The 68-year-old graduate of the broadcasting program donated $250,019.70 to the School of Creative Industries – the largest gift the college has ever received from an alumnus.
McMullan’s Pub on Highland Road donated about $1,000 worth of food to nurses, hospitals, grocery workers and others on Thursday.
More than 34,000 people in the Waterloo Region feel what it is like to be hungry, said Kim Wilhelm, the director of development at the local food bank.
The Mennonite Central Committee prepares canned meat and ships it to countries in need. Last year, 774,067 pounds were sent to the less fortunate.
BY SHAFAQ PARWEZ Wilfrid Laurier University students gathered for noble causes on March 2. The afternoon saw students en masse coming forward to donate blood at a walk-in blood donation clinic in the Senate and Board chambers while the cafeteria housed a One Match stem cell and bone marrow information booth. The organizers of the Get Swabbed at Laurier event raised awareness about stem cell donation and registered potential stem … Continued
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By CASSIE TULECKI Participants in Make-A-Wish Southwestern Ontario’s ninth annual Go Blue! Go Bald! fundraiser raised approximately $20,000. Supporters raised pledges, dyed their hair blue and also had their heads shaved at the event held March 28 at Edelweiss Tavern in Kitchener. There was also a silent auction that was open to the public. Go Blue! Go Bald! has raised over $1 million all across southwestern Ontario since it began. … Continued
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