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A ten-year-old Toronto girl with a lemonade stand is more than three-quarters of the way to raising $100,000 for heart and stroke research. For purposes of comparison, when I was ten years old, I really liked riding my bike.

Photo by aardvark from the Torontoist Flickr Pool.

Fresh from this year's successful stab at World's Largest Thriller Dance, Toronto is looking to weasel its way into the Guinness Book yet again. This time, with a big-ass Christmas stocking.

Since April is Earth Month, it seems like a good time to take a look at the world of second-hand shopping. After all, buying used consumer goods does help reduce, reuse, and recycle. We visited almost every Value Village, Goodwill, and Salvation Army in the GTA to find out which locations had the best merchandise. Here's what we discovered:

As the countdown to Christmas kicks into high gear (only seven more days to go!), it's easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the season. Between shopping for presents, visiting with friends and family, and waging a pathetic battle over pine trees, many of us forget to consider those in need.

Few things are more representative of the holiday season than the bell ringers and familiar red shield of the Salvation Army. Ever-present at malls, street corners and inside TTC property, the London-based organization collects cash for its Christian outreach services benefiting 30 million people in Canada and abroad. The Sally Ann is one of the world's largest, richest and most visible philanthropic agencies, recently providing significant relief for victims of Hurricane Rita and support for workers and families of September 11.

Sometimes we want to break out of our age bracket. We want to put on the housedress our grandma gave us and kvetch like it's 2050 and we know from arthritis. Since we can't skip time, we'll content ourselves with the 17th annual Seniors' Jubilee Concert Series. Today's 1pm show features "Dick Joiner, Ontario Central Reservist Band of the Salvation Army, Jim Bibby, Danny Gain & Norm Amadio, Golden Horseshoe Gloggers, Two Old Friends, and the Chinese Mandarin Senior Dancing Group." The series runs to the end of the week and features over 1300 performers. Each day also features 11am lobby entertainment and photo ops with all sorts of performers. Today, they offer up master whistler Danny Gain.