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The best way to avoid a bad case of the Novembers is by attending the always-uplifting Ottawa Philanthropy Awards. That’s when regular folks of all ages and backgrounds get up on stage to thank their family, friends and the dedicated professional fundraisers that nominated them, while reflecting in a meaningful way on what has motivated and inspired them to be as generous as they are.
From CASCO to Costco, this year’s recipients offered stories worth hearing at the AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) local Philanthropy Awards dinner, held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday night.
Jonathan Pitre spoke about philanthropy, November 19, 2015.
You could feel the love and admiration in the crowd of 300 for guest speaker Jonathan Pitre, 15, of Russell. The “true local hero”, as he was introduced by philanthropic businessman Dan Greenberg, suffers from but is bringing greater awareness to a rare and painful skin disorder called epidermolysis bullosa (EB). The Sens fan, who worries more about whether he’ll live to see another day than if he’s hanging with the cool kids or wearing the right designer labels, shared an important life lesson: “No matter how tough you think your life is, no matter how tough you think it is, someone else is living it tougher than you are. Always keep that mind when you are in difficult times. It may help you through it.”
First to be honoured at the event was insurance broker Brian Scott as Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser. His message: volunteer fundraising is nothing to be afraid of. “There are lots of generous people in our community who are prepared to be engaged.”
Most notably, Scott has been involved with the local YMCA-YWCA fundraising initiatives, except for the dangerous one that involves rappelling down a 16-storey building. “As Brian is president of Smith Petrie Carr & Scott Insurance Brokers, I may understand his hesitation when it comes to that event,” joked the Y’s vice president of financial development, Jack Silverstein.
Costco Wholesale was named this year’s Outstanding Corporate Philanthropist for the millions of dollars that it’s helped raise for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO). The children’s hospital also successfully nominated CASCO as Outstanding Philanthropic Group. The student-run charity organization at the University of Ottawa has raised more than $400,000 for CHEO and seen 16 generations of students get involved.
From left, CASCO co-founder Alexandre St-Jean with CHEO Foundation president and CEO Kevin Keohane and CASCO co-founder Tuan Nguyen.
The group was founded by Tuan Nguyen and Alexandre St-Jean to raise funds in honour of their friend, Eric Danis, a former CHEO patient who lost his life to leukemia in 1998. Each year, CASCO hosts a choreographed benefit show.
Nguyen dedicated the award to the late Peter Koppel, a retired professor from the university’s Telfer School of Management, and CHEO’s greatest champion, Max Keeping, who passed away last month. “This is for you,” Nguyen said, lifting the award above his head and looking upward.
Luxury car dealership Mark Motors drove away with the Outstanding Small Business award after being nominated by the National Arts Centre Foundation. The family-run business was started by the Slovenian-born, self-made Louis Mrak, who passed away three years ago. He had nothing but a suitcase and a few dollars when he immigrated to Canada in 1956.
His wife, Margaret, attended with their four children, Andreas, Michael, Vincent,and Liza. In their speech, the children paid tribute to their parents for teaching them to give back to the community and to push themselves above and beyond expectations.
“What they would always say is: There are people in this world who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen and there are people who say ‘What happened?’,” said Liza at the podium with her brother, Michael.
“They may have said that as they handed us a broom to sweep the garage floors but the lesson was learned.”
From left, St. Patrick’s High School teacher Linda LoFaro with Holly Gillis and Patrick Rapley (parents of youth award winner Maxwell Rapley), and Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation board chair, Ottawa lawyer Gregory Sanders, and president and CEO Linda Eagen.
This year’s Outstanding Youth Award went to St. Patrick’s High School graduate Maxwell Rapley for his involvement in the school’s Breakfast for Cancer fundraiser in support of the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation. Rapley is currently studying at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S. but his parents accepted the award on his behalf.
The final award of the night went to Subhas (Sam) Bhargava and his wife Uttra. The couple was awarded Outstanding Individual Philanthropist for its financial support of brain and spinal cord research at The Ottawa Hospital.
“We are a combined 150 years old and are supposed to be over the hill but AFP put us on top of the mountain, and the view is excellent,” said an appreciative Bhargava.
The Bhargavas’ philanthropy stems from personal tragedy that resulted in them creating a legacy of hope so that other families don’t have to suffer as they have. The couple cared for and watched as Bhargava’s parents wasted away from Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Their eldest daughter, now deceased, was left a quadriplegic after being hit by a drunk driver.
The Bhargavas, who came to Canada in 1983, spoke about the support extended to them from friends, neighbours and Kiwanians (singling out former mayor Jackie Holzman). “No wonder the Canadian passport is the best passport in the world,” said Bhargava.
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From CASCO to Costco, this year’s recipients offered stories worth hearing at the AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) local Philanthropy Awards dinner, held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday night.
Jonathan Pitre spoke about philanthropy, November 19, 2015.
You could feel the love and admiration in the crowd of 300 for guest speaker Jonathan Pitre, 15, of Russell. The “true local hero”, as he was introduced by philanthropic businessman Dan Greenberg, suffers from but is bringing greater awareness to a rare and painful skin disorder called epidermolysis bullosa (EB). The Sens fan, who worries more about whether he’ll live to see another day than if he’s hanging with the cool kids or wearing the right designer labels, shared an important life lesson: “No matter how tough you think your life is, no matter how tough you think it is, someone else is living it tougher than you are. Always keep that mind when you are in difficult times. It may help you through it.”
First to be honoured at the event was insurance broker Brian Scott as Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser. His message: volunteer fundraising is nothing to be afraid of. “There are lots of generous people in our community who are prepared to be engaged.”
Most notably, Scott has been involved with the local YMCA-YWCA fundraising initiatives, except for the dangerous one that involves rappelling down a 16-storey building. “As Brian is president of Smith Petrie Carr & Scott Insurance Brokers, I may understand his hesitation when it comes to that event,” joked the Y’s vice president of financial development, Jack Silverstein.
Costco Wholesale was named this year’s Outstanding Corporate Philanthropist for the millions of dollars that it’s helped raise for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO). The children’s hospital also successfully nominated CASCO as Outstanding Philanthropic Group. The student-run charity organization at the University of Ottawa has raised more than $400,000 for CHEO and seen 16 generations of students get involved.
From left, CASCO co-founder Alexandre St-Jean with CHEO Foundation president and CEO Kevin Keohane and CASCO co-founder Tuan Nguyen.
The group was founded by Tuan Nguyen and Alexandre St-Jean to raise funds in honour of their friend, Eric Danis, a former CHEO patient who lost his life to leukemia in 1998. Each year, CASCO hosts a choreographed benefit show.
Nguyen dedicated the award to the late Peter Koppel, a retired professor from the university’s Telfer School of Management, and CHEO’s greatest champion, Max Keeping, who passed away last month. “This is for you,” Nguyen said, lifting the award above his head and looking upward.
Luxury car dealership Mark Motors drove away with the Outstanding Small Business award after being nominated by the National Arts Centre Foundation. The family-run business was started by the Slovenian-born, self-made Louis Mrak, who passed away three years ago. He had nothing but a suitcase and a few dollars when he immigrated to Canada in 1956.
His wife, Margaret, attended with their four children, Andreas, Michael, Vincent,and Liza. In their speech, the children paid tribute to their parents for teaching them to give back to the community and to push themselves above and beyond expectations.
“What they would always say is: There are people in this world who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen and there are people who say ‘What happened?’,” said Liza at the podium with her brother, Michael.
“They may have said that as they handed us a broom to sweep the garage floors but the lesson was learned.”
From left, St. Patrick’s High School teacher Linda LoFaro with Holly Gillis and Patrick Rapley (parents of youth award winner Maxwell Rapley), and Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation board chair, Ottawa lawyer Gregory Sanders, and president and CEO Linda Eagen.
This year’s Outstanding Youth Award went to St. Patrick’s High School graduate Maxwell Rapley for his involvement in the school’s Breakfast for Cancer fundraiser in support of the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation. Rapley is currently studying at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S. but his parents accepted the award on his behalf.
The final award of the night went to Subhas (Sam) Bhargava and his wife Uttra. The couple was awarded Outstanding Individual Philanthropist for its financial support of brain and spinal cord research at The Ottawa Hospital.
“We are a combined 150 years old and are supposed to be over the hill but AFP put us on top of the mountain, and the view is excellent,” said an appreciative Bhargava.
The Bhargavas’ philanthropy stems from personal tragedy that resulted in them creating a legacy of hope so that other families don’t have to suffer as they have. The couple cared for and watched as Bhargava’s parents wasted away from Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Their eldest daughter, now deceased, was left a quadriplegic after being hit by a drunk driver.
The Bhargavas, who came to Canada in 1983, spoke about the support extended to them from friends, neighbours and Kiwanians (singling out former mayor Jackie Holzman). “No wonder the Canadian passport is the best passport in the world,” said Bhargava.
Ross Hunt, vice president with Costco Wholsesale Canada, winner of Outstanding Corporate Philanthropist, and Jacqueline Belsito, vice president of philanthropy for the CHEO Foundation, at the 21st Annual AFP Ottawa Philanthropy Awards, held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday, November 19, 2015.
From left, Andreas Mrak with his sister, Liza Mrak, mother Margaret Mrak, brother Vincent Mrak and brother Michael Mrak from the family-owned Mark Motors of Ottawa, recipients of Outstanding Small Business Philanthropist at the 21st Annual AFP Ottawa Philanthropy Awards held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday, November 19, 2015.
From left, Taylor Murray, Jacqueline Novotny, Barbara Robertson, Emily Hillstrom, Shauna McKenna, Keara Johnston, Cameron McIntyre, Madison Skotnicki, Tuan Nguyen and Robyn Ouimet attended the 21st Annual AFP Ottawa Philanthropy Awards, held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday, November 19, 2015, as part of CASCO, winner of Outstanding Philanthropic Group award.
From left, CASCO co-founder Alexandre St-Jean with CHEO Foundation president and CEO Kevin Keohane and CASCO co-founder Tuan Nguyen at the 21st Annual AFP Ottawa Philanthropy Awards, held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday, November 19, 2015. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Ross Hunt, vice president with Costco Wholesale Canada, accepts the Outstanding Corporate Philanthropist award while joined by members of the Costco team at the 21st Annual AFP Ottawa Philanthropy Awards held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday, November 19, 2015.
Jonathan Pitre spoke about philanthropy as the guest speaker of the 21st Annual AFP Ottawa Philanthropy Awards held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday, November 19, 2015. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Brian Scott, recipient of Outstanding Volunteer Philanthropist, accepts his award at the 21st Annual AFP Ottawa Philanthropy Awards, held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday, November 19, 2015.
Kimothy Walker was back to MC the 21st Annual AFP Ottawa Philanthropy Awards held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday, November 19, 2015.
Uttra Bhargava on stage with her husband, Subhas (Sam) Bhargava as the Ottawa couple accepted the award for Outstanding Individual Philanthropist at the 21st Annual AFP Ottawa Philanthropy Awards, held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday, November 19, 2015.
From left, Brian Scott, seen with his wife, Monica Sapiano, and their son, Matthew, was this year's recipient of Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser at the 21st Annual AFP Ottawa Philanthropy Awards, held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday, November 19, 2015.
From left, Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser recipient Brian Scott with Jack Silverstein, vice president of financial development at the National Capital Region YMCA-YWCA, at the 21st Annual AFP Ottawa Philanthropy Awards held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday, November 19, 2015.
From left, Tim Kluke, president and CEO of The Ottawa Hospital Foundation, with Outstanding Individual Philanthropist recipients Uttra and Subhas (Sam) Bhargava, and Sharon Martin, the foundation's senior director of philanthropy, at the 21st Annual AFP Ottawa Philanthropy Awards held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday, November 19, 2015. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
From left, Liza Mrak with Jayne Watson, CEO of the National Arts Centre Foundation, and Mrak's brother, Michael Mrak, of the family-owned Mark Motors of Ottawa, this year's recipient of Outstanding Small Business Philanthropist at the 21st Annual AFP Ottawa Philanthropy Awards, held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday, November 19, 2015.
From left, AFP Ottawa Chapter board president Derek deLouche with Paula Street, chair of the organizing commitee, and past chair Claude Drouin, at the 21st Annual AFP Ottawa Philanthropy Awards dinner held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday, November 19, 2015.
Ferguslea Properties president Dan Greenberg, a previous recipient of a philanthropy award, introduced guest speaker Jonathan Pitre at the 21st Annual AFP Ottawa Philanthropy Awards held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday, November 19, 2015. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, St. Patrick's High School teacher Linda LoFaro with Holly Gillis and Patrick Rapley (parents of youth award winner Maxwell Rapley), and Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation board chair, Ottawa lawyer Gregory Sanders, and president and CEO Linda Eagen, at the 21st Annual AFP Ottawa Philanthropy Awards held at the Shaw Centre on Thursday, November 19, 2015. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
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