Calling all foodies! Are you ready for a scavenger hunt style foodie challenge? Join fellow Ottawa Foodies for the Third Annual Ottawa Foodie Challenge. The morning of the challenge you will receive everything you need, including your list of foodie destinations along with tasks that you must perform at each location. The more tasks you [ read more... ]
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Monday, February 4th, 2013
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal
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The staff team, Board of Directors, and entire Ottawa Food Bank community are very proud of Executive Director, Peter Tilley. In early February, Peter was awarded with a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal. The Diamond Jubilee commemorative medal was created to mark the 2012 celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s accession [ read more... ]
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
Cisco’s Creative Fundraising
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Taking A Bite Out Of Hunger Long-time supporters Cisco Systems have come up with a fun and creative way to support the Ottawa Food Bank. In their workplace, they are selling puzzle pieces – when complete, the puzzle will look like the image below. Each puzzle piece is sold for $20, with proceeds going to [ read more... ]
Monday, September 10th, 2012
TVO Kids – Everyobody Help Out
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TVO Kids is asking Ontario kids to help those in need TVO Kids is challenging kids in Ontario to collect 250,000 items of food to donate to their local food banks! The challenge will go for the duration of the school year, and it’s easy to participate! 1) Collect Food 2) Drop your donation off [ read more... ]
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
Food Distribution Policy Update
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Where We’re At! We would like to provide you with an update regarding the Food Distribution Policy at the Ottawa Food Bank. As you may recall, the Ottawa Food Bank held our Bi-Annual Member Agency Open Forum in March. During this meeting we presented the Food Distribution Policy in order to establish procedures and guidelines [ read more... ]
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
Chicken Challenge Takes Flight
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Ottawa Food Bank Newsletter Article – December 2010. 2010 was a year in which the Ottawa Food Bank was able to distribute more nutritious animal protein to its beneficiaries than ever before. This is thanks to its partnerships with agricultural producers, who helped supply the Chicken Challenge and Food Aid programs, to name just a [ read more... ]
