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One of the best plays at Friday night’s football game occurred off the field, when 10-year-old Angus Albinati tackled the hushed issue of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

The adorable crowd charmer, recently diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, shared his personal story with guests of a private fundraising party for the IBD Foundation, co-hosted by Jeff Hunt, one of the owners of the Ottawa Redblacks, and volunteer fundraiser extraordinaire Gary Zed, managing partner at EY.

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The tailgate party was held at Hunt’s condo and balcony suite at The Rideau condominium, overlooking the football field.

Hearts swelled as Albinati handed his jar of $200-plus in savings over to IBD Foundation president Michele Hepburn to help kids “going through the same thing as I am”.

Guests were invited to make a generous donation of their own and, in return, receive a Redblacks jersey signed by the entire team. Proceeds will go toward purchasing state-of-the-art gastroenterology equipment for an IBD diagnostic room at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. In attendance was CHEO’s hard-working head of gastroenterology, Dr. David Mack.