Results tagged “fundraisers”

                     

On Sunday evening, more than thirty of Toronto's most celebrated chefs congregated in the open air of Yorkville Park for Toronto Taste, Second Harvest's biggest and most lavish fundraiser. Honouring its nineteenth year, the event raised $250,000 in just one night—enough to provide 500,000 meals for people in need. Torontoist was lucky to snag a couple of these hot tickets and chat with some of our city's food glitterati who—despite the challenges of running restaurants in this economy—are continuing to do their part to fight hunger.

Toronto comedian and activist Derek Forgie got inspired to start Heterosexuals for Same-Sex Equality (HSSE)—a gay-rights group founded by people who identify as straight—from the unlikliest source: 100 Huntley Street. On a particular episode in 2003, the hosts and guests were denouncing gay marriage seemingly on the behalf of all straight married couples in Canada. "I didn’t feel this was a fair representation of my country," Forgie says, "and I vowed to prove it in numbers."

On Saturday, the Royal Ontario Museum held PROM, an annual fundraiser thrown by the Young Patrons’ Circle program. In its fourth year, PROM drew eight hundred attendees, including National Post columnist Shinan Govani and the hosts of the After Show on MTV Canada. In total, the event raised over fifty thousand dollars for the museum.

On Sunday night, local musicians will be playin' the blues to treat a case of the blues.