First responders to receive more than $1 million in free mental health, addiction care
TORONTO, ON–Trafalgar Addiction Treatment Centres has launched its Local Hero Support Program, which will provide up to 50 residential concurrent disorder treatment spaces each year to first responders who currently do not have access to care, at no cost. This represents more than $1 million in care over the course …
Breakfast Club of Canada Set to Assess Its Social Impact
A great tool to fast-track the development of the Club and its partner organizations, help more than 1 million young Canadians who go to school on an empty stomach VANCOUVER, BC–With one in four Canadian children going to school without breakfast in 2019 – or one in two in Indigenous …
Prestigious University of the West Indies enters new decade of fundraising in Canada
Toronto’s yearly benefit gala instrumental to educational empowerment of island nations TORONTO, ON–The University of the West Indies (UWI), ranked in the top four per cent of the world’s best universities, is entering its second decade of giving with the annual UWI Toronto Benefit Gala on April 4, 2020. As …
Five Winners Announced for the Inaugural Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prizes
$150,000 in prizes will be awarded to artists at a celebration on December 12, 2019, providing a significant boost to Ontario’s performing arts community TORONTO, ON–The Metcalf Foundation announced the five winners of the inaugural Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prizes/Les Prix Johanna-Metcalf des Arts de la scène; playwright and theatre …
Penny Connors appointed Executive Director of AFP Greater Toronto
TORONTO, ON–The Greater Toronto Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) has announced the appointment of Penny Connors as the new Executive Director for the Chapter, just in time for the AFP Congress which starts on Sunday. After 25 years of incredible service to the Chapter, Cynthia Quigley will …
SickKids Foundation wins Top Cause Award at CMA Gala
TORONTO, ON—The Top Cause Award at the Canadian Marketing Association’s 2019 Awards was given to SickKids Foundation for their SickKids VS – Crews campaign in partnership with marketing and communications agency Cossette. The PR and social media strategy behind this campaign centered on a video that followed hundreds of donors, …
Royal Inland Hospital Foundation Project Gets $1 Million Donation
KAMLOOPS, BC–Domtar and Unifor have announced their intention to jointly commit $1 million over the next five years to Royal Inland Hospital’s Patient Care Tower Project. This donation makes history twice in one move, as it is Unifor’s largest single donation in the history of the Union and Domtar’s largest …
Ben Mulroney is new spokesperson for CNIB Foundation
TORONTO, ON–The CNIB Foundation, Canada’s largest non-profit supporting people who are blind or partially sighted, today announced that national media personality and producer, Ben Mulroney, will act as the organization’s spokesperson. “We’re thrilled to welcome Ben to the CNIB Foundation family,” says the charity’s president and CEO, John M. Rafferty. …
New MD survey finds physicians stressed but eager to learn about financial priorities
MD Financial Management shares findings from physician-based research on Canadian physicians’ financial literacy OTTAWA, ON–A lack of knowledge about financial services and products is causing stress among Canadian physicians, according to the results of a physician-based survey of financial literacy released today by MD Financial Management Inc. (MD). The stress …
National Red Mitten Day Empowers Canadians to Join Hands in Support of Canadian Athletes
Every pair of Hudson’s Bay Red Mittens sold directly supports Team Canada athletes with more than $32 million raised to-date TORONTO, ON–On Thursday, November 21, Hudson’s Bay brought back National Red Mitten Day for its third year. National Red Mitten Day encourages Canadians across the country to show their pride …