Media Release

March 3, 2005

Community Foundation of Ottawa wins GOLD for outstanding communications

(OTTAWA) – The Community Foundation of Ottawa (CFO) has been named a GOLD award winner for excellence in communications by the 2005 Wilmer Shields Rich Awards Program. Sponsored by the Council on Foundations, the awards program recognizes effective communications efforts to increase public awareness of foundations and corporate giving programs. The Community Foundation of Ottawa received the award for its website. The award will be presented at the 56th Annual Conference of the Council on Foundations in San Diego on Monday, April 11, 2005 .

 

Entries to the awards program included annual or biennial reports, newsletters, special reports, public policy campaigns and websites. This year 247 entries from all over North America were submitted to the awards program. A panel of judges with expertise in communications and/or philanthropy gave CFO 's website very high marks (94%) and provided very favourable feedback, "Absolutely on target. This site is clearly navigable and a pleasure to use," writes one of the judges, "Dual French/English sites serve the [Foundation's] constituents."

 

Barbara McInnes, President and CEO of the Community Foundation of Ottawa had this to say, "We are thrilled to have received this prestigious award. It means our website is doing what it was built to do: communicating our key messages and helping people make informed philanthropic decisions."

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Contacts:
Barbara McInnes, President and CEO, Community Foundation of Ottawa
(613) 236-1616 ext. 227