The gala was sponsored by general contractor company Laurin. It's owned by Dennis Laurin, who has a tradition at the gala of matching up to $5,000 in combined donations. By the time the dance floor opened, the total had reached $6,920.
The event was held for the express purpose of drawing attention to and raising support for The Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s Campaign to Create Tomorrow.
John McEnroe’s stringed instrument of choice may no longer be the tennis racquet, judging by the way the former professional tennis star played the guitar with such ease at last night’s 25th annual Ottawa Celebrity Sports Dinner.
Yesterday's inaugural Rise & Thrive Breakfast in support of the YSB Foundation was everything that an early-morning fundraiser should be: bright, bold and cheerful, as well as inspiring.
When Duane Francis was first asked to fight in the white-collar charity boxing gala for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation, his response was what you might expect: “Not a chance; are you crazy?”
Ottawa-based IP firm Brion Raffoul didn’t invent the work anniversary party but the one it hosted Thursday was so good it might want to slap a patent on it.
While listening to personal stories of loss, healing and recovery, the room full of 750 community leaders at The Royal’s Leaders for Mental Health Breakfast took a brief moment to collectively pause, get up on its feet and take a unifying deep breath together.
French Ambassador Michel Miraillet opened his doors fully and completely to Ottawa Salus last night and, in doing so, opened up opportunities for the non-profit organization to provide more supportive housing for people living with mental illness.