Media Advisory - Local Charities Compete in New Leaf Community Challenge and Chance to Receive $125,000 grant to Tackle Youth Unemployment

OTTAWA, Nov. 25, 2019 /CNW/ - The Ottawa Community Foundation (OCF) is hosting its sixth annual New Leaf Community Challenge in collaboration with the RBC Foundation, where three local charities compete for a grant of $125,000 to tackle youth unemployment.

When:	Wednesday, November 27nd, from 8:45 to 12:00 p.m.
Where:	Bayview Yards, 7 Bayview Road, Ottawa
	Parking: 2 hr street parking or $2/hour in the pay and display lot adjacent to the building.
Who:	Marco Pagani, President and CEO, OCF
	Rebecca Aird, Director, Community Engagement, OCF
	The finalists:
	The Youth Leadership Collective (chaired by the Boys and Girls Club) is pitching the first Youth Leadership Certificate program; Building on their successful Food Services Training Program, the Ottawa Mission is looking to expand this initiative to help more youth who are at-risk or homeless; and The Rideau-Rockcliffe Community Resource Centre proposes to scale up its Youth Business Incubator program which combines entrepreneurship and employment coaching with skills development.

The jury:

Michael Curran: Publisher, Ottawa Business Journal & President, Great River Media
Joanne Gardner: Director; Digital Design, Custom Manufacturing and GovTech Prototyping, Bayview Yards
Kevin Holmes: Managing Director, SLiDE, DARE District, Algonquin College
Susan Scotti: Executive Vice President, Business Council of Canada & member of the Board of Directors, OCF
Glenn Sheen: Regional Director, Community Marketing and Citizenship – Ontario North and East, RBC Royal Bank
Midia Shikh Hassan: Manager of MakerLaunch – University of Ottawa Faculty of Engineering
Mengistab Tseygaye: Executive Director, World Skills

About the Ottawa Community Foundation
The OCF has been connecting donors who care with causes that matter in Ottawa for more than 30 years. From an endowment of more than $160 million and growing, OCF's donors provide over $12 million in grants to charitable organizations in our city each year, across a wide spectrum of causes. OCF also serves an important strategic city-building role, bringing partners together from the public, private, and philanthropic sectors to tackle pressing issues such as youth unemployment and climate change, and to advance systemic solutions. For more information about the OCF, visit www.ocf-fco.ca

About the New Leaf Community Challenge
The NLCC is designed to inspire and support the Ottawa community to work together to address the city's most pressing issues. What we learn about youth unemployment, or other issues identified each year, helps us better use other Foundation levers such as community grants and impact investing, to support ongoing progress.  https://www.ocf-fco.ca/nlcc-2019/

SOURCE Ottawa Community Foundation

Media Contact: Danielle Côté, 613-799-9057, [email protected]

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