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Holt Renfrew Soft Toy Bears, Foxes, Penguins and Veggie Basket Give Back
Holt Renfrew Soft Toy Bears, Foxes, Penguins and Veggie Basket Give Back High-end Canadian department store Holt Renfrew has some reasonably priced soft toys that give back to the World Wildlife Fund to help preserve the Arctic ecosystem and Cuddle + Kind, which provides meals to impoverished children. The two specially-designed Gund-brand Holt Renfrew…
Human Rights Campaign Foundation Names Live Nation Leading Employer for LGBTQ
Human Rights Campaign Foundation Names Live Nation Leading Employer for LGBTQ The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has named concert promotion agency Live Nation Entertainment one of the best places to work for LGBTQ employees and their allies. The corporation scored 100 percent on HRC’s 2018 Corporate Equality Index with regards to its company…
Q&A: Cadillac Fairview Donations Chair Discusses Principles Behind Its Corporate Giving
Q&A: Cadillac Fairview Donations Chair Discusses Principles Behind Its Corporate Giving We Day store opening at Ottawa's CF Rideau Centre this summer — photo credit: Cadillac Fairview As part of its annual corporate giving commitment, Toronto-based commercial real estate company Cadillac Fairview (CF) with a portfolio of 67 properties, including…
Gary Slaight to Receive Inaugural Canadian Changemaker Award from Artists for Peace and Justice
Gary Slaight to Receive Inaugural Canadian Changemaker Award from Artists for Peace and Justice Gary SlaightMusic executive and humanitarian Gary Slaight will receive the inaugural APJ Canadian Changemaker Award at the Bovet 1822 Artists for Peace and Justice (APJ) gala in Toronto Sunday night (Sept. 9). The award, presented at the Art Gallery of…
Q&A: Brew Dr. Kombucha, Teahouse and Distillery CEO on Building Principled Business
Q&A: Brew Dr. Kombucha, Teahouse and Distillery CEO on Building Principled Business Matt Thomas, CEO of Brew Dr. Kombucha, Townshend’s Tea Company and Thomas & Sons Distillery — photo courtest of The Narrative Group. Ever since childhood, Matt Thomas was into recycling. It was just part of his life in Portland, Oregon and he’s carried that…
Q&A: Skincare Brand Algenist Launches New Cream with #StandFirm Free2Luv Campaign
Q&A: Skincare Brand Algenist Launches New Cream with #StandFirm Free2Luv Campaign Algenist’s director of marketing Shannon Shapiro participates in #StandFirm campaign — photo courtesy of Algenist.Algenist has quickly become a leading anti-aging skincare brand, with shelf space at such noted beauty chains as Sephora and Ulta. Its core ingredients are…
CEO Michael Rapino: I’ve Got a Charity; It's Called Live Nation
CEO Michael Rapino: I’ve Got a Charity; It's Called Live Nation Live Nation CEO is interviewed by George Stroumboulopoulos at Canadian Music Week 2017 — photo credit: Grant W. Martin A new Harris Poll of American adults cites the top 5 most important traits in a CEO as trusted, ethical, accountable, competent and respectful. The same study, which…
Q&A: FABFITFUN Subscription Box Co-Founder Katie Ann Rosen Kitchens Talks Charity Decisions
Q&A: FABFITFUN Subscription Box Co-Founder Katie Ann Rosen Kitchens Talks Charity Decisions FabFitFun, a U.S.-based seasonal lifestyle subscription box full of goodies from skincare to fashion and home items — also available to Canadians — partners with a charity each season. That does not include charities often associated with some of the products available in the box. Previous partners…
Q&A: Grand & Toy Leads By Example with Go-Green Initiatives
Q&A: Grand & Toy Leads By Example with Go-Green Initiatives Grand & ToGrand & Toy's Serguei Tchertok (far right) at Nature Conservancy event — photo courtesy of G&T.What should we do with those K-Cups? What do we do with “unrecyclable” items? Long-standing office supply chain Grand & Toy, operating since 1882 and now an ecommerce…
CITYPAK Project Backpack Distribution is Coming to Help Toronto’s Homeless
CITYPAK Project Backpack Distribution is Coming to Help Toronto’s Homeless (L to R): The Toronto CITYPAK team of Melody Li from Homeless Connect Toronto, Erin Reynolds from Samsonite/High Sierra, Ron Kaplan from The CITYPAK Project and Christine Liber from Liberty Ink Communications — photo courtesy of CITYPack. The CITYPAK Project has provided versatile…
Happy 10th Anniversary to Philanthropic TIFF It Lounge
Happy 10th Anniversary to Philanthropic TIFF It Lounge NKPR's Natasha Koifman with Best Buddies International founder Anthony Shriver in 2013 — photo courtesy of NKPR.It’s happy anniversary to both philanthropic PR ace Natasha Koifman and her firm NKPR and The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), celebrating 10 years and 40 years, respectively.…
Weddings Parties Anything: Donate Your Aeroplan Miles In Someone's Name For Charity
Weddings Parties Anything: Donate Your Aeroplan Miles In Someone's Name For Charity Aeroplan members have already donated more than 410 million miles to various charities to help offset their travel costs as part of the Beyond Miles program and now they can donate on someone’s behalf — for weddings, parties, anything, even in memory of or for no…
Conscience Entertainment Focuses On Celebrity and the Social Giver
Conscience Entertainment Focuses On Celebrity and the Social Giver Conscience Entertainment founder Steven Yamin with Slash at the Playboy Mansion's Summer Solstice 2010, a fundraiser for Rescue Humanity Foundation — photo courtesy of CEG.High profile actors, musicians, athletes, and now reality TV stars — otherwise known as celebrities — are always being…
Naja Radically Different Lingerie Offers Women Underwear For Hope
Naja Radically Different Lingerie Offers Women Underwear For Hope Model shows off Naja's new Talavera collection: photo courtesy of Naja.With her platinum credentials as a former New York lawyer, Stanford School of Business MBA (class of 2006) and successful entrepreneur Catalina Girald doesn’t seem like a 21st century revolutionary. But her latest and…
Tesla Motors Lets Others Copy Their Technology To Make Electric Cars
Tesla Motors Lets Others Copy Their Technology To Make Electric Cars Tesla Motors Model S — photo courtesy of Tesla Motors.Tesla Motors Inc. has elected to make all of its intellectual property available to the public in order to speed up the creation and evolution of fossil fuel-saving electric cars by allowing more players into the game. The Palo Alto…