GALLERY: MOMENTS WITH OUR GENEROUS FRIENDS, CONTRIBUTORS AND SUPPORTERS
Anne Murray was quick to accept our invitation to join The Pro Bono Group's PRO CANADA PROJECT. She recorded her very personal message just weeks after accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2025 JUNOS. Anne holds the record for most JUNO Awards, with a total of 26 wins.
Mark Critch is a beloved figure of Canadian comedy. This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Son of a Critch, a best-selling memoir. He's done it all. And The Pro Bono Group was very excited to have him join the PRO CANADA PROJECT.
This photo has Mark standing tall, high atop the Peace Tower in Ottawa.
Carolyn Scott in the booth at The Coach House, ready to dig in and do her thing for The Pro Bono Group's PRO RADIO CAMPAIGN. And what a great performance she gave us, with the anchor of the year-long audio campaign, announcer Noel Johansen. This one has a summer theme; coming to radio stations and podcasts the first full week of May 2025.
Three more very proud Canadians joined the PRO CANADA PROJECT in late April.
(l-r): Andy Kim, Shaun Majumder, Liona Boyd
Andy Kim (r) with The Pro Bono Group's Mike Occomore.
(l-r): Mike Occoore, Andy Kim, Larry MacInnis, Jeff Styga
We managed to corral the great Kathy Greenwood into The Coach House to lend her voice to a new spot for our Pro Radio Campaign. "Better Weather" hit radio stations across the country in March 2025.
Paul Miller is no stranger to The Pro Bono Group, having voiced award-winning PSAs for the Canadian Red Cross. He is perhaps best known for playing Connor Doyle on the TV series "Psi Factor", and for his work on "Due South", "Good Witch" and "Suits". He's a veteran Stratford Festival stage actor too. Listen for Paul in the early part of 2025 on the new Feed Ontario PSA titled "Dimes". Or just click the photo above to listen in. Paul's with The Pro Bono Group's Mike Occomore (L).
Paul Miller in the soundproof booth at Wanted!, with ace producer Jeff Styga.
That's The Pro Bono Group's Mike Tennant, prayerfully directing radio PSAs back in 2014 at Wanted! Sound for THEMUSEUM in Kitchener and their exhibit "The Science of Sexuality". Check out all three PSAs in our archives. Or just click on the photo above.
In late 2024, we recorded with these two wonderful actors, Kiff VandenHeuvel (left) and Ben Turner Dixon, on a pair of new PSAs for the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. Kiff's film credits include Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Nightcrawler and La La Land.
Ben has worked on countless feature films, animated projects and video games- and has the keen ability to voice-match for actors like Ryan Reynolds, Michael Fassbender and Brad Pitt, when producers are in a pinch.
Bob Bainborough, centre, is an actor/comedian perhaps best known for playing the role of Dalton Humphrey in the comedy series The Red Green Show, and his appearances on History Bites. He was nominated for a Gemini Award in both series.
This is not the first time Bob has helped out The Pro Bono Group. He appeared in our Amnesty International PSA titled "Torture" over 20 years ago. In September 2024, Bob drove two and a half hours just to record his lines and be part of our "Pro Radio Project".
Our 2023 award-winning PSA campaign for Canadian Food Banks would not have been possible without the wonderful performances by these six individuals. Clockwise from top left: Dominic Catrambone, Nicole Balick-Karrer, Elenna Stauiffer, Lindsey Alena, Marie Westbrook and Zac Fine. You can listen to their powerful work in our archives. Look for "Pretend", "For Anyone", "Heart" and "Not Retail". Special thank you to Jason Marks Talent Management.
Former Toronto and Vancouver radio personality turned voiceover pro Kat Carter (aka 'The Radio Nerd'), shared her personal struggle with food insecurity in a Food Bank PSA created with The Pro Bono Group and launched nationally in early 2024. Click the photo above and listen to "Help You".
In case anyone's wondering if a radio commercial is done in one easy take.
Beginnings for The Pro Bono Group:
Telling radio stories at the Kit Kat restaurant on King Street West in Toronto back around 2000. A great little eatery, sometimes overshadowed by the 70-year old tree growing right smack in the middle of the seating area, and stretching up through the roof!
Sadly, both the restaurant and the tree are no longer.
L to R: Larry MacInnis, Mike Tennant, Mike Occomore, Terry O'Reilly
The Pro Bono Group's Creative Director, Larry MacInnis waiting in the Green Room at The Coach House studio for the talent to arrive and the fun to begin. Or, maybe he's just praying that he didn't get the date messed up.
We couldn't wait to have her back. Toronto actress Kristina Nicoll's second visit to the recording studio to voice a pair of PSAs for Feed Ontario. Kristina is passionate about this important cause and was quick to help out again. She's with The Pro Bono Group's Creative Director, Larry MacInnis, left, and Executive Producer/Writer Mike Occomore.
The 'just printed', unspoiled script on the music stand is ready for the voice talent to arrive. Well, unspoiled until the Creative Director sharpens his pencil and the "Record" light goes on.