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Besides its “Helping To Alleviate
Poverty In Our Schools Campaign,” the
Catholic Education Foundation of Ottawa-
Carleton also has emergency response funds
which provide immediate assistance to
impoverished children and their families.
This assistance includes the provision of eye
glasses, EpiPens, medical supplies, food and
clothing, transportation and other financial
needs resulting from situations of family
crisis.
Fundraising efforts of the Catholic
Education Foundation of Ottawa-Carleton
to support its assistance to these educational
programs and emergency response
situations include special events, in
memoriam programs offered through all
local funeral homes, payroll deduction via
the United Way, partnerships with other
organizations and corporate-sponsored
Broadway musical productions which
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annually include over 600 Ottawa-Carleton
Catholic School Board students. Having the
Catholic Education Foundation of Ottawa-
Carleton included as a United Way agency
and eligible to be assisted through directed
United Way payroll deductions began in
2005 and resulted in a substantial increase
in funding provided to the Foundation.
CEFOC’s major fundraising event
is the annual Broadway musical involving
students from schools across the Board’s
jurisdiction. This tradition began in 2003
with the production of Joseph and The
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, presented
at the Sacred Heart High School Theatre. In
2004, the musical The Music Man was
presented, again at the Sacred Heart High
School Theatre. In 2005, the venue changed
to the St. Paul High School Theatre where
Annie was presented. In 2006, the musical
featured was Anything Goes, which was held
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at the St. Paul High School Theatre. Another
fundraising event benefiting the Catholic
Education Foundation of Ottawa-Carleton
is the annual O.C. Idol singing competition
organized by the Board’s student trustees
in cooperation with the student council
co-presidents from the high schools across
the system. In 2006, this O.C. Idol
competition was held at St. Paul Catholic
High School with 12 singers involved, with
Student Trustees Phillip MacDougall and
Lisa Daly serving as the Masters of
Ceremonies.
In 2006, Trustee Arthur J.M.
Lamarche serves as Chairperson of the
Board of Directors of the Catholic Education
Foundation of Ottawa-Carleton. James G.
McCracken, OCCSB Director of Education,
is the President and Secretary and Lisa
Hopkins is the Executive Director.