Charity Guys

On a chilly Super Bowl Sunday night, three Charity Guys met up to do what they thought would be a pretty typical night of giving away gloves, Tim Hortons gift cards, and pet food for the occasional dog. Although it’s become a typical thing to do, one of the most memorable lessons to date was [...]

On Saturday, October 22nd, the Soccer Marathon of Dreams took place at Reynolds Park to raise money and awareness for Victoria Street Soccer and Oxfam. One of the key organizers and facilitators was fellow Charity Guy Tomas Ernst. A few other members of the group made it out to support the cause, enjoy some food, [...]

On October 9th, the Charity Guys spent a portion of their day picking up garbage scattered through Banfield Park. It didn’t feel much like community clean-up – more like an hour of walking along the water on a sunny day. A couple of the Charity regulars kept it very entertaining and any garbage that was [...]

                    On Saturday October 8th, the Charity Guys met up at Our Place to help out with an annual Thanksgiving BBQ for the homeless and less fortunate in the Victoria area. Most of the food and supplies were donated by local businesses, and about 15 volunteers [...]

On Sunday September 25th, the Charity Guys headed down to the newly-opened Bosley’s on Yates. The grand opening provided some great deals on pet food and pet supplies – and also a great opportunity to raise funds and awareness for the SPCA. Working together with both Bosley’s on Yates and the SPCA, the Charity Guys [...]

On Sunday September 18th, Darr and Aidan meandered down to Mile Zero along Dallas Road to take place in the annual Terry Fox Run. Funds raised from the event benefit cancer research. The annual run has been going on for many years now and helps keep Terry’s name alive. This year’s run was even more [...]

The Charity Guys have talked about serving desserts at Our Place for months now, and last Thursday, true to Charity Guy spirit, we made it happen! Market on Millstream was generous enough to sell us the supplies we needed at cost. We came prepared with buckets of vanilla, strawberry and chocolate ice cream as well [...]

The second edition of our “Dinner With A Stranger” project features a homeless man by the name of Dwayne. He’s 50 years old, and an ex-Hell’s Angel’s member from Toronto. Usually, when you hear the words “Hell’s Angels,” you think of the bravado, the showmanship, and the violence that is associated with the name, but [...]

On Friday, July 22nd around 7pm, Charity Guys Justin Robertson, Aidan Henry and Darragh Grove-White began a special project called “Dinner With A Stranger” where we take out a person who is experiencing poverty first hand for dinner and hear their story. The goal behind it is to shed light on the stigma associated with [...]

On Saturday June 18th, the Charity Guys once again embarked on a garbage clean-up mission. The destination was the Galloping Goose Trail. Although the weather seemed ugly in the morning, it turned out quite nice by afternoon. The conversation was interesting as always and the trash bag filled up quickly. By the end, the trail [...]