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When families live too far from the hospital to commute, Ronald McDonald House Ottawa is here to provide a warm, comfortable “home away from home,”

Franklin Holtforster, his wife Birgitte Alting-Mees and their sons have made a record-breaking $2.5 million donation to the Ottawa Food Bank. From left to right: Birgitte Alting-Mees; Frankling Holtforster; son Charles Holtforster; Ottawa Food Bank CEO Rachael Wilson; son Douglas Holtforster; and son Raymond Holtforster. Photo supplied.

Colliers Project Leaders founder, wife make record-breaking $2.5M donation to Ottawa Food Bank

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Colliers Project Leaders founder and former CEO Franklin Holtforster and his wife Birgitte Alting-Mees have donated $2.5 million to the Ottawa Food Bank, the largest

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