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Harvest of Hope 2020

The 8th Annual Harvest of Hope presented by Southbank Dodge is virtual! Check out all the current items on our auction site, and come back often as more are added. To stay informed on any Harvest of Hope updates follow our social media or sign up for our newsletter!

Guest Hosts Daniel and Bibbi Alfredsson and Sam Laprade from 1310 News as MC

 

 

 

 

Click to sign up for the auction below to view all the exciting items, many of which are one-of-a-kind. Be sure to check in periodically as we will be adding new items!

To place a meal order click the ‘Purchase a Dinner Ticket’ button to begin filling out the order form.

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URGENT: – The Caldwell Family Centre Food Bank and meal programs are essential services in the community, and we are working hard to keep these programs going. You can help by giving food or making a financial donation to help the families who depend on these services. Click here to make a financial donation. Click here for a list of the food items needed the most.

People in Profile

Read the personal stories of some of the many people the Caldwell Family Centre helps:

Sadia | Belyse | Lisa | Oke

Our thanks to Mayor Jim Watson for his support of the Community and Social Enterprise Hub in the Caldwell area.

PDF Letter from Jim Watson, Mayor – September 18, 2018

Lisa MacLeod posted the following on her Facebook page:

“I really love the idea of this micro enterprise community hub for Caldwell Community Housing. I’ve seen the micro enterprise work in London and the hub work in Cambridge, the national capital surely should be doing something in this innovative space as we try to lift people out of the cycle of poverty and move them up the ladder to self reliance.”

For more details, please read the article by Kelly Egan in The Ottawa Citizen entitled “Egan: At election time, what of the poor? Or ever?“

For People – With People.  Since 1984 people like you have provided services that feed and nurture – both physically and emotionally – the wellness of those in need living in Ottawa’s Carlington Area. Please help:

  • Feed more than 500 families per month with nutritious food.
  • Promote healthy happy babies by providing baby food, formula, and diapers.
  • Nurture early childhood intellectual development by loaning out educational toys.
  • Provide clothing and household supplies at an affordable cost.
  • Teach invaluable skills like healthy cooking and sewing.
  • Make the loneliness and isolation go away.
  • Make getting hired more achievable.
  • Assist newcomers to settle in.
  • Inspire kids to stay in school and out of trouble.

“Poverty is not only a deprivation of economic or material resources but a violation of human dignity.”
 – Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Poverty is prevalent in the Carlington neighbourhood where Caldwell Family Centre is located. Overall 32% of families are low income compared to the city average of 11%[i]. There is a large concentration of social housing with a staggering 110 units per 1,000 people in Carlington, compared to the Ottawa average of only 24 per 1,000. There are over 3,000 children 14 years of age and under living in the area; more than 500 over the average Ottawa neighbourhood. 363 children age 6 and under are living in low income families compared to 89 in the average Ottawa neighbourhood.

You can make a difference. Help to provide food, training, and social supports by giving a donation or by giving your time. Your donations of used clothing and household goods will go directly to those who need these Items.  Please help to restore dignity.

[i] http://neighbourhoodstudy.ca/

The Caldwell Family Centre stands in solidarity with Black communities across the city, and country. We support these communities as they call for justice, and an end to the killing and brutalization of Black people.

The mission of the Caldwell Family Centre is to provide services to the community that feed and nurture physical and emotional wellness. In carrying out this mission we stand against racism, bigotry and hate wherever it is found. Diversity is our strength and richness in this city and country – diversity in all shapes and sizes, ethnicity, culture, religion, sexual orientation, abilities, values, beliefs, and age.