BGCO In the News
2015
January - Walk His Way - Ottawa Life Magazine
Lacing up his shoes as he heads out to hit the pavement, Gavin Lumsden is doing more than just going for another run. Lumsden is gearing up to train for his fiftieth marathon in 2015. But, that is not even the big news. Lumsden, supervising producer at Rogers TV Ottawa, will be running this milestone marathon to raise $50,000 for the Boys and Girls Club. This money will initiate the rollout of the Walk This Way program, currently exclusive to Ottawa, to Boys and Girls Clubs across Canada.
2014
December
December 18 - Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa short for the holiday season - 1310 News
The Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa is making a call for Christmas gifts. The ‘Angel Tree Initiative’ aims to ensure that every BGCO youth between the ages of six and 13 have at least one gift this holiday season.
December 7 - Police help kids with Christmas shopping - Ottawa Citizen
Police and 12 children from the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa spent Sunday morning shopping together in a nationwide program from Target called Heroes and Helpers.
November
November 18 - Senators power play experiences a brown out but Karlsson's coffee is hot - Ottawa Citizen
On Monday, Karlsson relaunched the coffee brand he helped deliver last season in support of the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa.
November 17 - Erik Karlsson coffee brewing for Ottawa Boys & Girls Club - Metro
Erik Karlsson may have a second calling in blending coffee. It’s the second year the captain of the Ottawa Senators has developed his own blend at Bridgehead in support of the Boys & Girls Club.
November 13 - Awesome Boys and Girls Club Auction celebrates 22 years - Ottawa Community News
Another awesome event is set to take place in an effort to raise some money for the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa. The 22nd annual Awesome Auction is planned for Nov. 21 at the Shaw Centre.
November 5 - Boys and Girls Club celebrates $90,000 donation - CFRA
The Boys and Girls club of Ottawa is one of four clubs across Canada receiving part of a $90,000 donation from Giant Tiger.
September
September 23 - Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa building to get nearly $3-million overhaul - CFRA.com
Work is set to begin late next month to renovate the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa's McArthur Avenue clubhouse. The nearly $3-million worth of renovations at the Fred C. McCann Clubhouse are sorely needed.
July
July 22 - Blue Jays alums help open youth field in Ottawa - MLB.comThe Blue Jays hosted a day of baseball celebrations in Ottawa on Friday, officially opening a newly refurbished baseball diamond in South Nepean and providing a Blue Jays Baseball Academy Instructional Clinic hosted by select Blue Jays alumni.
July 2 - Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa celebrates growing numbers - Ottawa Community News
The Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa celebrated a banner year and is looking forward to continued success -- that was the message delivered during its annual general meeting held June 24 at the club’s Dumaurier Avenue location.
July - Food & Think: Planting roots in the kitchen
- Ottawa Magazine - Summer 2014
Standing on the lawn behind the Britannia location of the Boys & Girls Club, I notice an ugly chain link fence is all that stands between a city dump, strewn with broken furniture and car tires, and a lovingly created organic vegetable garden. In the shadow of an apartment building, children tend to towering stalks of Swiss chard.
June
June 30 - Chris Hadfield addresses youth at Summit - CFRAIt was a chance like no other for more than 400 youth gathered at the Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport. The Air Cadets and members of the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa gathered to listen to former astronaut Chris Hadfield speak as part of a youth summit put on by Vintage Wings of Canada.
June 17- Ringside for Youth XX - A Fundraising Success Story
- Spotlight Ottawa
This is the story of how members of a community got together to help a financially strapped youth centre. That was 20 years ago, and the centre was the Ottawa Police Youth Centre, located in the Debra St./Dynes Ave. area…a neighbourhood which at one time, was plagued with crime.
How sweet it was to be at this year’s 20th anniversary Ringside for Youth with Sugar Ray Leonard, one of the greatest fighters of all time.
June 10 - Thursday, June 12 proclaimed 'Ringside for Youth Day'
- OttawaStart.com
Mayor Jim Watson will be proclaiming Thursday, June 12, 2014 ‘Ringside for Youth Day’. The Mayor will be making a special presentation at the event. The proclamation recognizes the fact that Ringside for Youth has raised over $2.5 million dollars for the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa.
June 2 - Sugar Ray coming to Ottawa
- Ottawa Sun
Sugar Ray Leonard, a glorious voice from the past and, perhaps, the last King of the Ring, came on the line from Los Angeles Monday and spoke about the sport of boxing's need to get up off the mat.
May
May 9 - Lessons in Leadership - OWL Magazine
Fahd Alhattab became interested in helping his community after getting involved with the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa (BGCO) when he was seven years old. Since then, Fahd has been recognized as a youth leader by national organizations. Fahd-tastic!
May 8 - Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa - Proud Alumni!
- 101.1 Country
This morning was the Boys & Girls Clubs of Ottawa’s annual fundraising breakfast. The theme of this year’s event was “We are transforming lives. Of youth. Of staff. Of volunteers. Of donors.”
April
April 4 - Karlsson on the 'brew' line for Boys and Girls Club
- Ottawa Citizen
The Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa Homework Club is a little richer today thanks to Senators star Erik Karlsson and his popular Bridgehead EK#65 coffee blend.
April 4 - Sens Foundation, CARSTAR help get two local groups mobile - CFRA
April 3 - Karlsson gives back - CTV Ottawa
March
March 27 - Harlem Globetrotter promoting ABCs of Anti-Bullying in Ottawa - Ottawa Sun When an anti-bullying program is explained through dribbles, tricks and spins, kids will likely pay more attention. Even more so when that message is being delivered by a Harlem Globetrotter.2013
December
December issue - Learning Life Lessons at the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa ...
- Marketplace
If you thought the Boys and Girls Clubs of Ottawa were great places to learn and play basketball, you'd be right. But you'd also be wrong. The Clubs are way more than that to the over 4,500 children and youth who participate in their programs.
December 12
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Charities worry about Canada Post changes
- Ottawa Citizen
As the holiday season looms, Canada Post’s announcement of significant cuts over the next five years has left some charities around Ottawa feeling like they just got a lump of coal in their stocking.
December 11 - Sens Foundation launches new league, partnership with Boys and Girls Club
- Ottawa Sun
A new five-year, $500,000 partnership was announced Wednesday by the Sens Foundation and the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa.
December 7 - Where to donate at Christmas
- Ottawa Sun
Every year the Ottawa Sun lists charities that could use a little extra help at Christmas.
December 2 - On the Brew-line: Karlsson launches Bridgehead coffee blend for Boys and Girls Club
- Ottawa Citizen
He anchors the blueline, now let him fill your coffee cup. The Senators Erik Karlsson is lending his name to a new Bridgehead coffee blend to support the Ottawa Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa Homework Club.
November
November 29 - Ottawa gets a chance to try Karlsson's own coffee - Ottawa Sun Erik Karlsson loves his coffee – no sugar and the odd time with cream. Now, every time he takes a sip he’ll be able to taste his own brand. In conjunction with Bridgehead coffee shops and the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa, the Senators all-star blueliner launched his own bean Friday called EK65 with $2 from each bag sold going to the charityNovember 29 - New Boys and Girls Club director ‘excited’ to lead organization - Centretown News Colleen Mooney, the newly appointed executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa, is looking forward to helping create a safe and supportive place for the city's children and youth
November 7 - Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa appoints new executive director
- Ottawa Citizen
The Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa has appointed Colleen Mooney as its new executive director, effective Nov. 11.
October
October 28 -
Yay for Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa
- Ottawa Family Living
Nine decades ago this week, the Ottawa Boys Club opened in the city’s downtown core. A social worker from Montréal was appointed as its executive director. His name was Fred C. McCann and he led the club through many changes, from expanding it to multiple locations to increasing its programming options and growing its membership.
October 22 - Rogers Raising the Grade Technology Centre opens in Vanier
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1310 News
Kids living in Vanier are about to get a new spot to do homework. Today Rogers officially launched a new Rogers Raising the Grade Technology Centre at the Boys and Girls Clubhouse on McCarthur Avenue.
October 4 - Greg Sherlock: Inspiring children
- Ottawa Metro
When Greg Sherlock began to volunteer at the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa, he had no idea it would make his lifelong passion for music grow even more. Six years later, Sherlock co-ordinates a weekly program that inspires dozens of children to express themselves through msuic.
September
September 18 - When kids learn where food really comes from ...
- Ottawa Citizen
Hint: Nature does not wrap peas and beans in cellophane. Boys and Girls Club finds inspiration in the soil
August
August 16 - Arcade Fire-boosted Young Rock Band Raises Money for Cancer & Haiti
- Samaritan Mag
The Brothers Dubé impressed Montreal’s Arcade Fire enough for the Grammy Award-winning band to jam with them, but when they discovered the kids were raising money for the same charity, they realized they were kindred spirits.
July
July 13 - Thousands turn out for HOPE Volleyball Summefest
- CTV News
About 25,000 people hit Mooney’s Bay beach on Saturday for the world’s largest one-day volleyball tournament. “This is my third year here so I’m always looking forward to coming back every summer,” said one participant. HOPE Volleyball Summerfest (Helping Other People Everywhere) benefits six local charities.
July 11 - Former Jays remember playing for Series titles even as they teach the basics
- Ottawa Citizen
The more Lloyd Moseby chirps, the more the kids howl. Ever try to throw a baseball when you’re doubled over, laughing? Ol’ “Shaker Mo” Moseby, the retired Toronto Blue Jays outfielder, kept players aged 9-16 engaged and entertained during the Blue Jays Academy Super Camp at Kinsmen Field in Kanata
July 5 - Alfie's departure will be a huge blow to the many causes he supported in Ottawa
- Ottawa Citizen
Samantha Laprade chokes up mid sentence. “Sorry, I can’t believe how upset I am. It feels to me like when Gretzky left Canada.” Laprade, who is director of advancement at the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa, spent Friday morning hoping to hear that early reports Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson was going to Detroit were not true.
July 4 - Planting Progress in Ottawa
- Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance
Stephen Beckta, a prominent Ottawa restauranteur, recently won the 2013 Outstanding Service Professional award at the Terroir Symposium in Toronto. To be recognized by the cream of the Canadian hospitality industry was, “definitely a huge honour and one of the highlights of my career,” said Beckta.
June
June 16 - Annual charity events prove to be perennial favourites
- Ottawa Citizen Style
It truly was a week for charity events that have stood the test of time in Ottawa. A business-suit crowd of 1,300 was seen filing into the downtown Ottawa Convention Centre on Thursday for Ringside for Youth XIX. The dinner and boxing event has raised more than $2.35 million for the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa.
June 13 - Boys and Girls Club goes organic with gardening projecy - Ottawa Community News
A group of kids living in the west-end got a chance to get their hands dirty and learn first-hand how to nurture a plant from seedling to the dinner table. That's the philosophy being embraced by the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa and their restaurateur board member Stephen Beckta.
June 11 - Boys and Girls Club director resigns to take job in BC - Ottawa Citizen After 12 years as the executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa, Scott Bradford has resigned. Bradford will take over as the executive director of the Nanaimo Child Development Centre.
June 10 - Michael Spinks featured guest of Ringside for Youth fundraiser
- Ottawa Citizen
Growing up in St. Louis, Michael Spinks could easily have turned a wrong corner in life. Instead, the younger brother of Leon Spinks spent a lot of his time at recreation centres, where he, too, learned to box at a young age and went on to a storied career.
May
May 20 - Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa Breakfast
- Ottawa Citizen
More than 300 community and business leaders started their day with a large double-double of inspiration at the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa’s fourth annual breakfast, where stories of proud accomplishments and fond memories were shared by young people connected to the non-profit organization
April
April 4 -
Boys and Girls Club gains high-profile spokespersons, Ottawa Senators Erik Karlsson, wife Therese, to represent organization
- EMC Kanata
Despite being sidelined since an early-season injury, Senators defenceman Erik Karlsson is still a hero to his fans when off the ice, as shown by the rock-star reception he got from the kids of the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa.
March
March 27 - Sens' superstar Erik Karlsson joins Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa - Ottawa Sun Ottawa Senators superstar and Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson and wife Therese joined the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa Wednesday for a celebration after it was announced the pair would be become spokespeople for the club.
March 27 - Karlsson at the Boys and Girls Club - Inside the Senate
Erik Karlsson and his wife Therese were at the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa today to lend their support and officially become the BGCO's official "spokescouple."
March 2 - A cause for retreat - Ottawa at Home
On an idyllic setting on Mink Lake in Eganville, sits a testimonial to the generosity of Ottawa’s community of builders and contractors. A charming log house, outfitted with the luxuries of home while offering the allure of a country retreat, was built as a vacation rental property to raise funds for the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa
March 2 - Passionate volunteer Nick Newton honoured - Ottawa Citizen
On Sunday, Feb. 10, Mayor Jim Watson along with Councillor Scott Moffatt presented the Mayor's City Builder to Wendy Newton on behalf of her late husband Nick Newton. A passionate volunteer residing in Manotick, Mr. Newton spent decades working with the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Algonquin College and the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa, where he was a key figure for more than 60 years