SEINFELD HEADLINES 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF OWEN HART FOUNDATION

The Owen Hart Foundation (OHF) celebrated its 20th anniversary with comedian Jerry Seinfeld who performed two shows at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Oct 18. Seinfeld headlined the 10th annual fundraiser so it was a magnificent milestone for organizers and foundation supporters to welcome him back.

Readers may recall the foundation has, over the years, brought entertainers the likes of Bob Newhart, Robin Williams, Howie Mandel and Steve Martin. The Owen Hart Foundation has raised millions since inception to support education, affordable housing and foreign aid.

Attendees this year included: Hart’s daughter Athena and son Oje; Air Canada’s Lisa Jarvis; invaluable sponsors Dilawri Group’s Tony Dilawri and his wife Ellen; CTV’S Jocelyn Laidlaw and her husband IHS Markit’s Roger Coroas; TD Bank’s Sylve and Gary Whitfield; MC Ian White with his wife Kathleen and their son Griffin; Delta Airlines’ Karli Kincaid; Don Bell, one of Westjet’s original founders with colleagues Jereme Kincaid and Pino Mancuso; Momentum’s Dean Estella with Jeff Loomis; Airdrie Law’s Beecher Menzies; Pipella Law’s Tara Pipella; journalist Tammi Christopher; OHF’S Virginia Xavier, Deanna Hutchins, Darcy Anderson and Pina Lamb; Stantec’s Dean Mullen and his wife, U of C’s Dr. Nicole Letourneau; Love of Children Society’s Ashid and Kavita Bahl; Canadian Western Bank’s Jeff Bowling and Dustin Jones; Brookfield Residential’s Careen Chrusch; Juniors Food Services’ Brian Dehaan; Canadian veterans and guests of the OHF Jerry Peddle, Johann Jeppe, Todd Gilman and Alain Habel; and event producer Event Group’s Dave Howard.

BILL BROOKS Pictured at the 20th anniversary of the Owen Hart Foundation fundraiser Oct. 18 are founder Martha Hart with her children Athena and Oje. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld headlined the event at the Jube. Ten years ago, Seinfeld headlined the 10th annual event.

OWEN HART FOUNDATION. Pictured, from left, are guests of the foundation, veterans Jerry Peddle, Johann Jeppe, Todd Gilman and Alain Habel.

OWEN HART FOUNDATION Pictured from left are some of the sponsors. Jeff Bowling of Canadian Western Bank; Careen Chrusch of Brookfield Residential; Dustin Jones of Canadian Western Bank; and Brian Dehaan with Juniors Food Services.

BILL BROOKS Pictured, from left, are Air Canada’s Lisa Jarvis, Virginia Xavier and Tammi Christopher.

OWEN HART FOUNDATION Committee members Deanna Hutchins, Darcy Anderson and Pina Lamb.

OWEN HART FOUNDATION From left, Dr. Nicole Letourneau with her husband Dean Mullen of Stantec; and For the Love of Children Society’s Ashid and Kavita Bahl.

OWEN HART FOUNDATION MC Ian White with his wife Kathleen flank their son Griffin.

OWEN HART FOUNDATION Owen Hart Foundation sponsors Beecher Menzies from Airdrie Law and Tara Pipella from Pipella Law.

BILL BROOKS Owen Hart Foundation supporters Tony Dilawri and his wife Ellen at the pre-show reception.