Celebrate Our Local Super Heroes! Montreal Community Cares Foundation

Dancers from the 2015 MCC Awards Gala. Photo by Photo Diva Dancers from the 2015 MCC Awards Gala. Photo by Photo Diva

This week you can party in style alongside public figures, celebrities and athletes while honouring engaged and hard working Montrealers of all ages and from all parts of our great city.

The Montreal Community Cares Foundation (MCCF) President and Founder, Denburk Reid, says: “Our message is simple – Be the spark, make it matter! That’s the gala’s theme and it’s what all of us need to be doing all year, every year. Be the spark for community engagement in ourselves and others to make our city a better place to live and raise our families.”

Vince and Maria Guzzo with Revered Darryl Gray at the 2015 MCC Awards Gala. Photo by Photo Diva

Vince and Maria Guzzo with Revered Darryl Gray at the 2015 MCC Awards Gala. Photo by Photo Diva

Co-hosts for the 2016 Gala are Lori Graham (CTV Montreal) and Derek Aucoin (TVA Sports). Having been present last year, they were a lot of fun on stage and will definitely make you smile.

The MCC award recipients for 2016 are:

Small Medium Enterprise
Multicaf
Ville Marie KIA

Youth Leader
Kharoll-Ann Souffrant

Student Athlete
Eze Dike
Kiara Hinkson-Belone

Community Leader
Carolyn Bouchard
Ghyslain (Stetch) Gagné
Roen Higgins
Sylvia Papazian
Malik Shaheed
Sonja Susnjar

Community Organization
Communitas
Quebec Board of Black Educators (QBBE)
West Island Association for the Intellectually Handicapped (WIAIH)

Lifetime Achievement
Ben Fagan
Judy Martin

Pro-Athlete Community Engagement
Pernell Karl “P.K.” Subban

Go for yourself, go to support a friend, or go to get your selfie with a local celeb- and most importantly know that funds raised go towards supporting the MCCF youth programs. The mission of the MCCF is: To empower our youth by developing their leadership skills through our programs, workshops and events, and by building bridges between communities.

Sounds like an evening well spent!

Montreal Community Cares Awards Gala, Eric Maclean SJ Centre (Loyola High School, 2477 West Broadway) May 12. Cocktail 6:30 p.m. Show at 8 p.m. Students (gala show and after party) $30, Show only $30 (incl after party), $75 (pre-gala cocktail, gala show and after-party), VIP $125 (free parking, pre-gala cocktail, VIP seating, 1 raffle ticket, 2 glasses of wine and after party).Tickets HERE.