See our recent #GivingTuesday callout here! #glovelove 🧤

conta.cc/3QYfOCP❄️With the temperatures dropping, we are looking to give warmth to each our participants! With 500 daily visitors to our centres, that means 500 pairs of mittens or gloves! Search your closets, challenge your friends, and give new love to your gloves! And don't worry - we will be accepting donations all through this season to make sure we meet our goal! Gently used (pre-loved!) and new items can be brought to 154 Somerset St W between the hours to 8:00AM and 1:00PM, Monday to Thursday. Thank you for helping us meet this goal! Let's support our participants, and show our love with #belongottawal#glovelove##ottawav#GivingTuesdayingTuesday ... See MoreSee Less

Today is #GivingTuesday! Show your love with #glovelove. Help us give warmth to our participants by donating gloves! Our goal: to provide a pair of gloves or mittens to each of our 500 daily visitors! 🧤 Dig deep into your closets!

Got no gloves? Not to worry - we are also accepting hats, winter coats, winter boots, warm socks, and scarves/neck warmers. 🧣Thank you for your support in helping us reach our goal! #GivingTuesdayCA #belongottawa #GiveWarmth #glovelove ... See MoreSee Less

❗Join us and Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa to advocate for the federal government to tackle Ottawa's Emergency Shelter Crisis! This morning from 9:00AM - 12:00PM, partnering agencies will be posting how you can get involved to make a greater impact.

1. Take action this week to protect lives. People are on waitlists for emergency shelters with -40 weather fast approaching. Send a letter to the federal government today to help tackle Ottawa's Emergency Shelter crisis. Every letter makes a difference. Send yours: www.startswithhome.ca/ottawa_s_homeless_shelter_crisis2. Ottawa City Council launched an Emergency Shelter Crisis Task Force 4 weeks ago to address unprecedented demand on our shelter system. Help us advocate to the federal government for help. W#createmoreCreateMore housing-focused solutions to this crisis. Share your voice here: www.startswithhome.ca/ottawa_s_homeless_shelter_crisis 3. Ottawa is facing an emergency shelter crisis for the winter with not enough beds to meet demand. Every night, over 60 people are sleeping on chairs because there are no overflow mats left. Help us ask the Federal government for emergency funding for housing-focused solutions. Sign here: www.startswithhome.ca/ottawa_s_homeless_shelter_c#createmoreCr#startswithhometsWithHome ... See MoreSee Less

🙌 Kudos to the Ottawa Food Bank for their leadership in addressing food insecurity within Ottawa! 🍎 Check out their impactful hunger report and join us in sharing it. We are proud to be 1 of their 112 member agencies. Thanks to the Ottawa Food Bank, Belong Ottawa can provide meals to 500+ individuals each day through our 3 programs. 🥦

#ottawafoodbank #belongottawa #endfoodinsecurity #communitystrongToday, we launch the Ottawa Hunger Report 2023, shedding light on our community's pressing food security crisis. With a staggering 68% increase since 2019, there were over 493,000 visits to food banks within our network of 112 member agencies in the past year alone.

Read the full report to understand the challenges we face and the urgent need for collective action: www.ottawafoodbank.ca/ottawahungerreport2023

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Aujourd'hui, nous lançons le Rapport sur la Faim à Ottawa 2023, mettant en lumière la crise pressante de la sécurité alimentaire dans notre communauté. Avec une augmentation stupéfiante de 68 % depuis 2019, il y a eu plus de 493 000 visites dans les banques alimentaires au sein de notre réseau de 112 organismes membres au cours de la dernière année.

Lisez le rapport complet pour comprendre les défis auxquels nous sommes confrontés et la nécessité urgente d'une action collective : www.ottawafoodbank.ca/fr/rapport-sur-la-faim-a-ottawa-de-2023 ... See MoreSee Less

#savethedate: November 28th is #GivingTuesday, and we're participatingGivingTuesday Canadaanada is the world's largest generosity movement. It's an exciting day to spread kindness and support one another. Stay tuned to see how you can g#GivingTuesdayCAG#ordinaryextraordinarygenerosityinaryGenerosity ... See MoreSee Less

❗️Our Belong Ottawa locations will be closed this Friday, November 17th so our staff can participate in training!

We will re-open on Saturday, November 18th our 454 King Edward Ave and 70 James Street locations. See you soon! #belongottawa #stafftraining ... See MoreSee Less