Def Leopard and Sarah McLachlan headlined this summer's biggest fundraisers—and big donations followed.

Fred Lee is our Man About Town, capturing party pics as the charitable dollars were flying at two of this spring's biggest fundraisers.

Fred Lee is our Man About Town, capturing party pics from some of the city's latest, greatest fundraising galas.

This season, charity events have received incredible windfalls and shattered fundraising records thanks to donated Taylor Swift tickets on the auction block.

Record picnic nets $356,000 for Peace Arch Hospital.

This month in charity galas: Bill Reid Gallery and CampOUT! celebrated 15 years, while Face the World raised a record $1.7 million.

These spring flings produced record hauls.

Orchestral manoeuvres help raise more than $800,000 for the VSO.

Party pics from a duo of heartwarming (big-earning) fundraisers.

Big spenders come out for the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation and Richmond Hospital Foundation’s biggest night.

Arts Umbrella’s 41st edition sets a new standard while the Arkells rock for Music Heals.

Communities rally around a special home and neighbourhood.

Doctors, local celebrities and community-builders show up to support health care at this star-studded celebration.

Drag queens, dancers, designers and donors came out to celebrate two wonderful causes this summer.

The BC Sports Hall of Fame raises a glass to its class of 2023.

The Canadian Cancer Society’s Daffodil Ball was in full bloom and 50th-anniversary celebrations offered the sweet smell of S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

Record turnout and results for YWCA’s Women of Distinction Awards and Neekoo’s Ignite a Light

After a pandemic pause, the St. Paul’s Foundation Feast of Fortune and the Vancouver Canucks Dice and Ice galas returned to their winning ways.

Milestone events help fund music therapy programs and a performing, visual and media arts school for young creatives.

Singer Deborah Cox helps BC Women’s Health Foundation raise $2.67 million, while Raven’s Feast cooks up $100,000 for the Bill Reid Gallery.

Big spenders at the galas elevated the charities to new heights.

Fred Lee heads to the late-summer galas for CLICK and Ronald McDonald House.