Category: "Causes"

Fashion Designers Adopt a Social Cause

Fashion designers have realized that in this day and age adopting a social cause is one of the best ways to make a statement.
Given this fact, many fashion designers are adopting social causes and using their creative talents and fame to help their chosen cause in some way. Fashion designers are aligning themselves with causes [...]

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Support Your Local Food Bank

A food banks mission is to provide food and assistance to those in need. My local food bank is the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society (GVFBS) who’s committed to providing all their clients with the most dignity and privacy as possible.
So make the extra effort to support your local food bank.
The GVFBS was established in [...]

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Haiti Hope Supports Haitian Farmers

The Haiti Hope cause was launched on July 9 with more than 39,344 folks joining the cause.
Haiti Hope supports Haitian farmers!
It resulted in $10,100 in donations to TechnoServe which will be given towards the Haiti mango farming sustainability projects.
The Haiti Hope Project is dedicated to assisting over 25,000 Haitian farmers in developing a sustainable mango [...]

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Paws For The Cause Mixes Fashion with Animals

Paws for the Cause is a an event put on by the SPCA that throws fun parties and dresses up dogs in designer clothes to raise funds for charity.
The organization is made up of a bunch of young professionals and curators who put on the event. Paws for the Cause was founded in 2010 by [...]

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Social Media: A Powerful Tool to Support Social Causes

The social media world is on the way up and is unstoppable but something many people don’t realize is it’s also a phenomenal tool to support social causes and promote social change.
Social media sites of all kinds are a fantastic way to reach the masses which is one of the main reasons business and charities [...]

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Poverty Affects Us All

Poverty affects every country and everyone in the world whether you live in a rich or poor country. Poverty affects us all!
Poverty has always been an issue of concern for as long as time has existed and hopefully will lessen and lessen as we move into the future.
The gap between rich and poor in most [...]

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ArtThread Helps People through Art

A non-profit organization worth learning about that you may not have heard about before is ArtThread Foundation whose mission is to make art more widely accessible for people affected by social consequences, illness or physical limitations.
The Foundation is involved in building a worldwide art community to help people communicate using art for community change. The [...]

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Care about the environment? Support the David Suzuki Foundation

Some of you may be wondering what the David Suzuki Foundation is, well it’s a Canadian charitable organization which works to protect our natural environment.
The charity’s main goals are to protect our climate by ensuring Canada is doing their part in greenhouse gas emission reduction, protect our nature such as Canada’s ecosystems, freshwater, marine and [...]

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Love to read? Join ‘Read for the Cure’

If you want to support cancer research and enjoy reading, you will no doubt want to check out ‘Read for the Cure,’ a great opportunity to join book clubbers to raise funds for essential cancer research.       
In 2011 alone, this Canadian non-profit will be hosting four new events that will do just this. These [...]

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Your new favorite scarf: Both ethically made and fashionABLE!

By my estimation, fashionABLE is as much a company about redemption as it is about scarves. The African-based scarf brand employs and empowers women who previously worked as prostitutes, and it takes every opportunity to tell each woman’s story.
My Bezuayhu scarf (top) is a nice sublte design and the perfect weight. (Especially for [...]

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