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Fresh Produce is Always Welcome:  This summer Lansdowne Civic Garden Volunteers donated wonderful  fresh produce – beets, chard, beans and tomatoes- from their gardens, as shown in the picture of our Pantry table. The four raised beds in … Read More

On Saturday, July 25, the Rotary Club of Ottawa Bytown held a very successful food drive at the Loblaws store on Isabella, their second food drive for us to date this year.  Thanks to their teams of volunteers, … Read More

A group of grade 6 students with the donations from Hopewell Avenue PS School’s December food drive for the CEFC.            

Students from mrs. Callaghan’s class help pack up the food donated during Mutchmor PS’s food drive this month.  The Food Centre received larde amounts of our most needed items- pasta and pasta sauce, canned soups & vegetables, peanut … Read More

James Morden, Co-Chair, Glebe CI Student Council, and Cathy Carson, Student Council’s Leadership Coordinator, about to help load the food donated by Glebe to the Centretown Emergency Food Centre. The revenue from table rentals at Glebe CI’s Craft … Read More

In early December, Hartman’s Independent Grocer held a food drive for our Food Centre. We collected several van-loads of staple food items, plus diapers and baby food . Here, one of Hartman’s staff help load a van with … Read More

Food Drive at Lisgar Collegiate: Two photos of the hugh amount of food that students at Lisgar Collegiate donated to the Food Centre. The food drive was coordinated by Mrs. Alison Perry, and about 10 students came out … Read More

On Wednesday, December 10, the Centretown Emergency Food Centre presented its volunteer service award, the Betty Neelin Award for Distinguished Service to former City councillor Diane Holmes to acknowledge her many years of strong support for the Food … Read More