While Alan has volunteered and contributed too many great causes, I think it is also worth noting that he has done hundreds of free meet and greets for fans after concerts. There is no doubt that a brief hello from a favourite musician and a signed pieced of merchandise can have a great impact on the well being of a fan. It is often at these meet and greets where fans share their love of music with each other and they become friends.
I have included a copy of a screen shot of the Red Cross announcement and Alan’s response shared via his official Twitter account.
This summary of Alan’s contributions of charitable causes comes from the official Canadian Red Cross webpage. I have circulated the original on my Google + page. No copyright infringement intended.
“…Alan Doyle has made countless contributions of time and talent to charitable causes.
Doyle serves on the fundraising board that raised more than $7 million for Daffodil Place, a 24-room facility operated by the provincial division of the Canadian Cancer Society for patients and caregivers who must travel to St. John’s for treatment. He has performed concerts, hosted events and been an advocate for Team Broken Earth, whose Canadian volunteer doctors, nurses, and physiotherapists work to improve healthcare in Haiti.
Doyle’s commitments to children and youth have included performances for the Children’s Wish Foundation and Vanier Elementary School in St. John’s. In 2012, he was named a champion mentor for DAREarts, a national charity that empowers at-risk Canadian youth to ignite positive change in their lives and communities through arts and literacy programs.
He has contributed to benefit concerts and is the artist representative on the board of the Radio Starmaker Fund, which provides emerging Canadian recording artists with financial support for activities such as marketing, promotion and touring.
In his home province, Doyle is on the advisory committee of the Smiling Lands Foundation, which celebrates East Coast culture and spirit through its annual Rockin’ Big Give fundraiser from which proceeds support a different local charity each year.
Doyle previously volunteered and worked at the Newfoundland Museum and now is on the board of The Rooms museum and gallery’s fundraising campaign called “Where Once They Stood” to raise $15 million for permanent exhibits, school programs and a walking trail honoring the Royal Newfoundland Regiment and the epic First World War battle at Beaumont-Hamel, France, where 710 of its 778 soldiers were killed or wounded.
Other groups and organizations whose work Doyle has supported include the Canadian Cancer Society, Ronald McDonald House, Kids Eat Smart Foundation, Stella’s Circle, Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Care Foundation, Shorefast Foundation, Boys and Girls Club of Canada, Dr. Jack Hand Legacy Foundation, the Gathering Place, Gold Medal Plates and The Company Theatre. Most recently he has helped organize and perform at benefit concerts supporting evacuees of the May 2016 forest fire evacuation of Fort McMurray, Alberta”.
