COMMUNITY MINISTRIES Belong Ottawa steps into the spotlight at the Lawyer Play coming to the Great Canadian Theatre Company

BY LEIGH ANNE WILLIAMS

Belong Ottawa began the spring with the exciting news that it had been selected as the charity partner for the annual Lawyer Play at the Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC).

The Lawyer Play is a fundraiser now in its 23rd year which benefits GCTC and a second charity selected each year. Members of the County of Carleton Law Association, whose members practice in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario, come together to form the cast of a play performed at GCTC. They also compete to sell out all of the tickets and to gain sponsorship for the event.

“It is really a great way to have fun, highlight a charity and give back generously to the community at large,” said Katherine Shadbolt, a partner at Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall and a member of Belong Ottawa’s management board.

“We are so lucky that Belong Ottawa was chosen as we will have the opportunity to speak to the audiences each night of the play about the programs’ mission and vision—what the programs do for so many—so we can advocate, educate as well as fundraise for the Anglican community ministries,” she added.

In 2019 an application was submitted on behalf of Centre 454 to be the Lawyer Play Charity Partner for that year and as a result, it was among six finalists.

In January of this year, the Lawyer