My top picks for Toronto’s charity events this week are targeting two specific demographics: geeks and singles. On Thursday, a world-wide Twestival for Charity: Water will take place at Toronto’s Circa nightclub. The party will be facilitated by Twitter, a micro-blogging site that allows you to post status updates like you would on Facebook. According to TwestivalTO,

“Twestival was born out of the idea that if cities were able to collaborate on an international scale, but working from a local level, it could have a spectacular impact. By rallying together globally, under short timescales, for a single aim on the same day, the Twestival hopes to bring awareness to this global crisis.”

Party: Twestival Toronto for Charity:Water
Thursday, February 12 - 7:00pm
CIRCA, 126 John.

On Valentines Day this Saturday, Habitat for Humanity is hosting a Singles Build, getting Toronto singles out to help build low-income housing at Peddicord Building Site, and hopefully finding a soul mate in the process. Does combining volunteering+dating=true love? I’d certainly like to think so.

Volunteer: Habitat for Humanity’s Singles Build
Saturday, February 14 – All Day
Peddicord Build Site

Also on this week:

Symposium: Tibetan Medicine - Interactions with the West, Challenges and Contributions
Tuesday, February 10 – 5:30pm
Munk Centre for International Studies, 1 Devonshire Place

Speaker: Capacity building for primary care - The Brazilian Experience
Wednesday, February 11 - 12:00pm
7th floor conference room, 525 University Avenue (building just south of Sickkids)

Film: Darwin’s Nightmare
Thursday, February 12 - 7:00pm
U of T Health Sciences Building, 155 College St (at McCaul), Room 208

Fundraising Dinner: Fighting a Long and Lonely War Face to Face with AIDS
Thursday, February 12 - 7:00pm
Empire, 50 Cumberland

Coming Up Next Week:

Speakers: Urban Moods and Urban Myths: Do Neighborhoods Matter for Mental Health?
Tuesday, February 17 - 7:00pm
Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. West

Conference: De-Colonizing Our Minds, Creating a Space for Critical Thought
Saturday, February 21 - 10:00am
Wilson Hall Lounge, New College (40 Willcocks Street, 2nd Floor)