Published in The BANAR, November 2017 by Joce Whyte I have fond memories of my parents Howard and Irene Kemp. They made a happy home for us seven kids and I was the youngest and a little spoiled by everyone. Dad loved his six horses
Published in The BANAR, November 2017 by Bill Horne, Event Chair Thanks to near perfect weather, great community support, willing volunteers, a topnotch organizing committee, and amazing sponsors, Cancer Chase 2017 has turned over $15,680 to the Ottawa Hospital Foundation for cancer research. I am
Published in The BANAR November 2017 by Brent Lawrie, Blackburn FUNFAIR Chair Thanks to everyone for another excellent FUNFAIR celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday. Because of our great community and sponsorship support, we raised $20,000 which has been put directly back into our Blackburn community. Fantastic!
In a wonderful example of how chance can bring together like minded partners, the 2017 Cancer Chase partnered with organizers from the Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s Michele Karen Chung Legacy Endowment Fund for Oncology to benefit cancer fighting causes. Briefly, Michele Karen grew up with many
Published in The BANAR November 2017. It’s always a great honour to present awards to people in our community who go above and beyond to make Blackburn Hamlet a better place to live for everyone. The winners of the 2016-2017 Volunteer Appreciation Awards, presented at
Published in The BANAR September 2017 by Brent Lawrie, Blackburn FUNFAIR Chair This year’s FUNFAIR started off a little cool on Friday night but the rain held off until Sunday afternoon. All in all it was another great FUNFAIR as we celebrated our community and