Celebrating 25 years of community support
By Alexandra Reid
The Community Foundation of Ottawa yesterday celebrated a quarter of a century supporting nonprofit organizations in Ottawa with a memorable event at the Ottawa Convention Centre’s Trillium ballroom.
The event featured a keynote address from Canada’s governor general, David Johnston, and Ottawa mayor Jim Watson presented the key to the city to the organization for “a job very well done.” Fittingly, Jim Durrell, who was mayor of Ottawa and supported CFO when it was first organized, also offered a few words. He said, quite truthfully, that the event welcomed “the very best of Ottawa.”
More than 500 people attended the event and saw performances from local artists, including The Joynt, who opened with a rap called CapCity, the inclusive dance works company Propeller Dance, and the Leading Note’s Children’s Choir, which sang Waving Flag. Award-winning videos from the CFO’s supported organizations were also presented, including those of the Ottawa Humane Society, Rotary Home and CompuCorps.
