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In 2005, seven friends in the United States launched an organization called RockCorps which they billed as a new kind of way to give back. Volunteers gave four hours of their time and in turn were rewarded with a ticket to an annual concert. Tickets could not be purchased, only earned. Then in 2008, RockCorps joined forces with UK communications giants Orange and Sony Ericsson to bring the organization to the UK where it has since blossomed into a multi-level, multi-media organization with 450 non-profit partners in the US and Europe. Giving four hours to any one of them will earn the volunteer a ticket to any one of several shows throughout the year. The site is pretty impressive and reminds you what the term 'social media' really means.

Orange RockCorps link is here.

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As stores around the world release their fabulous holiday gift catalogues, we couldn't pass up the chance to talk a little about the most fabulous of them all - World Vision's 2008 Christmas Catalogue. It's an amazing concept; choose from dozens of ways to help those who are most certainly in greater need than you. For instance, $110 will buy 4 hens and 2 roosters for a family, providing them with up to 300 eggs a year, or for $75 you can help a Congolese child soldier get restored to a life - as a child. Goats, alpacas, text books, blankets, medical vaccinations, counseling, soccer balls, a beehive - the list is not only impressive; it's outstanding and just may make you rethink how badly your next door neighbour really needs that fruitcake this year. These life-changing gifts start at just $25.

https://catalogue.worldvision.ca/gifts/Forms/Home.aspx?mc=3221603&lang=en

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Truth be told, it's not yet time for our Halloween issue, but we couldn't resist sending something out early for this very special haunted affair. The Thornhill Woods Haunted House opened in Toronto again this year, and is rapidly becoming an annual go-to place to get some good ol' fashioned neck chills and goose bumps. Open every evening from 6 to 10pm, any visit to this cemetery themed attraction promises gargoyles, tomb stones, earth breaking zombies and a meat shop that sells cannibalistic delights, among a myriad of other macabre offerings.

And here's the best part. Not only is it free to visit, but the ghouls that run it request donations, all of which go entirely to benefit SickKids Foundation. Being afraid will never feel as good as this. See the website for more details.

http://www.thornhillwoodshauntedhouse.com

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