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Vol. 42 No. 9
PHOTO: DAN DEWAN
October 17, 2014
Who’s idea was this? On Sunday, September 28, 18 members of the Centretown United Church, 507 Bank Street, celebrated the church’s sixth anniversary by carrying out the “ice bucket challenge” in support of ALS. The church houses the Centretown Emergency Food Centre and Centre 507, an adult drop-in centre. Said Nancy Desjardin, a member of the congregation:“We had a blast.”
Church high jinx for good causes Centretown United Church, 507 Bank Street, houses the Centretown Emergency Food Centre, which provides a three- to four-day emergency food hamper, once a month, to Centretown residents from Wellington to Billings Bridge and from Lees Avenue to Lyon, including Main Street. It is staffed by volunteers. For more information on the Centretown Emergency Food Centre, see Glebe Report, May 2014. Centretown United Church is also the home of Centre 507, an adult drop-in centre for those who are disadvantaged in some way, such as through homelessness or unstable housing (including rooming houses or shelters), mental illness, addiction, health concerns, abuse, poverty, chronic unemployment or loneliness. Founded 31 years ago, it welcomes up to 200 individuals every day, offering free
counselling, crisis intervention, referral to community resources, advocacy and training in life management skills. It also offers hot snacks, clothing and toiletries, sewing services, phones and computers, foot care and a needle exchange. Centre 507 receives funding from the City of Ottawa, the province of Ontario, the Government of Canada and the United Church of Canada. If you would like to help Centre 507, it is always in need of hygiene supplies (shampoo, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, razors, women’s hygiene products, combs, brushes, toilet paper, lip balm) as well as backpacks, socks and underwear, bus tickets, Tim Horton’s gift cards, sleeping bags, wet weather gear, cold weather gear (coats, hats, scarves, mitts, long underwear), winter boots, runners and steel-toed boots (allowing clients to accept manual-labour jobs).
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SURFACING II, Ottawa U Group Exhibit, Studio Sixty Six, 202-66 Muriel Street 613 Night Market, Ottawa Convention Centre, 11 a.m.–10 p.m. GCA Board Meeting, GCC, 7–9 p.m. Babes4Breasts Benefit Concert, Southminster United Church, 8 p.m. Ottawa International Writers Festival, Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar Ave. Stand Up for Nicaragua Comedy Show St. Paul’s High School, 2675 Draper Street GCNS Frankendance, GCC Main Hall, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Great Glebe Pumpkin Patch Party, GCC, 4–6:30 p.m. Ottawa Municipal Election
Want to: See the “jaws of life” in action? Pages 20-21
Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22–23 Abbotsford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14–15 Business Buzz . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Community . . . . . . . . . . 2–3, 36 Election . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26–27 Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 GCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Glebous & Comicus.. . . . . . . 29
GNAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30–31 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33–34 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-35 Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Profiles . . . . . . . . . . 20–21, 25 Schools . . . . . . . . . . 18–19, 28 Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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