Category: Community Groups
LETTER: Support Stittsville for Kraft Hockeyville 2015
Stittsville is the best community to live, work and play in. The evidence is all around you. Take a drive down Stittsville Main Street and see all the local history…
SEVEC Youth Exchange groups give back to Carleton Place through music
(Article submitted by SEVEC.) With only a couple of days of practice, students from the school bands of Carleton Place High School, and Hillside High School in Valleyview, Alberta performed…
Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society holds annual photo contest
The Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society is running their annual photo contest again this year. Rules Photos will be accepted in original (CAMERA) .jpg or print format. Photo prints can be dropped off at the…
A-MAZE-ING: Stittsville’s Rotary Club raises funds for a Peace Park… including a labyrinth
(Press release from the Rotary Club.) The Rotary Club of Ottawa-Stittsville is seeking donations to help build Ottawa’s first Peace Park with a labyrinth. In recognition of your donation of…
Youth Connexion connects youth and gives back to the community
EDITOR’S NOTE: We asked Aleisha Kerr, the Youth Director and Mentor at Youth Connexion & R.E.A.C.H., to tell us more about the organization’s programs in Stittsville. The group is currently working on…
New community association being formed for Cypress Gardens and area
NOTICE OF COMMUNITY GROUP MEETING Monday, February 23, 2015, 7 to 9 p.m. Stittsville United Church Cypress Gardens & Fernbank Wetlands This meeting will initiate the formation of a Community…
Crossing Bridge Residents Association elects new executive committee
The Crossing Bridge Residents’ Association (CBRA) has elected a new Executive Committee. Members are Emily Farr (Treasurer), Cheryl Noll (Vice-President), Elad Lahv (President), Melanie Bailey (co-Secretary) and Deb Grant (co-Secretary). The…
The Stittsville Village Association is now on Twitter
You can follow them at @StittsvilleVA The Stittsville Village Association is on Twitter! Just in time to invite everyone to our next meeting, Jan 8, 7 pm, at Stittsville Sobeys.…
“Overwhelming response” from Stittsville Public School and community
(Above: Stittsville Public School student Ella S. helps sort some of the many donations received.) When my eight year old daughter suggested that we “adopt-a-family” from the Food Cupboard on behalf…
PHOTOS: Community comes together for Sacred Heart’s tree lighting ceremony
About 200 people braved the snowy weather for Sacred Heart High School’s Tree Lighting Ceremony. The fourth annual event is quickly becoming a community tradition.
PHOTO: Filling a bus with food donations at Brown’s Independent on Saturday
Richmond Village Association announces new grocery van service
(Press release from the Richmond Village Association.) The Richmond Village Association is proud to announce a partnership with Rural Ottawa South Support Services (ROSSS) which will bring a grocery van…
“Unite for the McKnight’s” benefit concert on November 27
A benefit concert is being held at the Stittsville Lions Club Hall on Thursday, November 27 to raise money for the McKnight family. The concert features Louis Schryer, The Backsliders, Hacks…
Remembrance Day parade and ceremony on Tuesday
The Stittsville Legion will host a Remembrance Day ceremony on November 11 at 1:30pm. A parade will leave the Legion building (1480 Stittsville Main Street) at 1:30pm and head north towards the…
Ottawa Sport Council announces charitable endowment fund
(Press release from the Ottawa Sport Council.) The Ottawa Sport Council today announced their Charitable Endowment Fund – the Ottawa Sport Council Foundation – established in partnership with the Community…