Charity Groups Toronto

🩸 Volunteering: Blood Donation

We invite you to join our blood donation initiative! Your contribution could help save someone’s life. ❤️ Donating blood might seem complicated at first, but good news, we’ve already figured everything out for you and reserved comfortable chairs and the friendliest nurses for our group. 😊 ❗ **Important!** To participate, **your English level must be at least Intermediate.** You need to be able to understand basic health-related questions in English without Google Translate, which will be included in the questionnaire. **Register on [TryToronto website](https://trytoronto.org/events/blood-donation-sep)** 📋 **What you need to do:** 1. Follow the link and check if you’re eligible to donate: [https://myaccount.blood.ca/en/eligibility-quiz](https://myaccount.blood.ca/en/eligibility-quiz) 2. Create an account on the website in the top right corner. 3. Be sure to register for the event using the button below; we’ll send you a notification with the pickup location and other details. ✅ **Important before donating blood:** * Eat a hearty breakfast * Drink plenty of fluids * Take your ID card ❗ * Avoid strenuous physical activity 2–3 days before and after ❌ **You cannot donate blood if:** * You attended a party with alcohol yesterday * You’ve recently had anemia (take care of yourself first!) * Your doctor has advised against it **Let’s make the world a better place together!** ⏰ **Duration:** 10:00 AM to 10:35 AM (please arrive a little early) 💬 **Coordinator:** Kate 💜 **Participation is free** ⚠️ **Only 5 spots available. register on [TryToronto website](https://trytoronto.org/events/blood-donation-sep)** **Our Instagram: [@try_toronto_](https://www.instagram.com/try_toronto_)**

Play Board Games for Charity

Play Board Games for Charity

Play Board Games for Charity

Avengers’ Saturday Cafe for the Homeless

Note: You may be removed from the attendance list if you've participated in the previous week's event. This allows for more people to experience this Meetup. Avengers put your costumes on and let’s go and save the world!
Well we can’t save the world (yet), but we aim to try to play a small part in the lives of those experiencing homelessness by making their day a bit better!
Description: Before the event the organizer will post a list in the comment section of the attendees and what they are responsible to bring (food/drink, kitchen supplies, cleaning supplies). We normally ask each attending member to bring approximately $15-20 worth of ingredients/supplies to our event. We will use the items to prepare and serve food/drink at The Meeting Place.
Timeline: We will meet on location at 11:00 am, with lunch served between 12:30-1:00 pm.
Membership Dues: Membership dues are $2.00 for the calendar year. Membership dues go towards paying for food/supplies incurred by no-shows. Membership dues are due at the first meetup of the year that you attend.
No Shows/Late Un-RSVP: We’re relying on members who RSVP to bring key ingredients for recipes! Please try your best to show-up or alternatively change your RSVP early so another member may fill the empty spot.
\*\*\* If you are on the waitlist, keep checking as you may be moved into attendance to replace someone. We will try to message you to confirm your attendance in advance.
Donations will be assigned before the event.

✨ Volunteering: Food Bank

We’re hosting a volunteer event with the Daily Bread Food Bank 💛, one of **Toronto’s largest charities**, which supports people facing difficult circumstances every day. We’ll be **sorting food** 🥕🥫📦 and, if needed, helping to prepare it for distribution. This is hands-on help that directly impacts someone’s daily life. **No special experience or skills are required.** All that matters is your willingness to get involved and donate a few hours of your time. ⏰ **Time:** 9:50 AM to 12:00 PM 💬 **Coordinator:** Kate 💜 **Participation is free** ⚠ Age requirement: 15 and older ❗ Before participating, you must **review the mandatory form from Daily Bread.** You can sign it on-site, but it’s important to read the document in advance. We’ll send the link via the bot after registration. **Register on [TryToronto website](https://trytoronto.org/events/food-bank-sep)** **Our Instagram: [@try_toronto_](https://www.instagram.com/try_toronto_)**

Community Meal Service at Good Shepherd (Toronto)

✨ **Community Meal Service at Good Shepherd** Hi everyone, we have an opportunity to come together as a group to serve the homeless and those at risk in our community. During our recent sessions, we served meals, chopped veggies, made sandwiches, and helped prepare pasta. Each session is similar, but the tasks may vary depending on what's needed that day (e.g., sorting food). We had a great time serving together with lots of smiles, laughter, and good energy. \*\*\* **Only 7 spots are available.** If you sign up, please do so with the intention of attending, the organization relies on our numbers for planning. \*\*\* **Quick One Time Free Registration** We'll need a few details, name, emergency contact, and a quick agreement checkbox, to keep everyone safe and coordinated. Once you're registered, head to our Events page and click "Register" on this event, that's it. Register here: [https://torontojoy.org/register/](https://torontojoy.org/register/) Events page: [https://torontojoy.org/events/](https://torontojoy.org/events/) **Arrival Information** When you arrive at Reception, staff will guide you to the volunteer room, where you can place your belongings in a locker and meet the group. Below are simple guidelines on what to wear, safety, and other things to know: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1piAyloECv9YUDkPJuoJBdCmh3x8n1un1rGvJSFIkbs4/edit?usp=sharing **Good to know:** ✦ Closed-toe shoes are required. ✦ Tie back long hair and wear minimal jewelry. ✦ Water will be provided, please ask reception for a bottle if you'd like one. ✦ Please arrive by 1:40 PM so we can assign roles before we start. ✦ If you can't make it due to an emergency, please message me as soon as possible 🙏 Grateful to serve alongside you. Amar and Team

Building Hope Gala Dinner

The Shalom Catholic Community in Toronto is hosting a Building Hope Gala Dinner to raise funds for the construction of the Espaço Educativo de Paz (Educational Space for Peace) in Lubango, Angola. [Register here ](https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/building-hope-gala-dinner) Lubango is home to many families living in extreme poverty. The Shalom mission there currently serves the local community through prayer groups, home visits, and the distribution of food to approximately 30 families. One of the greatest challenges the missionaries face is the lack of a safe and dedicated space where children and youth can gather, learn, and grow. Access to even basic medical care is also very limited. The Espaço Educativo de Paz will provide a place of hope for approximately 80 children and adolescents. It will offer educational support, vocational training, faith formation, recreational activities, and a health post to meet basic medical needs. By attending the gala dinner—or by making a donation—you can help make this project a reality and offer these young people a brighter future.

Mandarin-English Exchange

Hello Everybody! 【College Park food court is closed again, so we change the location to the food court in Brookfield Place（181 Bay St., Toronto, ON）, near the Union Station.】 I am helping organize a mandarin-english language exchange downtown. If you want to improve your Mandarin/English, feel free to come by downtown and meet others to practise your language. There will be native Mandarin and English speakers to help you! Or you can share your language skills with others! Every Saturday 3:00pm-5:00pm Brookfield Place Food Court（181 Bay St., Toronto, ON） [ Please find a table with "meetup" label (like the Featured photo).] [ Usually in front of the Longo's supermarket] —————————————— 大家好： 【College Park的food court又给封了，所以我们把活动地点换到了 Brookfield Place的food court （181 Bay St., Toronto, ON），靠近Union Station。】 我正在组织一场中英文交流活动。如果你想提高你的普通话或者英语，那就快来参加吧！你可以在这里认识很多母语为普通话或者英语的新朋友！他们都非常乐于帮你提高你的中英文表达能力！也欢迎你同我们一起分享你的语言技巧! 谢谢! 每周六 3:00pm-5:00pm Brookfield Place Food Court（181 Bay St., Toronto, ON） 【请找到一张桌子，桌上有张纸，写着“Meetup”。】 【位置通常会在longo's超市前面】 ———————————————— 大家好： 【College Park的food court又給封了，所以我們把活動地點換到了Brookfield Place的food court （181 Bay St., Toronto, ON），靠近Union Station。】 我正在組織一場中英文交流活動。如果你想提高你的國語或者英語，那就快來參加吧！你可以在這裡認識很多母語為國語或者英語的新朋友！他們都非常樂於幫你提高你的中英文表達能力！也歡迎你同我們一起分享你的語言技巧！ 謝謝! 每週六 3:00pm-5:00pm Brookfield Place Food Court（181 Bay St., Toronto, ON） 【請找到一張桌子，桌上有張紙，寫著“Meetup”】 【位置通常會在longo's超市前面】

Wednesday Pack Party

Every Wednesday at 6:00p.m.-8:00p.m., Not Just Tourists gathers in Roncesvalles United Church to sort and bag medical supplies to be used in the preparation of suitcases for tourists! If you're looking to give back, connect with others in the community looking to make a difference and to have a good time doing it, we are welcoming to any and all. 214 Wright Ave, Toronto, ON M6R 2L6 [https://maps.app.goo.gl/tSt6yNexDw4ymTNc6](https://maps.app.goo.gl/tSt6yNexDw4ymTNc6)

Garden Volunteering at Garden@Kimbourne

🌱 **Community Garden Volunteering at Garden@Kimbourne** More than 1 in 10 Torontonians rely on food banks right now. Half of what grows in this garden goes straight to one in Toronto's east end. We're looking for 5 to 10 people to come dig in, literally. New or experienced, doesn't matter. No skills needed, just intention to show up. You'll help with: ✦ Watering, weeding, harvesting ✦ Pruning, sowing, transplanting ✦ Removing invasive species ✦ Mixing soil and compost ✦ Sign painting and light carpentry for raised beds You'll pick up real permaculture basics along the way. And the food you help grow goes to people who need it this week, not someday. **Three steps to join** (takes a few minutes total): 1. Register with Toronto Joy (one-time): name, emergency contact, quick agreement checkbox. Register here: [https://torontojoy.org/register/](https://torontojoy.org/register/) 2\. Find this event on our Events page and click "Register\." Event page: [https://torontojoy.org/event/garden-volunteering-at-gardenkimbourne/](https://torontojoy.org/event/garden-volunteering-at-gardenkimbourne/) 3\. Fill out the short Garden Participation form on the event page\. If you sign up, please plan to actually show up. Spots are limited to 5-10 so we can keep it hands-on. **Good to know** ✦ Gloves and tools provided ✦ Closed-toe shoes recommended ✦ Bring your own sunscreen and water ✦ Meeting point: side lawn of Kimbourne Park United, 200 Wolverleigh Blvd ✦ Parking: street parking Come dig in.

Kant on Moral Praiseworthiness vs. Moral Worth

In this talk, I focus on Kant’s claim that certain actions – like the Sympathetic Helper’s in Groundwork I – are morally praiseworthy yet do not have moral worth, and I provide a novel account of what this notion of *moral praiseworthiness* as distinct from *moral worth* is about. I argue that a morally praiseworthy action is an action done from an emotion that displays a certain quality, namely emotional aptness. One’s emotion displays this quality if it is the result of the subject training her faculties to react to a certain object/state of affairs in a way that she judges appropriate. I argue that this notion of moral praiseworthiness (a) fills a gap in the literature, (b) can be clearly distinguished from the notion of moral worth within Kant’s ethics, and (c) highlights how *two distinctively moral forms of evaluations* – i.e., moral praiseworthiness and moral worth – can fulfill different roles within Kant’s moral theory. Martin Favaretto https://www.martinafavarettophilosophy.com/research-1 Postdoctoral Fellow Faculty of Philosophy University of Groningen **About the Speaker:** My primary interests lie in ethics (especially normative ethics and moral psychology) and the history of ethics (especially Kant's ethics). I am also interested in social and political philosophy, feminist philosophy, and applied ethics. My research focuses on questions pertaining to what it is to act rationally and how emotions influence our capacity to act rationally. I am interested in answers to these questions that we can find in the history of ethics and in contemporary ethics. In my dissertation, I focus on the significance of Kant’s Incorporation Thesis for his account of rational agency. Relatedly, my dissertation investigates how emotions in general, and certain emotions in particular – specifically, affects and passions – are incorporated into maxims. My research on emotions and rational agency also extends to issues in social philosophy and feminist philosophy. Moreover, I have three other research projects, the first one on the significance of Kant’s views on race for his ethical theory, the second one on Fichte’s conception of conscience, and a third concerning artificial intelligence and bioethics. **\* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \*** This is a talk with audience Q&A presented by the University of Toronto's Centre for Ethics that is free to attend and open to the public. Free pizza and refreshments will be provided at the event. The talk will also be streamed online with live chat here [to be posted]. About the Centre for Ethics (http://ethics.utoronto.ca): The Centre for Ethics is an interdisciplinary centre aimed at advancing research and teaching in the field of ethics, broadly defined. The Centre seeks to bring together the theoretical and practical knowledge of diverse scholars, students, public servants and social leaders in order to increase understanding of the ethical dimensions of individual, social, and political life. In pursuit of its interdisciplinary mission, the Centre fosters lines of inquiry such as (1) foundations of ethics, which encompasses the history of ethics and core concepts in the philosophical study of ethics; (2) ethics in action, which relates theory to practice in key domains of social life, including bioethics, business ethics, and ethics in the public sphere; and (3) ethics in translation, which draws upon the rich multiculturalism of the City of Toronto and addresses the ethics of multicultural societies, ethical discourse across religious and cultural boundaries, and the ethics of international society. The Ethics of A.I. Lab at the Centre For Ethics recently appeared on a list of 10 organizations leading the way in ethical A.I.: https://ocean.sagepub.com/blog/10-organizations-leading-the-way-in-ethical-ai