Bar Philanthropy

Bar Philanthropy

Bar Philanthropy aims to connect ideas with funds and volunteers and volunteers with ideas. It’s an event for people looking to get involved in a local project, for those looking to materialize their ideas and for all those who are simply curious. Riding off the great success of the event last year, I’m working with [...]

Inspiring through Passion, Not Persuasion

A snippet of my post for Akhila’s “Be the Change” series: “…The truth is, what I’m passionate about may not be exactly what you are passionate about. In fact, you may never be passionate about the issues in which I am. And it’s taken awhile, but I think that’s ok. I’ve experienced the difficulty in [...]

heARTS for Pakistan

heARTS for Pakistan

The worst humanitarian tragedy of the decade, the Pakistan floods have affected one-fifth of Pakistan and have left over 20 million people suffering. As governments around the world struggle to assist survivors of the floods, the UN has requested international donors to come together to raise the hundreds of millions of dollars now required in [...]

In Between.

New blog for a new start, new job, new life, new me? For the first time in 19 years, I am not going back to school this September. I am officially a big person (not in size though..I hope). Much to my excitement, I joined the corporate world this September. I traded in my backpack [...]

Time for Change

Time for Change

Time for Change aims to re-define volunteering. We auction our photos in exchange for skill-based community consulting hours for the city of Toronto and Region of Waterloo. Entering our mid-20′s and fresh on the corporate scene, Ruby and I knew that for our birthdays, we wanted to do something a little different than the typical [...]