Donation of Time and Services
We have a whole list of people to thank who have donated their valuable time and services to our organization:
- Our volunteer teachers from the University of Ottawa Community Service Learning course: Melissa Bourgault, David Dumais, Brockenshire Leminski, Mikko Mason, Andrea McLaughlin, Chris Nikkel, Mark Wilkinson.
- Our volunteer student mentors: Joel Alison, Seth Alison, Stephi Bell, Anna Ernst, Rebecca Grey, Lei Huang, Coralyn Johnston, Ruza McIntyre, Jonah Poplove, Christina Zhang, Nova Zhao.
- Our adult volunteers who help to organize the Tuesday and Thursday classes: Maeve McMahon, Marthe Nabatian, Barbara Riley.
- Guy Harrison, highly-respected instrument maker & luthier, for providing free on-going evaluations for donated instruments (for tax receipt purposes).
- The instrument makers who volunteered their time to help us set up and repair violins in September 2008: Dominic Zuchowicz, Peter Mach, Bernard Walke and Charline Dequincey & Olivia Walsh-Pelling (from Guy Harrison's shop).
- Nancy and Barry Craven for organizing and keeping track of our many donated and purchased instruments.
- Jill Laforty (CBC), Denise Fung (CBC), Steven Mazey (Ottawa Citizen) and Elizabeth Payne (Ottawa Citizen) for invaluable media coverage.
- Margaret Munro Tobolowska for donating proceeds from the sale of 100 CD’s ‘A Cello for Chelsea’ and ‘Zara the Maggini’.
- Ian Warren, barrister and solicitor, for providing pro bono legal services to help us get the Foundation started.
- Paula Koundakjian for her many hours of helping to edit and write grants.
- Jo Kressin from inconceptsdesign for donating his time to both design the new look for our website and to provide us with the corresponding content management system.
- Music and instrument suppliers who have given special rates to us: Coast Music, Counterpoint Musical Services, FJH Music Company.
- Reportex Copy & Print - Katari Imaging for printing services for posters and fliers.
- Colin Traquair & Troy Kay for their graphic design services.
- Anne Cure for donating many hours to help set up, maintain and improve the string instruments.
- Local performing groups who have donated tickets so that our children could attend performances: Ottawa Chamber Orchestra, Strings of St. John's.
- Lesley Hendry for designing & evaluating the OrKidstra parents' survey.
- Greg Idasz for making the mini-documentary on the program.
- Jennie Riddick for her bookkeeping help.
- Christine Johnson for her inspiring support.
- The Venezuelan Embassy for their ongoing friendship and support.
- McLeod-Stewarton and First Unitarian churches for providing great concert spaces.
- Sheilah Craven for her invaluable administrative skills.
- Steven Fouchard for preparing and writing the first newsletters.
- Gary McMillen for helping to set up the corporation, organizing the finances and setting up the web site.
- For the first several months of our programs, the teachers volunteered their time, knowledge and passion for music: Susan Rupp, Jean Barsalou and Paul Casey – violin, Margaret Tobolowska, Anne-Marie Guedon – cello, Karen Donnelly – trumpet, Jonanthan Sandler – guitar and Tina Fedeski – flute.
- The Leading Note music store for donating the print music and books to be used for the first year of the program, profits from sale of the DVD "Tocar y Luchar" and 10% of the buskers' proceeds from the "Busking at The Leading Note" program.
