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Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada can’t grant trips to the moon, but some 16,000 other wishes have been fulfilled in its 25-plus-year history. Its mandate is simple — kids aged...
British pop singer George Michael has recorded a version of Stevie Wonder’s 1972 ballad “You And I” as a wedding gift to Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton,...
EMI Group has rallied its artists and songwriters to donate items for a massive eBay auction to raise funds for the Japanese Red Cross disaster relief efforts to help those affected by last month...
Emmy-winning New York composer/producer Jonathan Elias has assembled a multitude of artists to partake in a charity album, Path To Zero: Prayer Cycle 2, including Sting and his wife Trudie...
“Nobody’s perfect” is a campaign or charity Philadelphia singer-songwriter Christina Perri is seriously thinking of starting since the success of “Jar of Hearts,” which...
For nearly half a century, Japanese-born avant-garde artist Yoko Ono has been a figurehead and ambassador for social change. She continues to be a vocal supporter of women’s and gay rights, as...
Many people get behind causes and charities and musicians are often asked to become spokespeople, "ambassadors" or simply perform at a fundraising event when they reach even a modicum of...
Fefe Dobson has performed at benefit concerts in support of women’s shelters before and the thought has never left her to one day start her own. The 26-year-old Toronto pop singer has quite...
Toronto’s young socially conscious entrepreneurs are being invited to enter their business idea in a contest that will provide funding and mentorship.  Although Project Wildfire ...
The winner of a new Global Television series will donate $10,000 to the charity of their choice and the runner-up $2000 to their charity.  In Canada Sings, workplace glee clubs, from Air...

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