Thank you, Ottawa Dragon Boat

The last thing anyone might be thinking about at this time of year is boating, especially dragon boating. But for a lot of organizations, such as the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation, the work goes on all year long.

This week, we met with the good people at Ottawa Dragon Boat to receive a generous cheque of $25,000. For those of you not familiar with how the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival works, every year the festival raises money to support several charities. We were fortunate to be one of the charities last year.

It was a great festival. Our volunteers helped prepare food over the three days. Thank you to everyone who made it another successful event.

Below is a fun photo with Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation CEO and President John Brooman, myself, and Micah Garten, Development Officer with Shepherds of Good Hope Foundation.

Dragon Boat Festival raises funds for charity

It was another great year for the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival. And that means five great local charities are going to get some significant funds to help their clients.

I want to thank the organizers for selecting Shepherds of Good Hope as one of the five charities. This is our second year as part of the festival. Our volunteers were out there Friday night and the weekend to serve food at the VIP area. We were also taking lots of photos Friday night when the event kicked off.

Events like the Dragon Boat Festival are a great way to have fun and to participate for a good cause. It's a free event and after the races were finished, throngs of people sat on the grassy hill to the left of the stage to take in the great bands each night.

Congratulations to everyone!