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Hockey Night in Canada’s Play On! Hits Ottawa

Posted on By Richard A. Whittaker

Ottawa, ON – Scotiabank Place is no stranger to hockey, being the home of the Ottawa Senators and Ottawa 67’s, but it was the parking lot that saw all the hockey action this weekend as 43 “street rinks” were set up for the 452 teams and over 2,400 players participating in Hockey Night in Canada’s Play On! Hockey Night in Canada’s Play On! features recreational and competitive 4-on-4 street hockey tournament divisions for boys, girls, men, and women of all ages and skill levels.

Hockey Night in Canada’s Play On! celebrates the game of hockey and Canadian culture with the hopes of making kids feel like NHL pros and helping adults feel like kids again. Since this program’s inception, over one million Canadians have “taken back the streets” from coast to coast through participation in one of the over 90 Play On! events held to date.

Winners and finalists in Elite Male (19+), Elite Female (19+), Grinders (u19), and Enforcers (u17) divisions from this event will be invited to join winners of the other twenty events taking place across Canada in competing for the 2013 Redwood Cup National Championships in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, September 26-28, 2013.

Hockey Night in Canada’s Play On! also has a charitable side with the UPS Corporate Division, which features corporate teams competing for a replica Redwood Cup. The Ottawa event beneficiary of this division is the Sens Foundation.

MAYOR DECLARES JUNE 9TH, 2012, CHEO BBQ DAY IN OTTAWA

Posted on By Richard A. Whittaker

Ottawa, ON – In 1993, Mike Machargo and Johnny Hunt organized a backyard BBQ during the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Telethon, passing around a fishbowl to collect donations between 15 friends and by their action, creating the foundation for what is now the CHEO BBQ.

The 20th edition of the CHEO BBQ, took place in Ottawa’s Shefford Park on Saturday, June 9th, with over 1,500 people attending, including 40 sponsors and 200 volunteers. The event featured ultimate Frisbee and beach volleyball tournaments. New this year was a 5km family walk around the streets surrounding the park presented by RBC. The CHEO BBQ, also added an honourary chair for the 20th anniversary, Ottawa’s CTV Morning Live host, Lianne Laing.

The anniversary of the CHEO BBQ also had many surprises for Mike Machargo and Johnny Hunt. First, City of Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, declared June 9th, 2012, CHEO BBQ Day in Ottawa. Next, Tim Tierney, Ottawa City Council for ward 11 (Beacon Hill-Cyrville), presented Johnny with a United Way Community Builder award. Then Tim Tierney stepped up again to surprise both Mike and Johnny with the naming of the beach volleyball courts at Shefford Park: the CHEO BBQ Courts. Mike and Johnny weren’t without presents of their own, offering a cheque to CHEO in the amount of $50,000 from the 2011 CHEO BBQ. And later announcing that they had surpassed their 2012 goal of $60,000, reaching $65,000.

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In the past  20 years, the CHEO BBQ has raised $430,000 for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.