Garden Tour Fundraiser for Abbotsford Seniors Centre
The garden tour features 17 gardens in five different neighbourhoods. It is a self-guided tour to be held on Saturday, June 21, 2025. You may want to do a marathon and see them all but you are welcome or choose a neigbourhood or two and have a leisurely day of it. Do note that there will be special events in different locations. Check out the plant sale in Old Ottawa South and the free…
OSCRS Movie Fundraiser
Buy your ticket now for a special fundraiser screening of Green Border (2024), an award-winning film by Agnieszka Holland: Saturday, February 22, 2025 at the Mayfair Theatre. Doors open at noon. The film follows the harrowing trek of refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to make it from Belarus into Europe at the Polish border. Hear introductory words from Alex Neve, human rights activist and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada. Tickets available…
17th Ottawa Scouts Cheese Fundraiser
Artisan cheese for the holidays – Order by Nov. 8th To defray the costs of a major expedition to hike the West Coast Trail next summer, the 17th Ottawa scout troop is selling delicious cheese made by monks at St-Benoît-du-Lac Abbey in the Eastern Townships. It’s a good deal: $43 for more than a kilo of assorted cheeses, which is less than you’d pay at retail. Details —Order before Nov 8th: The cheese boxes,…
Stories at the Solstice
The One World Grannies and the Unitarian GoGos are dedicated to working in solidarity with the grandmothers in Africa. They are two of fourteen grandmother groups in the Ottawa-Gatineau region. All funds raised by Canadian grandmother groups are channelled through the Stephen Lewis Foundation directly to partner organizations working with grandmothers at the community level.
These two groups will host their popular storytelling fundraiser on Wednesday, June 21, 2023.
Clubhouse on a Firm Foundation
Renovation of a century-old building is not for the faint-hearted, especially when the building has survived a century to become an architectural landmark in Ottawa, a monument to a way of life and a gathering place for generations of Ottawa families and friends. The vision for the Clubhouse restoration was to bring new life to a grand old building, to extend its life span and make it a year-round place for community events. In…
The Tennis Club Makes Heritage a Priority
Frankly, an old wooden box makes a rather poor footing. As restoration of the OTLBC Clubhouse gathers steam in winter 2021-22 and a century of makeshift repairs is exposed, there have been some real surprises. One of these was the discovery of a wooden Coca-Cola box, filled with concrete and jammed in to support a beam holding up the floor. Clearly maintaining the Clubhouse has not been a priority in the past century. But…
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