Media Advisory - Hydro Ottawa and United Way Ottawa celebrate Brighter Tomorrows Fund recipients

OTTAWA, Sept. 5, 2012 /CNW/ - Join Bryce Conrad, President and Chief Executive Officer at Hydro Ottawa, and United Way Ottawa campaign co-chairs Councillor Mathieu Fleury and Angie Poirier as they showcase how the Brighter Tomorrows Fund is helping local agencies improve their energy efficiency.

Seven local agencies who serve people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness have completed projects such as replacing drafty windows, installing a high-efficiency heating system and purchasing energy-efficient appliances.

Each year Hydro Ottawa and its employees generously support United Way Ottawa, donating more than $1 million to this important community initiative over the past 11 years. The corporate matching dollars from Hydro Ottawa's campaign are directed to its Brighter Tomorrows Fund.

Date:	Friday, September 7, 2012
Time:	10:00 a.m.
Location:	Operation Come Home    150 Gloucester Street    Ottawa, ON

Media can see firsthand how Operation Come Home has improved the efficiency of its building thanks to a 2012 Brighter Tomorrows Fund grant. The non-profit organization's improvements include improving the building's insulation and weather stripping and installing programmable thermostats.

In 2012, a total of $85,696 was awarded through the Brighter Tomorrows Fund to Daybreak Housing, Multifaith Housing, National Capital Region YMCA-YWCA, Operation Come Home, Options Bytown, Ottawa Salus, and Shepherds of Good Hope.

Please email [email protected] to confirm your attendance.

About Hydro Ottawa
Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc. (Hydro Ottawa) owns and operates two subsidiary companies, Hydro Ottawa Limited and Energy Ottawa Inc.  Hydro Ottawa Limited is the third largest municipally owned electrical utility in Ontario serving more than 305,000 customers in the City of Ottawa and the Village of Casselman. Energy Ottawa Inc., Ottawa's largest producer of green power, generates renewable energy and provides commercial energy management services.

About United Way
United Way Ottawa's mission is to bring people and resources together to build a strong, healthy, safe community for all. We are best known for our work raising and distributing funds to community agencies that help people. But our true business is engagement, providing ways for contributors — be they donors, partners or others — to achieve their aspirations for our community through United Way. Our purpose is to improve people's lives today and to create enduring, measurable and meaningful social change in our community.

SOURCE: Hydro Ottawa Limited

Claudia Lemieux
Manager, Public Affairs
Hydro Ottawa
Tel: [phone] ext. 7684
[email protected]
Cell: 613-552-0382

Barry Keegan
Manager, Media Relations and Communications
United Way Ottawa
Tel: [phone]
[email protected]
Cell: 613-294-8128