Bruyère Continuing Care is an health-care organization founded in 1845. They provide evidence-based health care and services for the vulnerable and medically complex, with a focus on persons who require sub-acute, geriatric or palliative care.
Cycling Without Age (CWA) is an innovative program…
The Caring and Sharing Exchange began over a century ago, in 1915, as a part of the Ottawa Welfare Bureau, when the local community came together to offer support at Christmas time to the families of those called to war. Since then, the organization has been bringing together…
Plenty Canada is an Indigenous, registered charity located in Lanark, Ontario. Their efforts work to combine Indigenous Traditional Knowledge with Western Science, creating a more sustainable future for all at the local, provincial, national, and international levels. They have a longstanding record of achievement, having been incorporated provincially as the
OrKidstra is a social development program, which gives kids from under-served areas of Ottawa the opportunity to learn life skills – such as teamwork, commitment and responsibility – through the joys and challenges of singing and playing music together. With the passionate belief in the…
Helping With Furniture (HWF) provides hope, comfort, and stability to families and individuals who are starting over, and transforms empty dwellings into homes. Clients are emerging from precarious circumstances and referred by social agencies. Volunteers pick up donated, gently-used furniture and household items; sort them; deliver free of charge; and
The Hearing Foundation of Canada (THFC) is a national not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to eliminating the devastating effects of hearing loss by promoting prevention, early diagnosis, leading-edge medical research and successful intervention…
Ottawa Riverkeeper was founded in 2001 as an environmental organization that provides leadership and inspiration to protect, promote and improve the ecological health of the Ottawa River and its tributaries. Their science-based and collaborative approach has enabled them to bring diverse stakeholders together to tackle complex river issues.
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The Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa (BGCO) has served the Ottawa community since 1923, reaching out to 4,500 children and youth each year through after-school, weekend and summer programs that build self-esteem and help to develop stronger social skills.
BGCO is dedicated to providing a safe, supportive place…
Carefor Health & Community Services in Ottawa is a home health care and community support service organization that offers a wide variety of support services to members of the community. These services include nursing and palliative care, rehabilitation, respite care, community support services and retirement care.
Debra Dynes Family House is a tiny but impactful multiservice community resource in arguably our city’s most vulnerable community. The organization is committed to providing essential services such as access to their foodbank and baby cupboard, restricted computer access, and referrals and crisis assistance to their families.
WHY DOES DEBRA
The Ottawa Food Bank provides fresh and non-perishable food, as well as supplies such as diapers, toiletries, and cleaning supplies to its network of over 100 emergency food programs across the city. Their main goal is to provide emergency food relief to people in need in Ottawa.
A NEW DAY Youth and Adult Services is a not for profit charitable organization, founded in Ottawa in 2015. A NEW DAY offers a safe, secure, residential and specialized healing and recovery program for females between 16 to 26 years of age who have been sexually exploited/sex trafficked. A
