ShopperArmy.ca Launches ‘Shop For The Cure’ in Support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
A first-of-its-kind fundraiser between a cash back rewards site and a Canadian charity, providing a convenient way for Canadians to donate while online shopping TORONTO–Today, one of Canada’s newest cash back and product discovery websites, ShopperArmy.ca, announces a first-of-its-kind charitable event, ShopperArmy.ca’s Shop For The Cure, a fundraiser for the …
JHR Announces Co-Chairs, Leading Sponsors for Night for Rights 2019 Gala
TORONTO–On November 25, 2019, 400 of Canada’s top journalists, media executives, business and political leaders will gather at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Toronto to celebrate and recognize excellence in human rights journalism, from Thunder Bay in Northern Ontario to Bamako in Mali, and to illustrate the powerful impact of …
Canadian men between the ages of 18-34 say they still feel under pressure to “man up”
Over half of Canada’s young men are reluctant to talk about their feelings for fear of being seen as less masculine, according to new research TORONTO–Over 50 per cent of Canadian men aged 18-34 have avoided talking out about their problems for fear of being seen as less of a …
Dialogue Launches the First Virtual Multidisciplinary Mental Health Program in Canada
Mental health in the workplace is a growing concern for employers MONTREAL–Dialogue is launching phase II of its Stress Management and Well-Being program. The new program, now available to all employers in Canada, builds on Dialogue’s full suite of virtual healthcare services to offer cross-functional resources to employers who wish …
State of Canadian Hockey: FlipGive and Scotiabank Hockey Club Release New Survey with Surprising Results
TORONTO–FlipGive—the Toronto-based company that has reinvented how youth sports teams across North America raise money—and Scotiabank–- Canada’s hockey bank – released a new survey Thursday with some surprising (and not so surprising) results regarding the state of youth hockey in Canada. According to the survey of 1,000 hockey parents across …
CUPE city workers team up with Windsor-Essex food bank to deliver Thanksgiving dinners
WINDSOR–Members of Local 543 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 543) have packed up 600 hampers containing everything needed for a complete Thanksgiving dinner, as part of their sixth annual ‘Operation Giveback,’ in partnership with the Windsor-Essex Food Bank Association. The dinner hampers will be distributed to families …
Top 100 Charity Industry Influencers
by Clelia Arci, Onalytica With the arrival of social media and the speed at which information can now be shared and received, the list of charitable causes seems to have grown exponentially. For each injustice in the world there is a cause fighting it and people trying to improve the …
THE FIVE-YEAR FUTURE OF MAIL FUNDRAISING
THE FIVE-YEAR FUTURE OF MAIL FUNDRAISING By Kesheyl van Schilt With 2020 just around the corner, we can’t help but think about where mail marketing is headed and what it will mean for the fundraising industry. But we know one thing for sure: direct mail is not dead. Nor will …
The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund Second Annual Secret Path Week Starts Oct 17th
Week of events and awareness highlighted by benefit concert “Secret Path Live” at Roy Thomson Hall October 19 TORONTO–The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) launches the second annual Secret Path Week next week, starting October 17th. The goal of Secret Path Week is to answer Gord Downie’s call …
Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation Raises $1,244,000
MONTREAL–The winds of generosity were blowing at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth on Friday, October 4. Hundreds of business people, major philanthropists, government ministers and artists responded to the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation’s invitation to the 20th edition of the Ball for the Children’s to support the wellbeing of children and …