DAPO FUN DAY – MARK YOUR CALENDAR

On Saturday, August 27, please join the community along with the friends and family of Dapo Agoro for the 8th annual Dapo Fun Day.

Sadly, on June 8, 2002 Dapo was murdered at a downtown bar after he tried to intervene to stop a fight. Dapo believed in peace and he died trying to make peace. Out of this terrible tragedy, Dapo’s family established the DAPO AGORO FOUNDATION FOR PEACE which seeks to provide a forum to address the problem of youth violence in our communities. Each year at the end of August, the Dapo Fun Day event is held to celebrate Dapo’s life and provide a forum to promote peace, tolerance, and the non-violent resolution of conflict.

There will be games, music, dancing, food and a lot of fun. It takes place at the Blackburn Community Centre, 190 Glenpark Drive starting at noon.
The Foundation is non-profit and all proceeds go back to the community and to the promotion of peace. For more information or if you would like to be a sponsor or volunteer, please call 613 837 5847.

Dedicated to Oladapo Agoro

He gave us love like no other
Like the love from a brother
Bright personality like his mother
With the strength of his father

He had the heart of a lion
But he cried when he saw us crying
Never goes down without trying
His sense of humour was always shining

He now flies free like a dove
Spreading all his love
And when push comes to shove
He’ll calm us down from above

He will pick us up when we are down
He’ll give us smiles when we have frowns
He was always the class clown
We’ll keep honouring him downtown

He would’ve had a beautiful wife
With four children maybe five
But because of hatred with a knife
We lost a promising future and a beautiful life.

We’ll never forget you Dapo
- Rodolfo A. Vallejos

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