From the creators of the popular Tulips of the Valley festival, comes the first-ever I Heart Tulips event, a floral installation in support of Variety – the Children’s Charity. This Saturday, the Metropolis at Metrotown Grand Court will see an enormous one-day-installation of 10,000 red and white tulips. The flowers will be arranged in the shape…
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Canuck Place Lights Up for the Season
The Lighting of the House – an annual tradition to welcome the holiday season and bring the supporters of Canuck Place Hospice together to celebrate their contributions, took place on December 4th in Vancouver. Photo Credit: Canucksplace.org Canuck Place Children’s Hospice has light up the sky with a dazzling display of over 60,000 festive lights…
Variety Week is back on Global BC
Variety Week starts on October 22! Every Global BC newscast starting then and until Oct 26, will be showcasing children and their families who need our help. As viewers, we will able to experience first hand the difference every donated dollar makes to a family who needs assistance. In addition to calling and donating, viewers from…
Event Recap: Passions 2018
Last week my palate went on a culinary adventure. I was invited to Passions 2018, a gastronomic focused charity event for the Dr. Peter Foundation at Performance Works on Granville Island, hosted by Global TV anchor Sophie Lui. This year, with ticket sales, sponsorship, a live auction with celebrity auctioneer Fred Lee, and countless donated…
Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria and Mealshare are fighting youth hunger with tomato sauce
Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria’s famous hand-milled Campania Tomato Sauce is back for the holiday season. For the fifth year in a row, Famoso will sell its authentic Campania Tomato Sauce at all 30 restaurants located in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario, in partnership with Mealshare. From today through December 31, 2017, one meal will be…
Press the “RESET” button for your Soul
We all have struggles – big, small, any size. And I’m pretty sure that, at one point, we’ve reached out to someone in our support system to either lend us an ear or help us take action. Something as small as calling a friend may have been the impact needed to spark a change in…
Faubourg Bakery raises $20,000 for cancer research
As a girl with a sweet tooth, I am always more than happy to consume my share of macarons. As a girl with a heart, I am definitely happy to celebrate a win for charity through these decadent sweets! Faubourg Bakery invited us to a celebration at their beautiful Hornby location, one of their three…
#vancouverIstay and this is why
So Vancouver has gotten a bit of hate lately… I’m not gonna go into details, you’ve all seen the news, read it online. Now I don’t have my head in the sand when it comes to the socio and economic factors that make Vancouver hard to handle sometimes. Yes, the housing market is insane. Yes,…
It’s #PiratePakDay at WhiteSpot Restaurants #CONTEST
WhiteSpot’s annual fundraiser for Zajac Ranch for Children is back on August 12th, 2015. This is the one day a year when anyone can relive their childhood and order a Pirate Pak at any participating WhiteSpot restaurant, and feel good about it – For every Adult and Kids Pirate Pak that is sold on this day, WhiteSpot…
Help us raise funds for the Vancouver AIDS Walk for Life!
The Vancouver AIDS Walk for Life will take place on Sunday September 21th. Over 13,000 people live with HIV/AIDS in BC. Most of us have a friend, co-worker, or relative that has been touched in someway by this horrible disease. So let’s do something about it! This walk spreads awareness and raises vital funds for those…
Mary in Vancity 