CBRE Golf Tourney Raises Big Bucks
CBRE’s Ottawa Charity Golf Classic—with dozens of Toronto CRE players taking part—generated $473k for University of Ottawa’s Eye Institute at the Ottawa Hospital. Tournament founder Greg Moore, senior managing director of CBRE's Canadian project management group, says funds raised were matched by contributions from government, granting agencies, and corporate partners. Greg, left, is with University of Ottawa Opthalmology Department head Dr. Steven M. Gilberg, Ottawa Hospital philanthropy VP Jennifer Van Noort, and tournament chair Liz Smith. (In other news, Greg leased a 150k SF building just to store that giant cheque.)
Here's Greg with colleague James Trimm in the tournament’s "Charity Rum Hummer." Over 10 years, the Ottawa event has raised $5.2M in support of research, treatment and prevention of visual disorders. Greg, whose father suffers from eye disease, also hosts an annual Toronto golf tournament, which has seen participation from Maple Leafs legends Johnny Bower and Darryl Sittler (Ottawa Senators alum Shaun Van Allen took part this year in Ottawa). “Visual research is one of most under-funded areas in healthcare,” Greg says.
