As the school year kicks off, Footwear4kids returns as a part of Caldwell Family Centre’s backpack initiative This is the story of how a routine declutter ended up helping thousands of families across Ottawa. In August 2020, 20-year-old William […]
Community Profile
The gift of time
If you’d like to volunteer but don’t know where to begin, Volunteer Ottawa can help. “Volunteer Ottawa strengthens our community,” says Christine Trauttmansdorff, the executive director of Volunteer Ottawa, “by supporting volunteers and the not-for-profit sector.” It’s […]
Furnishing homes, changing lives
For the past 15 years, Helping with Furniture has aided individuals and families in making a fresh start. Kita Szpak unpacks the story For more than 15 years, Helping with Furniture has been helping local people in need — […]
The more things change
A part of the community for almost 90 years, the commitment of St. Mary’s Home to parents and kids has never wavered Times have changed since 1933, but what hasn’t changed is St. Mary’s Home’s commitment to young parents and […]
The Ottawa Food Bank serves both families and individuals
Jennah-Lee Trenholme remembers that when she was a child, her mother used to tell her they were going to the “little grocery store” when going to the food bank. “Different food banks give different amounts of food, and also some […]
Lend me an ear
The Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region celebrated 50 years of helping people in 2019 In 2015, Jennifer B. was wrestling with postpartum depression after the birth of her second child. At the time, the Ottawa resident, who asked […]
Everywhere you are
In your home, your workplace and in the community, St. John Ambulance has been serving Ottawans for 136 years A few years ago, Jessica P. had the scare of her life. Her then-13-month-old son had been getting […]
Rabbits and piglets and parrots, oh my!
Caring for injured, neglected and abandoned animals – it’s all in a day’s work for the staff at Meet the Keepers At Meet the Keepers, hard work is just a part of a normal day, but so are pig snuggles, […]
Back on track
Helping Ottawa’s at-risk and homeless youth through Operation Come Home is a family affair for Eric Bollman When a friend asked Eric Bollman to spend the night outdoors in the dead of winter for the first time 15 years […]
‘There is joy here’
There are many charitable organizations that do good work in our community. Ones you’ve heard of (United Way, Ottawa Mission, CHEO and Sens Foundation, Orkidstra, Boys and Girls Club and Big Brothers, Big Sisters, to name a few) and ones […]