As you may know, each year Emily’s fans give a gift to a cause that Emily supports.

In honor of Emily’s upcoming birthday on May 4 this year, we hope that you will consider making a donation to this worthy cause. The Chronic Pain Association of Canada is one that is very important to Emily as well as to many others and is extremely underfunded. Show your love for your favorite actress and help those in need to live life without pain.

The page is open for gifts already, from anything to $1 to any amount chosen. It will be open until June 1st.

Visit the gift page here.

Just want to reiterate that this is a suggested gift for Emily, the decision to make a donation is completely up to the individual. Those who cannot or do not wish to donate, please feel free to leave a message here for Emily instead.

This charity is Emily approved.

The Chronic Pain Association of Canada is a non-profit consumer association with two primary goals.

1. The advancement of the treatment and management of chronic intractable pain.

2. The development of research projects to promote the discovery of a cure for this disease.

3. Education of both the health care community and the public will be the primary means of accomplishing our mission.

Millions of Canadians suffer from chronic pain. Surveys indicate over 18% of Canadians suffer from severe chronic pain. At any given moment, half of all Canadians will have experienced some kind of pain. A majority of Canadians experience head pain at least monthly.

People suffering from chronic pain do not receive adequate treatment. While over 70% of cancer patients experience moderate to severe pain during their illness, fewer than half receive adequate pain relief. Pain is devastating to individuals and families. When pain persists at these levels, a persons entire life becomes impacted.

Thank you all so much.
The gift page is now closed. Once again, thank you all so much.

SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL

You would think the Devil would be used to hot places, what with the whole fire and brimstone thing. However, the actor who plays him for most of season five hasn’t been similarly acclimatized, and almost got heatstroke during shooting. “I had to work in Vancouver during the hottest days that they ever had in recorded history,” states Pellegrino. “I was put up in an apartment that had no air-conditioning, and by the time I got in it was like 115 degrees in there. It was horrendous. I stayed out until eleven o’clock at night and it was still a sauna.”

Along with Lucifer’s appearance in ‘Sympathy for the Devil’, another of Hell’s denizens makes a surprise return to Earth to torment the Winchesters — Meg. One of the first things she did when she got out of Hell was kiss Dean. Despite what some of the fans might think about kissing Jensen Ackles, though, Rachel Miner is adamant that there was nothing hot about their kiss. “I hate to disappoint, but kisses and love scenes in film are usually not in the least romantic. You try to make it look that way, but it’s so technical. You’re mostly thinking about timing and making sure you’re not blocking the other person or the camera. And, no,” Miner adds, “I did not eat peanut butter before the kiss. I don’t usually eat garlic and chug coffee right before, either.”

Sam would probably have preferred if Meg had kissed him too, instead of kicking his butt. “I love doing that stuff,” Miner enthuses. “I do my own stunts whenever possible. There’s something very invigorating about getting to kick some butt, even if it’s pretend. Plus, the stunt coordinator on the show, Lou Bollo, is awesome.”

The show’s producers think Miner is pretty awesome, too. “I thought she really acted the role terrifically,” says executive producer Robert Singer. “And she had this aura of evil about her that was kind of scary.” What would have been really scary is if they had hired a less talented actress to take over the role. “Definitely,” agrees creator Eric Kripke. “In rebooting Meg, we really wanted to pay credit to Nicki Aycox, the original Meg. In fact, we spent a lot of time in the writers’ room trying to figure out how to bring Meg back in Aycox’s meatsuit because we loved the actress so much, but we went to so much trouble having her die and disposing of the corpse, and it’s been rotting in the ground for four years, and then we wiped out Meg Masters’ soul in season four… We just couldn’t figure out why Meg the demon would dig up a rotting body and reanimate it, versus just picking a new victim. So the bar was set very high, because we needed someone who had Nicki’s chops. The casting process is always taxing, but Rachel Miner walked in the door and was just so interesting and complicated and sexy and idiosyncratic. There are so many different layers to her. I think she carries on Meg’s mantel quite nicely.”

It’s too bad the Prophet Chuck didn’t foresee Bobby being possessed by Meg’s minion in time to save Bobby, but he was a little distracted, what with having Castiel’s remains splattered all over his house. Chuck was a little jumpy, too, which led him to take a swing at Sam. “I had to shoot swinging the plunger at Sam several times so we could get it right,” reveals Rob Benedict. “Moments like that are really hard to shoot because you can’t really hit him. But I think a couple of times I actually did hit Jared in the face. It was a really soft fake plunger, but still… We had to shoot that several times because after I hit him in the face I was trying not to [again], and you could tell I wasn’t hitting him. That was fun, though.”

The introduction of Chuck’s number one fan, Becky Rosen, was also fun. “The scene where I go into the motel room where the boys are hanging out was kind of nerve- wracking,” says Emily Perkins. “But she’s such a forward character, and I’m a pretty shy person, so it was cool to play someone like that.” In fact, Perkins enjoyed it a little too much at first. “Bob told me to hold back a little more from how excited I was in the first few takes,” she says. “I overplayed it a little bit and then he was like, ‘Okay, you don’t need to go that far.’”

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The Autism Society of British Columbia is a registered charity.
Their aim is to promote understanding, acceptance, and full community inclusion for people with autism in British Columbia while providing support for the realization of the rights and informed choices of individuals with autism and their families.

ASBC was started in 1975 and is a parent based and directed society providing support to individuals with autism and their families in British Columbia and Yukon.
ASBC Provides Support Through: Information, Referral and self-help Advocacy for Adults, Parents and Professionals; an extensive lending resource library, Internet access to valuable free on-demand information and discussion forums; a network of Community Groups throughout BC, facilitated by volunteers; seminars & conference opportunities for members; promoting community education and awareness. As well, ASBC Assists Families Financially Through: a limited reimbursement program for your child’s summer activities; participation in FREE activities for families, eg: sports games, PNE outtings, movie outtings, opera, symphony for children, live theatre, rock concerts and Christmas activities. (ASBC wishes to thank it’s community partners for making these wonderful activities and events possible).