Category: Community Groups
Rideau-Goulbourn community leaders prep for breakfast meeting with the mayor
From the Richmond Village Association web site: “Mayor Jim Watson has invited our RVA President, Tino Bevacqua, as well as other community leaders in the Rideau-Goulbourn Ward to join him…
Greco raises over $1,500 for boy battling leukemia
Greco Stittsville hosted a fundraising fitness class on Saturday in support of Michael Meehan, a nine-year-old boy from Stittsville who’s undergoing intensive treatment for leukemia for the second time. The event…
Stittsville Public School will support 17 families at Christmas
(Above: Stittsville Public School student Ella Sultan helps sort some of the many donations received last year.) Hi, my name is Ella and my mom and I are organizing the Christmas…
Dedicated youth make a big difference at Stittsville Food Bank
(Photo: Stittsville Food Bank volunteers front row L-R: Kayla Robinson, Connor Meek, Caroline Frost, Shaheen Aziz, Gillian Smith, Back Row, L-R: Theresa Qadri (Chair), Adam McCaw, Quentin Pickett. Photo by…
Three ways to support the Stittsville Food Bank during the holiday season
(Photo by Barry Gray.) DONATE FOOD Fill the Bus, which is the 30th Annual Christmas Food Drive will take place on Saturday, December 5, between 9am-5pm at Brown’s Your Independent Grocers…
Here’s what’s planned for Stittsville’s Remembrance Day ceremony
(Above: The Colour Party leads veterans and other participants down Stittsville Main Street on November 11, 2014. Photo by Barry Gray.) This year’s Remembrance Day activities in Stittsville will begin…
JTCA: A call for smarter development in Potter’s Key
At first glance, it’s easy to want to object to Minto’s proposal for Potter’s Key, the development to be built adjacent to Jackson Trails and Echo Woods. Change can be…
Tysen Lefebvre wins ‘Amazing Person’ award
Stittsville’s Tysen Lefebvre won the CTV Ottawa’s Amazing Person of the Year Award at a gala ceremony on Saturday night. The annual award is chosen by a panel of judges from…
Lawyer donates expertise to help Syrian refugees
Becoming a mother changed the way a Stittsville lawyer saw the world around her, and after witnessing the media coverage of a drowned Syrian boy she decided to do her part.…
Fantastic Mrs. Faux wins Volunteer Ottawa award
Congratulations Sandy Faux for #VOscar2015 award. Keep up the great work at Stittsville Public School! @spsPrincipal pic.twitter.com/y0a27UB16d — Volunteer Ottawa (@VolunteerOttawa) October 9, 2015 Jackson Trails resident Sandy Faux received…
PHOTOS: Opening of the Rotary Peace Park and labyrinth
A moving candlelit ceremony capped off day of celebrations to open Stittsville’s new Peace Park, a project organized by the Rotary Club in partnership with the City of Ottawa’s Better Neighbourhoods Program.…
Volunteers needed for annual Parade of Lights on November 28
(Photo courtesy of Danielle Barabé-Bussières.) The Stittsville Village Association has announced details about the annual Parade of Lights, the community Christmas parade to be held this year on November 28. From…
Horticultural Society volunteers help clean up Stittsville sign
A group of volunteers took advantage of Saturday’s warm and sunny weather to clean up and landscape the area around the Stittsville sign the corner of Carp Road and Stittsville Main…
Jackson Trails resident Omar Sultan receives Mayor’s City Builder Award
(Photo: Omar Sultan (middle) receives the Mayor’s City Builder Award from Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Shad Qadri. Photo and text via the City of Ottawa.) Mayor Jim Watson and Stittsville Ward…
Stittsville Food Bank needs donations!
via Shad Qadri’s weekly newsletter: The Stittsville Food Bank would appreciate the following donations as the stock on these items is low: Apple Juice 1.89 litre, mixed juices, boxed drinks,…