Hallmark Provides Canadians with Opportunity to Say “Thank You” with 150,000 Card Donation
Free three-card packs available for people to share gratitude with health care workers, teachers, postal service employees, delivery drivers, grocery store staff and other heroes TORONTO, ON–Hallmark Canada will give away 150,000 cards to provide Canadians with a way to share gratitude for people who are going above and beyond …
Medavie Commits $5 Million to Support Mental Health and Food Insecurity in Response to COVID-19
MONCTON, NB–Medavie, through its Foundation, is committing $5 million to support the needs of Canadians responding to COVID-19. The funding will focus on initiatives addressing food insecurity, the mental health needs of adolescents, and frontline responders coping with COVID-19-related anxiety and post-traumatic stress. The funding will be distributed to community …
SkipTheDishes Commits Over $15 Million To Help
$10 million to local restaurants on their network, $1 million to Food Banks Canada WINNIPEG, MB–SkipTheDishes, Canada’s largest and most popular food delivery service, is hungry to help Canadians through these challenging times brought on by COVID-19. The delivery service app is giving an additional estimated $10 million back to …
Week-long In Concert Supports Food Banks Canada, Unison Benevolent Fund
Fundraiser goes towards COVID-19 Relief Efforts TORONTO, ON–ET Canada in partnership with the Canadian Country Music Association and the CCMA Foundation, are staging Canada Together: In Concert, an unprecedented five-night broadcast event showcasing 20 of the biggest names in country music coming together in support of Canada’s COVID-19 relief efforts. …
Air Canada and Air Canada Foundation Work with Second Harvest
Redistribute Onboard Fresh Food Items to Canadians in Need; Over 2,330 kg of fresh food from 7 cities across Canada redistributed to date MONTREAL, ON–Air Canada and the Air Canada Foundation are working with Canadian food rescue organization Second Harvest’s FoodRescue.ca to redistribute fresh food items from Air Canada’s in-flight …
Three Ag Retailers Win $15K Each for Local Charities
The ADAMA Thank-A-Retailer Community Contest gives outstanding ag retailers the chance to give back to their communities WINNIPEG, MB–After four weeks of heated competition, three Canadian ag retailers were awarded $15,000 in funding for the local charity of their choice as part of the ADAMA Thank-A-Retailer Community Contest. Since January …
L’Oréal Paris announces the esteemed Canadian honorees of their fourth annual Women of Worth program
On International Women’s Day, $110,000 in charitable grants will be bestowed to ten Canadian women TORONTO, ON–L’Oréal Paris Canada named the remarkable recipients of its fourth annual Women of Worth program. Each year, the philanthropic initiative strives to recognize and honour a diverse group of unstoppable women who work passionately …
Edmonton ranked top city for youth to work: First-ever YouthfulCities Urban Work Index
TORONTO, ON–YouthfulCities launched its inaugural Urban Work Index on February 4th, the first of its kind to look specifically at urban work in Canada. The Index, which was funded by RBC Future Launch, ranks 21 Canadian cities based on 48 urban work indicators, and found Edmonton to be the top-ranked …
Ruckify launches T-shirt fundraiser to deliver Australia fire relief
OTTAWA, ON–Ruckify, the global peer-to-peer marketplace for all things rentals, has launched a t-shirt fundraising campaign to support those affected by the devastating Australian bushfires. The shirts, which will be available on a dedicated RuckifyStore, list a number of organisations people can donate to both during and after the fire …
Laudes Foundation launches to accelerate the transition to a just and regenerative economy
ZUG, Switzerland–Laudes Foundation launches today with the aim to address the dual crises of climate breakdown and inequality that endanger nature and jeopardize the safety and dignity of countless communities around the world. The same human ingenuity that has brought unparalleled prosperity to many is being called on now to …