Citizen Advocacy in the News - 2003 - 2004
December 26, 2004, Ottawa Citizen: In this volunteer role, friendship comes first. Will Eros and Mark Gosselin are obviously exulting in each other's company. Sitting on his friend's living room sofa, Mr. Eros, 22, recalls how deadly a pool-room opponent his friend proved in their first encounters. Read the story.
September 2004, Ottawa Citizen: Early park closures put a damper on a picnic from an Ottawa organization serving people with disabilities, leaving them with no running water or bathroom facilities at Andrew Haydon Park. Read the story.
July 11, 2004, Ottawa Citizen: 22nd HOPE tournament serves up $730,000. Several charities benefit from the event including the Ottawa Humane Society, Parkinson Society Canada, Citizen Advocacy, Ontario Lupus Association, and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. Read the article.
May 31, 2004, Ottawa Citizen: Margo Roston Around Town. Say lobster in Ottawa and the rush is on. For the 10th year, Citizen Advocacy of Ottawa held its Evening in the Maritimes lobster dinner and auction. Read the article.
July 13, 2003, Ottawa Citizen: HOPE Volleyball BeachFest. This year marked the first year that wheelchair volleyball was included in the tournament. Four teams of 10 people played on a tennis court, 30 metres from the beach. The Wheelchair Division was suggested and coordinated by Citizen Advocacy. Read the article.
May 12, 2003, Ottawa Citizen: Margo Roston Around Town. Judicious nibbling left room for lobster with all the fixin's at the Congress Centre for An Evening in the Maritimes, Citizen Advocacy's popular and well-attended annual fundraiser. Read the story.
May 1, 2003, Ottawa Citizen: Our Town. Ottawa police chief Vince Bevan and Ottawa political insider Penny Collenette are two hosts of An Evening in the Maritimes, a five-course lobster dinner, silent auction, and musical event Tuesday night at the Congress Centre. Read the story.
January 24, 2003, Barrhaven Independent: Citizen Advocacy in local community. When a drunk driver speeding through a red light struck the vehicle she was riding in, Nancy Villeneuve went from being a nurse at the Ottawa Civic Hospital to being a patient. More than a dozen surgeries and 34 years later, Ms. Villeneuve is doing well and proud to have a new friend in fellow Barrhaven resident Elsbeth Fallack. Read the story.
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