson — photo courtesy of the Slaight Family Foundation.Canada’s forthcoming sesquicentennial celebrations may be fraught for aboriginal peoples, but one event from 2017 will be remembered as an across-the-board win for all. The…
Staples Gives Almost $200k to Five Canadian Charities
Staples Gives Almost $200k to Five Canadian Charities Staples donated $10,000 USD to Pathways To Education — photo courtesy Torchia CommunicationsFive Canadian charities will split $150,000 USD ($196,442 CAD) as part of office supply retailer Staples' 2 Million & Change worldwide program, which directs funding to non-profit organizations focused on…
Bethany Beach Ocean Suites Partners With Community Groups and Charities
Bethany Beach Ocean Suites Partners With Community Groups and Charities Bethany Beach Ocean Suites in Bethany Beach, Delware — photo courtesy of VC Inc. Marketing. Guests enjoying the upmarket seaside accommodations at the Bethany Beach Ocean Suites luxury hotel in tiny Bethany Beach, Delaware (population 1,060) can sleep better knowing their…
Harry Potter-themed Charitable Yoga Classes Combine Magic and Movement
Harry Potter-themed Charitable Yoga Classes Combine Magic and Movement When Harry Potter wants objects to levitate, he waves his magic wand while intoning “wingardium leviosa!” But as any yoga practitioner can tell you, freeing the mind also induces feelings of weightlessness. Now the fun of Harry Potter and the physical expression of yoga are coming…
Adele, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga Items Part Of Grammy Foundation Auction
Adele, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga Items Part Of Grammy Foundation Auction Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl holding the autographed album up for auction — photo via Grammy Auctions eBay pageUnique memorabilia from the likes of Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Adele, Stevie Nicks and many more high profile musical acts are up for auction right now to support the Grammy Foundation and…
Happy Birthday Gord Downie: Let's Raise More Money for His Charities
Happy Birthday Gord Downie: Let's Raise More Money for His Charities Live shot of The Tragically Hip 2016 — photo credit: David Bastedo. The Tragically Hip's frontman Gord Downie turns 53 today. Let’s reignite the flood of donations for his charities, which were set up following the announcement a year ago that he had glioblastoma, an aggressive…
Dunes Manor in Maryland Declares February Love Month for Charity
Dunes Manor in Maryland Declares February Love Month for Charity Dunes Manor Hotel & Suites — photo courtesy of VC Inc. Marketing.A Ocean City, Maryland resort Dunes Manor Hotel & Suites located right on the boardwalk, has decided to dedicate February to raising money for Believe in Tomorrow Children’s Foundation, Baltimore-based charity that…
Arcade Fire and Mavis Staples Release Charity Song To Support American Civil Liberties Union
Arcade Fire and Mavis Staples Release Charity Song To Support American Civil Liberties Union Arcade FireArcade Fire have released the new protest song "I Give You Power" to support the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The Canadian indie rock band's song prominently features gospel-soul singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples joining the…
Buffy Sainte-Marie to Receive Allan Waters Humanitarian Award At Juno Awards
Buffy Sainte-Marie to Receive Allan Waters Humanitarian Award At Juno Awards Buffy Sainte-Marie — photo by Annie LeibotvitzSongwriting legend and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie, whose songs include "Universal Soldier" and "Now That the Buffalo's Gone," will be this year's recipient of the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award at the 2017 Juno Gala Dinner &…
KIND Foundation Gives $1.1 Million USD To Seven People Doing Good
KIND Foundation Gives $1.1 Million USD To Seven People Doing Good KIND founder and CEO Daniel Lubetzky — photo via KIND FoundationSeven champions for good deeds will be sharing in $1.1 million USD ($1,453,760 CAD) to support their efforts thanks to the KIND Foundation, in partnership with media and entertainment company SoulPancake, co-founded by actor…
George Michael Had Gallery and Educational Foundation with Kenny Goss in Dallas
George Michael Had Gallery and Educational Foundation with Kenny Goss in Dallas Stories are now emerging about George Michael’s generosity to an array of charitable causes from cancer to child welfare to sexual health, but for the past decade in Dallas, Texas, the English singer and his former long-term partner Kenny Goss — who is from Dallas — have…
Little Big Town to Help Launch Music in Our Schools Tour
Little Big Town to Help Launch Music in Our Schools Tour Little Big Town — photo via Little Big Town official websiteSix U.S. schools will receive music education grants and get the opportunity to take part in the fourth annual Music In Our Schools Tour thanks to the Give A Note Foundation and the Country Music Association's CMA Foundation. Country group…
Unison Holiday Schmoozefest Raises $20K for Music Industry Emergency Fund
Unison Holiday Schmoozefest Raises $20K for Music Industry Emergency Fund Slaight Music's Derrick Ross; Mr. and Mrs. Claus; artist manager Bermie Breen — photo credit: Unision FB page.If you gathered dozens and dozens of the nation’s top music professionals in a room, you’d expect it to be a schmooze fest – and that’s how it was on Dec. 12 at the Spice…
Protest The Hero’s Tim MacMillar Promises to Shave Beard Onstage for Leukemia Fundraiser
Protest The Hero’s Tim MacMillar Promises to Shave Beard Onstage for Leukemia Fundraiser Protest The Hero's Tim MacMillar and his beard — photo courtesy of PMHF page.. Unlike the Movember campaign, where men grow facial hair to spread awareness about prostate cancer, guitarist Tim MacMillar of the Canadian progressive metal band Protest The Hero is going…
Dolly Parton Raises More Than $9 Million U.S. For Tennessee Fire Victims
Dolly Parton Raises More Than $9 Million U.S. For Tennessee Fire Victims Smoky Mountains Rise telethon promotional image — photo via DollyParton.comCountry singing star Dolly Parton's star-studded telethon to help Sevier County, Tennessee wildfire victims has raised more than $9 million U.S. ($12,031,897 CAD). The Smoky Mountains Rise: A Benefit for the…