Community & Charity

We are very proud to be part of the community in Ottawa, and each member of the Mullins Capital Management Team, both individually, collectively and as part of the Richardson GMP Limited organization, actively contribute to community and professional events to ensure we give back and do what we can to help others.

Our involvement includes:

Charitable Organizations

Canadian Liver Foundation – www.liver.ca

Jennifer Spallin is on the organizing committee for “What a Girl Wants.” This is an annual fundraiser that started in Ottawa, that raises funds for each cities respective chapter. It is coined as the ‘Ultimate Girl’s Night Out’. Taking place Wednesday November 18th, 2009. www.whatagirlwantsottawa.ca

Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation – www.orccfoundation.ca

Jennifer Spallin was on the organizing committee for “Grape Stomp,” held September 20th, 2009
www.prestonstreet.com/lavendemmia/stomp.php

Jennifer has had an ongoing involvement with the Courage Campaign.

She has walked three times in the Weekend to End Breast Cancer http://www.endcancer.ca/site/TR/Events/Ottawa2009?team_id=67377&pg=team&fr_id=1310. Jennifer is a member of the ‘Itty Bitty Titty Committee’ a group that has raised more than $120,000 since the walk began in 2006. The weekend as a whole raises upwards of $2,000,000 a year.

You and Me and For Memories – www.youandmeformemories.ca

You and Me for Memories is a small Ottawa based group of dedicated volunteers, committed to supporting research into all aspects of Alzheimer’s disease. In partnership with the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, the group was established to help raise much needed funds to financially support the leading edge research of Dr. Richard Bergeron and his staff at the University of Ottawa. Shelley Mullins helped the committee reach out to local media to raise awareness about the inaugural fundraising event ”An Evening to Remember,” a gala dinner and dance in September 2009.

National Capital Region Habitat for Humanity – www.habitatncr.com/en

Jennifer is on the organizing committee for the annual Habitat gala, Steel Toes and Stilettos Gala Night. The event was held November 6th, 2009 at the Westin Hotel and was a great success!
www.habitatncr.com/en

Sole Responsibility – www.soleresponsibility.org

The Ottawa office of Richardson GMP supported Sole Responsibility this year and not only collected shoes, but also volunteered their time at the event. Sole Responsibility is a non-profit organization formed by a group of runners in Ottawa who collect and donate gently used running and walking shoes overseas. Each spring they collect shoes at Ottawa running events. They also have drop-off sites throughout the city. After consulting with the United Nations to determine the area of greatest need, they were asked to send the donated shoes to Cameroon in Africa this year (2009). Since starting in 2005, collections have gone to Chad, Rwanda and Lesotho.

The 2009 Richardson Partners Financial One-Design Regatta – www.nsc.ca/nsc_racing/nod/

The Richardson Partners Financial ODR (RPFODR) is a fun-filled, action-packed event which traditionally takes place over a weekend in mid-June. This two day regatta is hosted by the Nepean Sailing Club and is open to some of the more popular one-design keelboats and dinghies in the area. The Ottawa and Montreal offices supported this regatta. Unfortunately the wet Ottawa summer put a damper on the event, but it was still a success and enjoyed by all who participated.

Ottawa Riverkeeper – www.ottawariverkeeper.ca

Mullins Capital Management sponsors the annual “Casting for Clean Water’ fishing tournament in support of Ottawa Riverkeeper, a citizen-based action group that brings people together to protect and promote the ecological health and diversity of the Ottawa River and its tributaries. Expert and independent, this organization advocates for responsible decision-making, public education, participation, access to information, and compliance with protective regulations, for the benefit of our river and our communities.

Preston Street BIA http://www.prestonstreet.com/index.htm

Jennifer has recently joined this business association as the offices of Richardson Partners Financial Limited are on Preston Street and the team has a vested interest in the continued revitalization of the street.

I Speak for Canadian Rivers – www.ispeakforcanadianrivers.ca

Shelley Mullins provided media outreach for “Paddle to Parliament” a fundraising event involving a group of volunteer paddlers traveling from the Kipawa River in Northern Quebec, down the 500 km Quebec-Ontario boundary on the Ottawa River, through the Ottawa Valley to Parliament Hill. Paddle to Parliament was organized to draw attention to proposed changes to the Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA), which outdoor enthusiasts and businesses fear may impede navigation rights on Canadian rivers. The event was organized by Jim Coffey, founder of Esprit Rafting www.whitewater.ca/main.html and Les Amis de la Rivière Kipawa, a non-profit group whose mission it is to protect the Kipawa River. www.kipawariver.ca/eng

Rita S. Mullins Foundation

Through the Rita S. Mullins Foundation, Patrick and his family have contributed annually to many charitable organizations that are of importance to Patrick’s mother, Rita. These include: Canadian Jesuits International www.canadianjesuitsinternational.ca, The Victorian Order of Nurses www.von.ca/, the Scleroderma Society of Canada, www.scleroderma.ca, The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, www.mssociety.ca The War Amps www.waramps.ca SOS Children’s Villages Canada www.soschildrensvillages.ca, Le Bon Dieu Dans la Rue www.danslarue.ca/en/home, MADD Canada www.madd.ca, UNICEF Canada www.communityfoundationottawa.ca

Community Foundation of Ottawa http://www.communityfoundationottawa.ca/site/site_en/who/index.htm

Jennifer Spallin is part of a professional advisory group and a member of ENGAGE!, A program designed to inspire local entrepreneurs and investors to invest in the future of the community.

Diva Foundation – www.divafoundation.org/index-e.html

The DIVA Foundation, founded in 1997, is a national not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to advancing, rewarding, and celebrating achievements that improve the health and well-being of women. Jennifer Spallin is on the organization committee for the 2010 fundraising golf tournament that will take place in September.

iSisters – www.isisters.org

With help from the iSisters team, Jennifer Spallin organized the silent auction for this organization at their annual “Hike in the Park” fundraiser for the past three years.