There’s something so very right about holding a food fundraiser in the middle of a market. So right, in fact, we’re surprised it doesn’t happen much more often. Food fundraisers—the ones that tout starred chefs, boast dozens of snacking and drinking choices, raise money for food banks and related charities, and come with triple-digit ticket [...]

FUNDRAISER: “We built this party!” Such is the tune Twitter is singing with the return of HoHoTO, an event that originated in a single tweet. This holiday fundraiser supports the Toronto Daily Bread Food Bank and has set a goal this year of $35,000. Besides raising money for a great cause, there will be DJs, [...]

Malena’s halibut cheek cakes, with horta, pickled shallots, and lemon crema. Gourmet food in the name of alleviating hunger. It’s a bit of a high-wire act, the fine-dining food fundraiser. One the one hand: well-heeled guests enjoy a seemingly endless array of delicacies prepared by many of the most accomplished restaurants in town, accompanied by [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

PROM attendees dance the night away. Photo courtesy of the ROM. 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 [...]