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Rush to receive humanitarian award at Junos

The Canadian Press Published Thursday, January 15, 2015 1:06PM EST

Alex Lifeson, left, Geddy Lee, center, and Neil Peart, rear right, of Rush perform as their band is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Nokia Theatre on Thursday, April 18, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Danny Moloshok / Invision)

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TORONTO - The Juno Awards are bringing Rush back into the limelight, this time to honour their philanthropic record.

The Toronto power-prog trio has been named as this year's recipient of the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award.

The veteran rockers will accept the award at this year's Juno Awards in Hamilton on March 14.

Rush have long worked with the Toronto Food Bank and have held benefit concerts to raise money for United Way and AIDS research.

Recently, the band donated $100,000 from a Winnipeg concert for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and gave the same amount to Brad Pitt's Make it Right Foundation to rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Since 2010, they've donated $1 from every concert ticket sold to various charities including Doctors Without Borders.