Following the success of the 2023 Spark Soirée, we are excited to announce the 2024 Spark Soirée, presented by TAAG, will take place the evening of Friday, May 3, 2024 at the Infinity Convention Centre! Save the date and join us to enjoy a gourmet breakfast-for-dinner menu, capture your memories in our photo booth, participate in a silent auction, and dance the night away while supporting the nearly 3 million breakfasts Ottawa Network for Education (ONFE) serves annually to students across the city.

Click here to purchase 2024 Spark Soirée tickets

Spark Soirée 2023 in photos

Shot of room from above with people standing, walking, talking
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe with his hand on a man's shoulder talking
Margo Crawford and heather Norris standing, looking at camera, smiling
Three caucasian individuals, a man, a woman and another man, standing, looking at camera smiling
Four people, all white, standing around a table talking
Man and woman smiling while looking at camera
Room full of people standing, talking
White woman singing, white man playing guitar and another white man playing drums
Man serving appetizers on a tray to another man
Online Auction sign with a table with various auction items behind it including an Ottawa Senators jersey
Two white teenagers playing guitar with a set of drums in the foreground
Two men in suite shaking hands at the 2023 Spark Soiree
Shot from above of a band playing while people stand around talking
A white man and two white woman standing talking
Truffles for a Trip poster board and table
Two white men and a white woman talking
Three people standing, talking
Spark Soiree welcome sign with people standing in the background
Room full of people talking
Women standing around table buying boxes of truffles
Women checking out items on an auction table with a man in the background looking on
A black man and a white man standing next to one another, looking at camera smiling
People standing, talking while a band sings and plays instruments
Two women holding drinks talking
Truffles or a trip poster board and truffle bozes
People standing around a room talking
A white woman and white man standing, looking at camera, smiling
Group of people standing around table talking
Auction table with various items including a redblacks jersey
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and Heather Norris standing, looking at camera smiling
White girl and white man posing for camera smiling
Formal table place settings
Formal dinner table with TAAG cookie on place setting
White man standing at podium talking
White man standing at podium speaking
Room shot with people sitting at tables clapping
Man walking up to stage while another man stands at podium clapping
Mayor mark sutcliffe standing at podium speaking
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe standing at podium speaking
Room shot with people clapping while sitting at their tables
People sitting around a table looking at camera smiling
Woman standing at podium speaking
Group of people sitting at table
Man standing at podium speaking
Heather Norris in a blue dress standing at podium speaking
Group of people sitting at table, looking at camera smiling
lots of people dancing on a dance floor
Shot of room full of people sitting
Shot of room full of people sitting
Shot of room full of people, some standing, some sitting
Room full pf people sitting at formal tables of ten people each
woman standing at podium speaking
Carolyn Hunter at microphone speaking
White man standing at podium speaking
Group of people gathered around a table looking at camera, smiling
Heather Norris holding microphone speaking
People sitting at table at Spark Soiree
Heather Norris wearing a blue dress standing at microphone speaking
Group of people gathered around a table looking at camera, smiling
Music DJ between two large speakers
people dancing on dance floor
Photo booth with couple holding up photo props
lots of people dancing on a dance floor
White couple dancing
Couple dancing
People dancing under purple lights
People dancing on the dance floor
Group of women dancing

Looking for photo booth photos from the 2023 Spark Soiree? Click here!

Why support the Spark Soirée?

As a supporter of the Spark Soirée, presented by TAAG, you will spend the evening networking with other philanthropic, community-minded individuals and business professionals, as well as executives from Ottawa’s four school boards. In addition, you will be recognized as a company or individual that cares, and is willing to invest in student nutrition to ensure that every child in Ottawa starts the school day ready to learn and on equal footing with his or her peers.

Spark Soirée & ONFE’s School Breakfast Program in the media

Business community rallies around School Breakfast Program at Spark Soirée (May 8, 2023) by Caroline Phillips, Ottawa Business Journal.

Greater Need For The School Breakfast Program (April 28, 2023) Rogers TV, Ottawa Daytime with Sam Laprade.

School Breakfast Programs: How you can help (April 28, 2023) CTV Morning Live Ottawa with Stefan Keyes.

About ONFE’s School Breakfast Program

1 in 5 children in Ottawa live in poverty. This means that thousands of children, through no fault of their own, arrive at school hungry. That’s a serious problem, because hungry kids can’t learn. This past school year, 16,000 meals were served in school every day that schools were open.

As food costs and food insecurity rates soar, demand for the breakfast program also grows. Due to the impact of COVID-19 on our community, we anticipate that program needs will continue to grow this year and beyond. 

Learn more about ONFE’s School Breakfast Program here.

2024 Spark Soirée Sponsorship Opportunities

Interested in sponsoring ONFE’s Spark Soirée? Please contact Mitch Miller, Director of Advancement at mmiller@onfe-rope.ca or 343-809-3405 to discuss any of the opportunities in the package, and explore custom opportunities.

Thank you to our 2023 Spark Soirée Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor

TAAG

Registration Sponsor

Minto logo

Cocktail & Reception Sponsor

Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario

Entertainment Sponsor

Truffle Sponsor

Décor Sponsor

Urbandale Corporation

Print Sponsor

National Bank

Photo Booth Sponsor

Carleton University Logo

Wine Sponsor

Mann Lawyers

Dinner Sponsors

Premium Table Sponsors

ONFE, ROPE, Ottawa Network for Education, charity, not for profit, fundraising, Algonquin College
Capital Integral Charitable Foundation
Claridge Homes logo
écoles catholiques du Centre-Est
Ernst Young
Glenview logo

Breakfast Program Sponsors

Fieldless Farms
GVE logo
Telfer Executive MBA
Kaitlyn Bates Intiative
Siemens Healthineers