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==Spokesperson and endorsements== Mercer is co-chair, along with [[Belinda Stronach]], in the [[Spread the Net]] campaign, partnered through [[UNICEF]], which kicked off at [[Brock University]] on September 10, 2008. Spread the Net provides bed nets for $10 each to prevent the spread of malaria among children in Africa. In December 2004, Mercer appeared on the commercials advertising the [[One-Tonne Challenge]] for the Government of Canada. Mercer also appeared as a model in a national ad for men's clothing store, [[Harry Rosen Inc.|Harry Rosen]], wearing a Canali suit. All of Mercer's fees for the campaign went to [[Casey House (Toronto, Ontario)|Casey House]], a hospice in [[Toronto]] for people living with [[AIDS]]. Casey House was founded by [[June Callwood]], who appeared as a celebrity guest on ''Monday Report''. In September 2005, Mercer became the national spokesperson for the 2005 Walk For Life, a series of 132 fund-raising walks across Canada that raise money for people living with HIV and AIDS. The Walk for Life is a project of the [[Canadian AIDS Society]]. Mercer has narrated an animated science video on [[climate change]] for [[Science North]] in Sudbury. In November 2010, Mercer joined the [[It Gets Better]] campaign, a series of videos that aim to help gay and lesbian youth overcome bullying.<ref name="It gets better"/> Since 2011, Mercer has been honorary patron of [[Hope Air]], a charity that provides free non-emergency medical flights for people in financial need.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151018122920/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/27/idUS165818+27-Sep-2011+MW20110927 Reuters] {{Retrieved|access-date=2014-05-12}}</ref>
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