This year’s Scotiabank Wall of Inspiration event will honour all of the Community Builder Award recipients from 2011. One of the organizations that will be honoured at this event is The Ottawa Senators Hockey Club. They received the 2011 Community Builder of the Year Award for their extensive work with dozens of organizations to improve the quality of life for

Let’s get it started! 1,200 pumped up up volunteers helped officially launch the 2011 United Way Ottawa campaign on September 22 – although many of them had already begun their workplace fundraising. Altogether, about 14,000 volunteers will be working for a better community in 1,200 workplaces – including more than 100 federal government departments. Watch the video here. Every workplace

United Way Ottawa’s Next Gen Cabinet once again hosted a successful networking event for young professionals at Lago Bar and Grill on October 21. Thanks to the support of all who attended, Schmoozefest 2010 raised $22,350. We got the chance to speak to some attendees about their Schmoozefest experience and why they support United Way (video is available in English

A couple of weeks ago, on October 14, United Way Ottawa hosted an event at the Shenkman Arts Centre featuring bestselling author Dan Heath, who, with his brother Chip, penned 2007’s Made to Stick and 2010’s Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard. Heath’s remarks on understanding and shaping human behaviour not only struck a chord with audience