Tag: philanthropy
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Speedrunning (Beating Videogames Fast As Possible) Champs Playing For Make A Wish
For the first time this year, the European Speedrunner Assembly (ESA) is set to host their recurring speedrunning event, where gamers aim to conquer video games at record speeds and showcase mind-blowing talents. For the first time ever, ESA is teaming up with Make-A-Wish International — an organization dedicated to fulfilling the wishes of children facing…
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Gilda Garza Pushing Boundaries Between Emotion & Art
Venice, ITALY – Known as “the most influential artist in Mexico,” Gilda Garza is an internationally recognized painter constantly pushing the boundaries between emotion and art. This award-winning Mexico native prepares to make history with a moving collaborative collection by sculptural artist Mario Furlan in a live exhibition at New Murano, Atelier Muranese. “I have…
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Understanding the Canadian Honours Award System
The Canadian Honours Award System is a system in which citizens of Canada can be recognized for their exceptional achievements. The system comprises three levels: the Order of Canada, the Order of Military Merit, and the Order of Merit. Each level has its criteria for eligibility and its process for nomination and selection. The Order…
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How UNESCO Supports Exiled Ukrainian Women Artists
Paris, 9 June 2022 – UNESCO is launching a scheme to support Ukrainian women artists who have had to flee their country because of the war, in partnership with the NGO Perpetuum Mobile. It will enable them and their children to be hosted and cared for by a cultural institution in the country where they have…
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Canada Fights Food Crises By Committing highest-ever funding to UN agency IFAD
Rome, December 2021 – At a time when rural people in low-income countries face steep increases in food prices and the devastating impacts of climate change are contributing to a rise in hunger and poverty, Canada has announced today its commitment to support the resilience of small-scale farmers and the prosperity of rural communities by increasing its funding to the UN’s…
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Africa without vaccines while Canada doses are wasted
Canada just moved from having enough doses to vaccinate every Canadian, into a surplus position. This also means that Canada reached a new very problematic milestone. Doses are going bad in Canada, while desperate people, including frontline health workers in Africa, are still struggling to get access to vaccines. None of us are safe until…
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USA’s first-ever Olympic Surf Team and Wyland Foundation partner for healthy oceans
Rancho Santa Margarita–To commemorate USA Surfing’s first ever event at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, renowned marine life artist Wyland created a limited time commemorative USA Surf collection with a signature Octopus in his beautiful Japanese-influenced Gyotaku style. This lucky Octopus shows up throughout the collection. See the full limited time commemorative USA Surf collection…
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Fundraising Survey Shows More Canadians Are Giving But Giving Less
(Toronto, Ontario) Seven in ten Canadians have given to charity in 2018, and almost half of donors are open to different sorts of giving approaches than just the traditional solicitation letter, according to the 2018 What Canadian Donors Want Survey, conducted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Foundation for Philanthropy – Canada in partnership…
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Disease Did Not Stop Marine Swimming Alcatraz To San Fran Blindfolded
For as long as he could remember, Jay Platt wanted to be a U.S. Marine, and for nearly 15 years, he lived that dream. But in 1998, a rare condition called von Hippel Lindau syndrome (VHL), attacked his eyes, brain, spine and kidneys, forcing his retirement from the service. “Before VHL I pretty much felt untouchable…
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Groundbreaking Design For Sanctuary For Abused Animals In Mississippi
Carroll County, MS – In Defense of Animals has unveiled brand-new, state-of-the-art facilities to care for the Deep South’s most abused animals at Hope Animal Sanctuary in Carroll County, Mississippi. The organization has rescued and rehabilitated animals in Mississippi since 1993, and this weekend it revealed a cutting-edge sanctuary that will support animals and the…
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Poll Showed 56% Of Our Neighbors In America Believes In Devil
Against a backdrop of horrific crimes and devastating natural disasters, 56 percent of Americans surveyed believe in the devil, 53 percent believe in hell and 43 percent believe in hell as “a place of suffering and punishment where people go after they die,” according to a poll of 1,218 Americans conducted over Memorial Day weekend…
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Toronto Company Raising Cancer Fighting Funds Via Funky Gowns
Giftgowns, a Toronto based company specializing in redefining the archaic hospital gown, announced today the release of a limited-edition gown to raise funds and awareness for the Canadian Cancer Society in celebration of October Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The alternative hospital gown features graphics driven to motivate and inspire patients with quotes such as “You…
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911 Heroes Memorial Run Series Happening Across America And The World
The Travis Manion Foundation (TMF), one the nation’s leading veterans advocacy organizations, is hosting its flagship event – the 10th annual 9/11 Heroes Memorial run in more than 50 communities across the country and around the world this September, including locally in in Annapolis, MD, and Alexandria, VA. The annual race series unites communities across…
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Reactions To Walking In Downtown Albuquerque
The mayor of a beautiful American city filled with wonderful people-but part of a state often thought to be in a different country, had a serious but undiagnosed problem. It was known to many residents, but the mayor seemed blissfully unaware for months of what was going on. Violence and robberies dominated the local newscasts…
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No Cost Auto Coupon Button Applies Savings At Checkout For Online Shopping
I’d like to tell you about an easy shopping hack that moves coupon clipping into the 21st Century. Gumdrop by Goodshop is a new free browser button which automatically finds and applies the best coupons at checkout when you are shopping online at more than 30,000 retailers including Kohl’s, Toys R Us and Amazon. It…
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Come On Summer! We’ve Got Your List Of Canada’s Cleanest, Greenest Beaches
More Blue Flags will fly in Canada this year Canadians will be able to visit more clean and eco-friendly beaches and marinas across the country this summer. A record 27 beaches and eight marinas in Canada have earned the Blue Flag—a world-renowned eco-certification for beaches and marinas. The latest beaches to fly the flag are…
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Dominican Republic Province Altagracia Suffering With Poverty
Villa Altagracia is the easternmost province of the Dominican Republic. The name “La Altagracia” (High Grace) commemorates a painting, Our Lady of La Altagracia, brought from Spain in the early 16th century. Our Lady of La Altagracia is known to the Dominicans as a protector of the Island, to create miracles. Sadly, as we drove up the hill of Altagracia, we…
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Charity Provides Free Dresses To Underprivileged Girls For School Dances
A new charity called the “Believe in Yourself Project” is helping to replace the poor body image that afflicts many girls and women. This image is heightened by what the traditional fashion industry deems as beautiful: Women are expected to appear a certain way and live up to a manufactured and unrealistic notion of what…
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Albuquerque’s Joy Junction Homeless Shelter Is Turning 30
Joy Junction is three decades old. It is hard to believe the shelter I founded is 30 this year, and that I’ve spent more than half my life at what has obviously now become a lifetime calling. Looking back, it seems just like a short time ago that I came up the driveway of our…
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Now Available In Ontario- IF You Can Find It- ‘Environment Friendly’ Boxed Water
Water. It covers the vast majority of the earth’s surface. Likewise, water also comprises the bulk of the human body. The Earth and humans are each as dependent on the existence of water as the other. The earth’s environment graciously provides human beings with water, our most vital means of survival. It is our responsibility to…
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Money Buys Happiness If You Give It Away
North Americans are still choosing to hold onto their money these days, a lesson learned from the 2008-09 financial crash. It’s good to have savings – but not to the point of hoarding, says entrepreneur and philanthropist Tim McCarthy, author of “Empty Abundance”. Citizens in the United States of America are saving at a rate…
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Montreal’s top chefs prepared gourmet menu supporting Quebec Cancer groups
Brief – An exceptional event at Sofitel Montreal’s Renoir restaurant which organized a special evening combining gastronomy, entertainment and generosity to benefit the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation and The Cedars Cancer Institute, on January 22nd 2014. Our Executive Chef, Olivier Perret, who was touched by cancer, gathered his Montreal Chef friends who each prepared…
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Goldie Hawn And President Clinton Foundation Focused On Malawi Farmers
Like many of us, he has a vision of a better world – one where babies are born healthy no matter where they live. One where farmers in Malawi earn enough to support their families. One where land is being reforested to support communities and protect the environment. One where everyone has access to affordable,…
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Artist Is Member Of Christian Student Group Effecting Change
Sara Kuiper, a Zoology major at Guelph University has fueled her fire with the help of an organization trying to reach the world. Kuiper is a member of Power to Change, a Christian group for students. Their mission is to reach the world by helping students discover Jesus. “My first year of university I became part…