Category: Community Groups
BATTLE BUDDIES: How Stittsville fundraising is helping veterans with PTSD
(PHOTO: Shawna Church Roy with her second service dog, Loki.) SHAWNA CHURCH ROY WAS WALKING BACK FROM SOME ERRANDS WHEN SHE SAW IT: flames shooting out the roof of her family’s house.…
Carleton U. engineering back from building schools in Nicaragua
While many students were busy with Frosh Week festivities, Parker Armstrong was working to empower children to go to school in Nicaragua, where only 56% of children graduate from primary school.…
Nominations open for Stittsville Village Association’s new volunteer award
(Photo: Stittsville’s volunteer firefighters in front of Station 81. Photo by Barry Gray. ) Volunteers are a vital component to life in our community. They are the unsung heroes who put…
Five Guys supports CIBC Run for the Cure this Sunday
Five Guys Burgers and Fries (Hazeldean Road) will be donating $1 for each burger sold on Sunday, September 18, 2016 from 3pm – 10pm at all of their five locations in Ottawa.…
Terry Fox Run comes to Kanata-Stittsville September 18
The Terry Fox Run is a non-competitive event where people get together as individuals, families, and groups to raise money for cancer research in Terry’s name. It is a day…
Four Stittsville residents set to receive volunteer medals from Governor General
(press release) His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will present the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers to 46 exceptional volunteers from Canada’s Capital Region at a ceremony…
Stittsville church group to help build school in Nicaragua
“What do you want for your birthday?” Alice McLean was about to turn 11, and during the Sunday morning worship service at Stittsville United Church her minister asked her that…
One step at a time: Kidney Walk 2016 is coming to Stittsville in September
The Kidney Foundation of Canada is urging Ontarians to lace up their sneakers and help move research forward for Canadians living with kidney disease. The annual Kidney Walk event brings…
CITIZEN: Too much wool, not enough knitters
From the Ottawa Citizen: The Knotty Knitters of Stittsville can’t knit fast enough to keep up with the huge amount of wool donated to them after a Citizen article featured the…
LETTER: Our trip to Poland for World Youth Day
(PHOTO: A massive crowd of people attend World Youth Day in Karkow, Poland.) The end of July this year saw with it the ending of what is called “World Youth…
Stittsville tween activist will marshal Ottawa’s Pride Parade
(PHOTO: Charlie Lowthian-Rickert on the Family Services of Ottawa/Gender Mosaic float at last year’s parade.) Stittsville’s Charlie Lowthian-Rickert will be the Grand Marshal at this year’s Ottawa Pride Parade in…
JULY 30: Towel drive and fundraiser for the Ottawa Mission
On July 30, grab a glass of lemonade at the old log barn on Abbott Street, and drop off you gently used towels and toiletries to help Ottawa’s homeless. The…
How one group of residents is helping Syrian families come to Canada
“If not me, who? I need to do something,” said Olivia Nixon when she became aware of the plight of the Syrian refugees. She wasn’t the only one compelled to…
Eva von Jagow to represent Canada at One Young World Summit
(Above: Eva von Jagow pictured above at the Youth Spirit of the Capital Awards earlier this year.) Stittsville’s Eva von Jagow has been chosen to represent Canada at the One…
UPDATE: Another refugee arrival in the community
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Last month, Rev. Grant Dillenbeck mentioned that the Kanata Stittsville Refugee Sponsorship Group (KSRSG) was expecting the arrival of a refugee from Syria last week. Here’s an update Dillenbeck sent late last…