November 28 is Lotta Hitschmanova Day!
"When I was a school girl in the ‘40s, I walked to and from school 4 times a day. We always knew when it was time to return to school because Lotta Hitschmanova would come on the CBC every weekday before the 1 pm news to say who she was…and to support her by sending money to 56 Sparks St, Ottawa."
We are very excited to announce that, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of its most prominent and beloved residents, the City of Ottawa has proclaimed November 28, 2009 to be “Dr Lotta Hitschmanova Day”.
The proclamation notes that Dr Lotta, who founded USC Canada in 1945, “dedicated her life to helping people in far-off lands” and that she “helped mobilize Canadians from coast to coast to coast, putting Ottawa on the map as not only a seat of national government and political debate, but also a center of Canadian concern for the rest of the world.”
To read the official proclamation, please click here.
