April 25, 2022
April 21, 2022
This year is our 30th anniversary and we would love it if you could help get the word out through your various social media networks (Facebook, Twitter, Community Voice Newletter, etc.).
The Kanata United Church community is gearing up for our 30th annual book fair at Kanata United Church this May 10 - 14, 2022. This is one of the biggest book fairs hosted in Eastern Ontario (or so I have been told). We have approximately 30,000 books, in very good condition, all very well categorized. We also have plenty of very dedicated volunteers who are onsite to assist shoppers. All funds go to support local and national outreach programs. The book fair is 100% volunteer run and has been a major success for the past 30 years thanks to our community who donates the books we sell and then returns to purchase more books.
The book fair takes place at Kanata United Church, 33 Leacock Drive, Kanata, Ontario.
The book fair hours will be Tuesday - Friday 3:00 -8:00 PM and Saturday from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Tuesday, the first day of the sale, will be by appointment only. The online appointment signup will be available at the KUC.ca website (under Book Fair).
Wednesday to Saturday no appointments will be necessary.
Out of respect for other shoppers we are asking that shoppers wear masks. Masks will be available at the book fair.
Most books sell for $2 to $4. We have an extensive vintage/very old book section for collectors.
This year is our 30th anniversary and we would love it if you could help get the word out through your various social media networks (Facebook, Twitter, Community Voice Newletter, etc.).
The Kanata United Church community is gearing up for our 30th annual book fair at Kanata United Church this May 10 - 14, 2022. This is one of the biggest book fairs hosted in Eastern Ontario (or so I have been told). We have approximately 30,000 books, in very good condition, all very well categorized. We also have plenty of very dedicated volunteers who are onsite to assist shoppers. All funds go to support local and national outreach programs. The book fair is 100% volunteer run and has been a major success for the past 30 years thanks to our community who donates the books we sell and then returns to purchase more books.
The book fair takes place at Kanata United Church, 33 Leacock Drive, Kanata, Ontario.
The book fair hours will be Tuesday - Friday 3:00 -8:00 PM and Saturday from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Tuesday, the first day of the sale, will be by appointment only. The online appointment signup will be available at the KUC.ca website (under Book Fair).
Wednesday to Saturday no appointments will be necessary.
Out of respect for other shoppers we are asking that shoppers wear masks. Masks will be available at the book fair.
Most books sell for $2 to $4. We have an extensive vintage/very old book section for collectors.
March 8, 2022
March 1, 2022
Join CN Cycle for CHEO as a Rider or Volunteer!
Date: Sunday, May 1, 2022
Location: Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa ON, K0A 0M8
Organizer Name: CHEO Foundation
Email: volunteers@cncycle.ca
Phone Number: 613-737-2784
Website: https://www.cncycle.ca/
Event:
CN Cycle for CHEO is a fun, non-competitive event that offers a wide range of cycling and walking routes for people of all ages and abilities. The 2022 CN Cycle for CHEO will be an in-person event, and with your help will raise much needed funds to support oncology care and research for CHEO's oncology patients.
Become a Rider:
Register and fundraise until May 1 to help CHEO remain an innovative leader in finding better treatment options so that more kids survive cancer with fewer long-term effects!
Become a Volunteer:
Choose the role that suits you best! This event can't be a success without our volunteers. Find more information about the available roles and complete the volunteer registration form here: https://www.cncycle.ca/volunteer/
Meet the 2022 Dream Team:
Every year CHEO’s oncology patients bravely answer the call to become the faces of the CN Cycle for CHEO event as the McDonald’s Dream Team. They represent all children and teens in our region who are facing cancer. Meet them here: https://www.cncycle.ca/2022-mcdonalds-dream-team/
We hope to see you there! Find all the details about CN Cycle for CHEO on our website: https://www.cncycle.ca/
Join CN Cycle for CHEO as a Rider or Volunteer!
Date: Sunday, May 1, 2022
Location: Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa ON, K0A 0M8
Organizer Name: CHEO Foundation
Email: volunteers@cncycle.ca
Phone Number: 613-737-2784
Website: https://www.cncycle.ca/
Event:
CN Cycle for CHEO is a fun, non-competitive event that offers a wide range of cycling and walking routes for people of all ages and abilities. The 2022 CN Cycle for CHEO will be an in-person event, and with your help will raise much needed funds to support oncology care and research for CHEO's oncology patients.
Become a Rider:
Register and fundraise until May 1 to help CHEO remain an innovative leader in finding better treatment options so that more kids survive cancer with fewer long-term effects!
Become a Volunteer:
Choose the role that suits you best! This event can't be a success without our volunteers. Find more information about the available roles and complete the volunteer registration form here: https://www.cncycle.ca/volunteer/
Meet the 2022 Dream Team:
Every year CHEO’s oncology patients bravely answer the call to become the faces of the CN Cycle for CHEO event as the McDonald’s Dream Team. They represent all children and teens in our region who are facing cancer. Meet them here: https://www.cncycle.ca/2022-mcdonalds-dream-team/
We hope to see you there! Find all the details about CN Cycle for CHEO on our website: https://www.cncycle.ca/
February 23, 2022
February 16, 2022
For more information on the Jamie Hubley Scholarship click the picture below.
For more information on the Jamie Hubley Scholarship click the picture below.
January 7, 2022
Kissing the Cold
Kissing the Cold
December 15, 2021
I was very excited to see all of our Christmas Tree locations on this list! As well as many Kanata South streets that we visit as part of my yearly wagon rides. Thank you to Christopher Smith for putting this together!”
Ottawa realtor's Christmas lights map offers insights on best light displays, terrific trees and driving routes | Ottawa Citizen
I was very excited to see all of our Christmas Tree locations on this list! As well as many Kanata South streets that we visit as part of my yearly wagon rides. Thank you to Christopher Smith for putting this together!”
Ottawa realtor's Christmas lights map offers insights on best light displays, terrific trees and driving routes | Ottawa Citizen
December 6, 2021
President's message
Good morning Everyone,
I think the last time I wrote, I said the world was very quiet. Well it is still somewhat quiet, but beginning to hold promise of new noise with cautions attached. It is a welcome change to be hopeful that some of the things we love to do may return in the foreseeable future.
You may be aware that some of the programs at the Kanata Seniors Centre are running at limited capacity and a welcome addition to daily living for those attending. Some of the fitness and game activities are the first to take place under strict protocols. Pre registration is required for all activities. Be sure to check the website for further information. https://ottawa.ca/en/recreation-and-parks/recreation-facilities/facility-listing/kanata-seniors-centre.
The Kanata Seniors Craft Group is also back in action. The knitting needles have been busy of the last two years and we hope that maybe down the road to have a craft sale in the Centre. We are also planning to donate many items to various groups as our inventory is pretty full.
Our Council has started to get ready for opportunities to provide the activities we had presented in the past. Our first Board meeting in person was a wonderful event. To see everyone and catch up was so encouraging. Somehow zoom meeting aren’t quite the same. We took the opportunity to appoint two interim Directors, Margaret Wilcox and Ken Major. Many thanks for joining our team and we look forward to working together. We also said farewell to Brian Jeffrey as a Director, but Brian will remain our webmaster. Many thanks for your service both in the past and in the future.
The other major item on our agenda was our proposed new by laws. These will be presented for a vote by our membership at our next Annual General Meeting. I would ask that you take some time to go to our website and review these proposals. Here is the address www.kanataseniors.ca. We will plan an Annual General Meeting as soon as the regulations allow the capacity needed to hold our meeting. We also had to announce that our Recording secretary, Margaret Burman, has retired. Margaret has been my right had woman for several years, and has been able to produce our minutes in a most professional manner. Many thanks for all of your faithful service. We will miss you. Thankfully we have been a new recording secretary, Rachel McGregor, one of our Directors, has taken on the position. Thanks for taking this on.
We started to make plans to make the public computers available, to plan some future seminars, with varied topics, and to plan the reopening of our café. All of these items are subject to City of Ottawa , Public Health, and Provincial regulations. So it will take some planning and time to work out the details, but we are up for the job and excited to be even thinking of such possibilities.
Finally I would like to wish everyone Happy holidays. I hope that you are able to share time with your families, perhaps for the first time in a couple of years. May our New Year bring Joy, Peace and Happiness to all.
Take care and stay safe.
President's message
Good morning Everyone,
I think the last time I wrote, I said the world was very quiet. Well it is still somewhat quiet, but beginning to hold promise of new noise with cautions attached. It is a welcome change to be hopeful that some of the things we love to do may return in the foreseeable future.
You may be aware that some of the programs at the Kanata Seniors Centre are running at limited capacity and a welcome addition to daily living for those attending. Some of the fitness and game activities are the first to take place under strict protocols. Pre registration is required for all activities. Be sure to check the website for further information. https://ottawa.ca/en/recreation-and-parks/recreation-facilities/facility-listing/kanata-seniors-centre.
The Kanata Seniors Craft Group is also back in action. The knitting needles have been busy of the last two years and we hope that maybe down the road to have a craft sale in the Centre. We are also planning to donate many items to various groups as our inventory is pretty full.
Our Council has started to get ready for opportunities to provide the activities we had presented in the past. Our first Board meeting in person was a wonderful event. To see everyone and catch up was so encouraging. Somehow zoom meeting aren’t quite the same. We took the opportunity to appoint two interim Directors, Margaret Wilcox and Ken Major. Many thanks for joining our team and we look forward to working together. We also said farewell to Brian Jeffrey as a Director, but Brian will remain our webmaster. Many thanks for your service both in the past and in the future.
The other major item on our agenda was our proposed new by laws. These will be presented for a vote by our membership at our next Annual General Meeting. I would ask that you take some time to go to our website and review these proposals. Here is the address www.kanataseniors.ca. We will plan an Annual General Meeting as soon as the regulations allow the capacity needed to hold our meeting. We also had to announce that our Recording secretary, Margaret Burman, has retired. Margaret has been my right had woman for several years, and has been able to produce our minutes in a most professional manner. Many thanks for all of your faithful service. We will miss you. Thankfully we have been a new recording secretary, Rachel McGregor, one of our Directors, has taken on the position. Thanks for taking this on.
We started to make plans to make the public computers available, to plan some future seminars, with varied topics, and to plan the reopening of our café. All of these items are subject to City of Ottawa , Public Health, and Provincial regulations. So it will take some planning and time to work out the details, but we are up for the job and excited to be even thinking of such possibilities.
Finally I would like to wish everyone Happy holidays. I hope that you are able to share time with your families, perhaps for the first time in a couple of years. May our New Year bring Joy, Peace and Happiness to all.
Take care and stay safe.
https://reservation.frontdesksuite.ca/rcfs/ksc
November 29, 2021
Free wagon rides are back!
Free wagon rides are back!
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November 2, 2021
November 2, 2021
Kanata Seniors Centre
The City will be hosting an online Wildlife Speaker Series event on the evening of Wednesday October 20, 2021.
Wildlife speaker series | City of Ottawa – Wild, wild waste! Keeping your trash out of the wrong paws.
Série de conférences sur la faune | Ville d'Ottawa - Bas les pattes! Gardez vos déchets hors de la portée des bêtes.
The event is being held during Waste Reduction Week, and features City staff experts on wildlife and waste management.
Wildlife speaker series | City of Ottawa – Wild, wild waste! Keeping your trash out of the wrong paws.
Série de conférences sur la faune | Ville d'Ottawa - Bas les pattes! Gardez vos déchets hors de la portée des bêtes.
The event is being held during Waste Reduction Week, and features City staff experts on wildlife and waste management.
Our new online show, which started today (Sept 15), is called Born to Be Wild, and runs from Sept 15 to Oct 31 online at www.kanatagallery.ca. there is a 3 1/2 minute video, set to music, which showcases 70 artworks by our artists at the Gallery. And our social media handle is @kanatagallery. We are on twitter, instagram and facebook.
The Kidney Foundation of Canada
The Kidney Foundation of Canada was established in 1964 and is the leading charitable organization working to bring awareness, solutions and support towards kidney disease in Canada.
Our patient population is particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 and, as such, we continue to restrict our level of participation in fundraising events and activities. Many of our fundraising initiatives and our programs have pivoted too virtual.
Participants can register at the following link: https://kidney.ca/kidneyquest21
The Kidney Foundation of Canada was established in 1964 and is the leading charitable organization working to bring awareness, solutions and support towards kidney disease in Canada.
Our patient population is particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 and, as such, we continue to restrict our level of participation in fundraising events and activities. Many of our fundraising initiatives and our programs have pivoted too virtual.
Participants can register at the following link: https://kidney.ca/kidneyquest21
Register for the Mar 30th Ellis webinar with this link:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsf-mtqTkvHtHnX7yFBH26TNRhSKHwNGvo
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsf-mtqTkvHtHnX7yFBH26TNRhSKHwNGvo
Register for the April 6th Rizzuto webinar with this link:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrc-yhpjwpGdK6tJAFi0_1zKvYRUQTUpnY
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrc-yhpjwpGdK6tJAFi0_1zKvYRUQTUpnY
Register for the April 8th Schafer webinar with this link:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwodeygpzgvH9PItWD6WaanGlPuMs5mTwxv
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwodeygpzgvH9PItWD6WaanGlPuMs5mTwxv
Christmas Exchange Program
Please help us promote the Christmas Exchange Program!
With 6,514 Ottawa families turning to the Caring and Sharing Exchange’s Christmas Exchange Program for food assistance this Christmas (466 more families than in 2019), we were wondering if you might be able to help us promote the program on your social media pages, website or newsletter. With having lost funding this year due to Covid-19, and with many of our fundraising events having been cancelled, we need your help now more than ever before!
Last year, with your help, we were able to provide assistance to EVERY person on our list. We want to achieve this same goal this year, and we know that with your support, we can make it happen!
For your convenience, please find graphics here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/se004b8cammr1j2/AABpYN0aHAnkp17EdREh-Vdya?dl=0
More of a social butterfly? Here are some sample tweets/posts you can share with your followers: Sample Text for Twitter, Instagram and/or Facebook Link:
Over 19,700 individuals in Ottawa need a helping hand this holiday season. Please consider donating to the @CS_Exchange, so everyone can enjoy a warm meal for the holidays. #ChristmasExchange
http://bit.ly/CSEDonate
Get matched with a family through the @CS_Exchange’s #SponsoraHamper program. You can provide one or more of the 6,514 Ottawa families in need with the means to make a warm meal this holiday season. #ChristmasExchange
http://bit.ly/SponsorAHamper
If you would like to share about us on Facebook, please tag us using @CaringSharingExchange 😊
Thank you!!
With 6,514 Ottawa families turning to the Caring and Sharing Exchange’s Christmas Exchange Program for food assistance this Christmas (466 more families than in 2019), we were wondering if you might be able to help us promote the program on your social media pages, website or newsletter. With having lost funding this year due to Covid-19, and with many of our fundraising events having been cancelled, we need your help now more than ever before!
Last year, with your help, we were able to provide assistance to EVERY person on our list. We want to achieve this same goal this year, and we know that with your support, we can make it happen!
For your convenience, please find graphics here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/se004b8cammr1j2/AABpYN0aHAnkp17EdREh-Vdya?dl=0
More of a social butterfly? Here are some sample tweets/posts you can share with your followers: Sample Text for Twitter, Instagram and/or Facebook Link:
Over 19,700 individuals in Ottawa need a helping hand this holiday season. Please consider donating to the @CS_Exchange, so everyone can enjoy a warm meal for the holidays. #ChristmasExchange
http://bit.ly/CSEDonate
Get matched with a family through the @CS_Exchange’s #SponsoraHamper program. You can provide one or more of the 6,514 Ottawa families in need with the means to make a warm meal this holiday season. #ChristmasExchange
http://bit.ly/SponsorAHamper
If you would like to share about us on Facebook, please tag us using @CaringSharingExchange 😊
Thank you!!
Dog Bone Park Bench dedication for Lions Bill Templeton and Lion Jack Richmond
The photo above includes Councilor Allan Hubley, Lion President Dorothy Storms and Mark Templeton, Bill’s son
The photo above includes includes Councillor Allan Hubley, Lion President Dorothy Storms, Jennifer Duncan , Jack Richmond’s sister as well as her husband Dave and son Neil
The photo above includes Councillor Allan, the Templeton and Richmond families and members of the Lions Club
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Crownridge Tree lighting
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Eva James Tree lighting
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Drive-in Food Drive
On behalf of Pastor Charmaine Kohler and our Board of Directors, I wish to extend an invitation to our upcoming drive-in food drive to benefit the Kanata Food Cupboard. The event will take place on Saturday, October 3 between the hours of 1:00 and 3:00 PM. The event is open to the entire community.
We hope to see you there!
On behalf of Pastor Charmaine Kohler and our Board of Directors, I wish to extend an invitation to our upcoming drive-in food drive to benefit the Kanata Food Cupboard. The event will take place on Saturday, October 3 between the hours of 1:00 and 3:00 PM. The event is open to the entire community.
We hope to see you there!
Questions for the Q
In partnership with Ottawa Trivia League, Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation invites you to join us for a fun online evening of questions and answers in support of our hospital. This exciting event allows you to show off your smarts while physically distancing safely at home. Tickets are only $20 per person and all participants are eligible to win one of our great door prizes!
Details can be found at https://qchfoundation.ca/events/
In partnership with Ottawa Trivia League, Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation invites you to join us for a fun online evening of questions and answers in support of our hospital. This exciting event allows you to show off your smarts while physically distancing safely at home. Tickets are only $20 per person and all participants are eligible to win one of our great door prizes!
Details can be found at https://qchfoundation.ca/events/
The Kanata United Church.
33 Leacock Way normally holds it annual Flea Market in May however due to the pandemic it was postponed this year. The good news is that with Phase 3 coming into effect they have rescheduled their annual sale for Saturday, September 19, 2020. The proceeds earned are donated to various groups in the community such as the Kanata Food Cupboard.
Organizers are accepting donations for the Flea Market on Sundays and Mondays starting July 26, 2020 at Kanata United Church, 33 Leacock Way (no donations accepted Monday, August 3, 2020 due to the holiday) between 1 and 4 pm. Donations can be dropped off at the main door. The sale is Saturday, September 19, 2020 from 10 am to 4 pm and will be held outside on the church grounds rain or shine.
33 Leacock Way normally holds it annual Flea Market in May however due to the pandemic it was postponed this year. The good news is that with Phase 3 coming into effect they have rescheduled their annual sale for Saturday, September 19, 2020. The proceeds earned are donated to various groups in the community such as the Kanata Food Cupboard.
Organizers are accepting donations for the Flea Market on Sundays and Mondays starting July 26, 2020 at Kanata United Church, 33 Leacock Way (no donations accepted Monday, August 3, 2020 due to the holiday) between 1 and 4 pm. Donations can be dropped off at the main door. The sale is Saturday, September 19, 2020 from 10 am to 4 pm and will be held outside on the church grounds rain or shine.