Ottawa Fury FC and Ottawa Redblacks Serve Over 350 Meals in Ottawa!

Today was a really exciting day in our soup kitchen at 233 Murray St!  Members of the Ottawa Fury FC, Ottawa Redblacks and the Ottawa Redblacks Cheer Team arrived to help out during lunch.  First we took them over to the shelter where shelter staff explained the programs as well as the need for these programs in the city.

After the tour we went back to the soup kitchen and everyone put on their aprons to help serve over 350 meals to the community!

From the Ottawa Fury FC, we had Drew Beckie, Marcel De Bellis, Omar Jarun, Ramon Soria Alonso and Devela Gorrick.  From the Ottawa Redblacks there was Jon Gott, Zack Evans, Moton Hopkins and Chevon Walker.  Also there to help were cheerleaders Claudia, Tania, Jenny and Mikayla.

The clients were very excited to see the celebrities coming down to help them out. 
Mark Legault lives at Shepherds of Good Hope, "It's pretty amazing, because we watch them on TV in the corner there at night or in the afternoon and to see them actually here is just like, wow! It's a nice treat," he said. "We encourage them on TV and now they're encouraging us. It's pretty cool."

That's not the only amazing thing these athletes are doing for Shepherds of Good Hope and their community.  On August 15th and 17th anyone who buys tickets to the REDBLACKS or Fury game with this order form will have a percentage of their ticket price donated to Shepherds of Good Hope. So now you can come show your support for both your team and your community, it’s a win-win!

Click HERE for information on those tickets!

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Thank you to Alison Sandor for the quote from Mark

Cooking Eggs for Breakfast!

Every Wednesday is a good morning for clients in our shelter.  On Wednesday's we serve them bacon and eggs and they just love it.

Today I was in the office early and strapped on an apron before I jumped on the grill to cook some of my world class eggs.

I just want to thank all of our volunteers for helping us serve our clients every single day!

Volunteering in Support Services

Today we had some guests from Public Safety Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign. We are very grateful for their contribution to the work we do and we all appreciate their efforts.

 

Helping out in the clothing program



Making sandwiches for hungry men and women

Washing off carts in the parking lot

Helping out in the parking lot



Thank you for all of your help today!


 

Freedom Harley Davidson

Today we welcomed our friends at Freedom Harley Davidson of Ottawa to our clothing program to drop off a truck load of clothing!  This is an annual collection that these great people do in support of some of the most vulnerable people in the community.

These clothes are absolutely needed and the men and women in our care are really grateful to have new clothing.

 

 

If you would like to donate clothing, please contact Ash at 613-789-8210 ext. 240

 

To learn more about Freedom Harley Davidson, CLICK HERE

Pizza Day!

Today was a special treat in the Soup Kitchen!  Thanks to Little Caesar's we were able to provide pizza to everyone that comes for community lunch, that is usually around 400 people per day!

A few of our regular Friday volunteers getting ready to serve lunch!

Coleslaw also made an appearance



As well as some macaroni salad!

 



Pastries for dessert



Thanks so much to Little Caesar's, all of our donors and volunteers for being able to feed Ottawa's hungry every single day!

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