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Dave Smith fonds

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Collection
Dave Smith fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
1 video cassette
Fonds No.
I0046
Date
2001
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 1 video cassette of a television interview by Rogers Cable station.
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Collection
Dave Smith fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
1 video cassette
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 1 video cassette of a television interview by Rogers Cable station.
Date
2001
Fonds No.
I0046
History / Biographical
Dave Smith, an Ottawa native who owns a restaurant and three delicatessen/catering operations, is also a well-known businessman, artist and humanitarian. Dave Smith was born in Ottawa in 1934 and raised in Lowertown, the youngest of 13 children in a close-knit Jewish family. His father, a shoemaker, had emigrated from Russia with his young bride to begin a new life in Canada. From employment with A & P meat department for several years, Dave Smith moved into the deli and catering business. He began his charitable work in the 1960s and he devotes his time to more than 20 charitable organizations, including the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Operation Go Home, Ottawa Ballet, Scouts Canada and the Easter Seal Society. He has received the Order of Canada, and is best known for his work with a clinic for drug and alcohol rehabilitation for teenagers. He was instrumental in raising 1 million dollars to buy and renovate the Bronson Avenue addiction centre which is named in his honour.
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Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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