Editing Sarah McLachlan (section)

=== Other charitable contributions ===

McLachlan contributed the track "[[Hold On (Sarah McLachlan song)|Hold On]]" to the 1993 AIDS-benefit album ''[[No Alternative]]'', produced by the [[Red Hot Organization]]. She also performed at the [[Leonard Peltier]] Defense Fund Benefit Concert on February 12, 1997, and went on to release a cover version of "[[Unchained Melody]]" created as part of her support for Peltier. It was later included on the album ''[[Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff Volume 2]]''.<ref>[http://www.bluerodeo.com/music/associates/oneDegree.aspx?PostID=347634&artist=SarahMcLachlan Sarah McLachlan Biography at Blue Rodeo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812145050/http://www.bluerodeo.com/music/associates/oneDegree.aspx?PostID=347634&artist=SarahMcLachlan |date=August 12, 2013 }}. Retrieved August 11, 2010.</ref>

In early 2005, McLachlan took part in a star-studded [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|tsunami disaster]] relief [[telethon]] on [[NBC]]. On January 29 McLachlan was a headliner for a [[benefit concert]] in Vancouver along with other Canadian superstars such as [[Avril Lavigne]] and [[Bryan Adams]]. The show also featured a performance by the Sarah McLachlan Musical Outreach Choir & Percussion Ensemble, a children's choir and percussion band from the aforementioned Vancouver outreach program. Entitled ''One World: The Concert for Tsunami Relief'', the concert raised approximately $3.6 million for several Canadian aid agencies working in south and southeast Asia.

On July 2, 2005, McLachlan participated in the [[Live 8#Philadelphia, USA|Philadelphia installment]] of the [[Live 8]] concerts, where she performed her hit "Angel" with [[Josh Groban]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-02 |title=Remembering Live 8 in Philly on July 2, 2005 |url=https://xpn.org/2013/07/02/remembering-live-8-in-philly-on-july-2-2005/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=WXPN {{!}} Vinyl At Heart |language=en}}</ref> These concerts were intended to coincide with the [[G8 summit]] to put pressure on the leaders of the world's richest nations to fight poverty in Africa by cancelling debt.

In 2008, she donated a song to [[Aid Still Required]]'s CD to assist with the restoration of the devastation done to Southeast Asia from the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 tsunami]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sarah McLachlan: Charity Work & Causes |url=https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/sarah-mclachlan |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Look to the Stars |language=en}}</ref>

On November 30, 2012, McLachlan lent her support to [[Kate Winslet]]'s Golden Hat Foundation together with [[Tim Janis]], [[Loreena McKennitt]], [[Andrea Corr]], [[Hayley Westenra]], [[Sleepy Man Banjo Boys]], Dawn Kenney, [[Jana Mashonee]], Amy Petty and a choir etc. performing on "The American Christmas Carol" concert in [[Carnegie Hall]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/Sarah-McLachlan-Andrea-Corr-and-More-Set-for-Tim-Janis-American-Christmas-Carol-Concert-1130-20120914 |title=American Christmas Carol Concert |publisher=broadwayworld.com |date=September 14, 2012 |access-date=December 2, 2012 |archive-date=November 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101014304/http://broadwayworld.com/article/Sarah-McLachlan-Andrea-Corr-and-More-Set-for-Tim-Janis-American-Christmas-Carol-Concert-1130-20120914 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenhatfoundation.org/about-us/blog |title=The American Christmas Carol |publisher=goldenhatfoundation.org |access-date=December 2, 2012}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=November 2021}}

McLachlan is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artistsagainstracism.org/radio-2/|title=Radio - Artists Against Racism|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-08|archive-date=October 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007213912/http://artistsagainstracism.org/radio-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref>