Ottawa, Ontario – On Thursday, June 3, 2010, OGLCC Eastern Ontario Regional Board Member, Denis Schryburt, attended a special charity event in support of Bruce House, Pink Triangle Services (PTS), The Village, and Capital Pride. Swirl and Twirl 7, Ottawa’s annual beer, wine, and food-tasting event has been raising funds for the GLBTTQ community for 7 years.

“The event was amazing. Hundreds of people coming together filling the foyer of Ottawa City Hall to capacity to help raise money for the community,” said Schryburt, who represented the OGLCC as the Chamber sponsored the event’s first ever silent auction. “The energy in the room was pure enjoyment.”

The Ontario Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (OGLCC) donated a prize package that fetched almost $300 at the silent auction. Chamber members Denis Schryburt and the Delta Chelsea hotel in Toronto also donated prizes for the auction, which all together helped raise over $600 of the $2,000 raised that evening.

Read More: Ottawa Citizen article on the event (second half of article).
Read More: Swirl and Twirl’s official website.

For more information on or to join the Eastern Ontario branch of the OGLCC, contact:

Denis Schryburt
Director, Eastern Ontario
Ontario Gay and lesbian Chamber of Commerce
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• Programs & Events Committee
• Membership Committee
• Communications, Marketing & Advertising Committee
• …and more

Lisa Chang
Communications, Marketing & Advertising Committee Chair
OGLCC Board Member

The Ontario Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (OGLCC) and the Summit of Two Shores was recently mentioned in several articles in Capital Xtra!.

• Ottawa hosts networking event for gay businesses
  
• Gay business summit kicks off on the Hill: High-profile MPs turn out
  
• The Summit of Two Shores: Meeting of gay business owners from Québec and Ontario

A second Summit will be scheduled for 2011.

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