The top 15 p|d stories of 2015

#10

Cancer research gains nearly $35k from SFU band event – March 29th

The Grade 1 Simon Fraser University Pipe Band has been able to take the extreme negative of long-time piper Andrew Bonar’s brain cancer situation to derive some positive. Clearly this is a group that places family and real-life ahead of competition, and can also have a laugh at itself at the same time.

Why was this story important? Pipe bands and charitable projects have never been more prevalent, and the SFU fund-raising is the biggest so far in pipe band history. The power of pipe bands to go beyond music and competition to do good in a meaningful way is great, and SFU is inspiring other bands to find their own causes.