Thank you to Councillor Keith Egli, and the Ward 9 office staff for stopping by on Wednesday, July 20 for a tour of the Ottawa Food Bank warehouse. We are thankful for your on-going support! Councillor Keith Egli and Patti Murphy, Sr. Manager, Corporate Relations and Development at the Ottawa Food Bank, display donations in [ read more... ]

The NHL has been nominated and shortlisted in two categories for the prestigious 2011 Beyond Sport Awards; their categories include Sports for Environment and the 2011 Federation of the Year. The successful placement on the shortlist for these two categories is due in large part to the success of the NHL Rock and Wrap It [ read more... ]

SalsaPalooza: Dancing for a great cause Co-hosted by Rahim’s Latin Friday and Lorna’s Dance Collective, SalsaPalooza took place on Saturday, June 11 at the Glebe Community Centre. SalsaPalooza is an annual charity dance show where dancers representing different styles  are invited to perform.  Attendees were entertained by many styles of dance – including salsa, ballroom, [ read more... ]

Thank you very much to Her Excellency Mohau Pheko and our friends at the South African High Commission in Ottawa and the Ottawa East Seventh Day Adventist Church. To celebrate Nelson Mandela Day, on July 18, the South African Community held a food drive for the Ottawa Food Bank. The objective of Mandela Day is [ read more... ]

The Sodexo and Ottawa Food Bank partnership cooks up another BBQ success for Ottawa Summer Camp children As part of Ottawa Food Bank’s KickStart Program and Sodexo’s Feeding Our Future® campaign, nearly 300 excited children from the Ottawa area enjoyed a day of food, fun and activities at a free BBQ at the Canada Agriculture [ read more... ]