A Great Day to Volunteer!

Westboro Flooring closes for the Jewish High Holidays and the staff uses the off time to give back to the community. Shepherds of Good Hope was lucky enough to be the recipient of 30 hardworking volunteers today who spread out across the city at our various locations. Whether it was helping to weed the garden, paint a room, or prep a meal, they were enthusiastic about making a difference. The clients were certainly appreciative and if you drive by one of our locations you will definitely notice the impact. A big thank you to their entire team.

 

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Westboro Flooring & Decor

Exciting volunteer news!  On September 26th, we will have close to 30 employees from Westboro Flooring & Décor come to Shepherds of Good Hope.  They will be volunteering in different programs such as The Oaks, the Shelter, 380 St. Patrick and Hope Living.  Volunteer duties will involve staining decks, painting sheds, helping prepare lunch and doing recreational activities with the clients.

This is such a wonderful way for people in the community to help out!  Thank you!

Pancake Breakfast!

This morning I arrived at Shepherds of Good Hope early because there was a very special treat in store for our shelter guests! Guy Lamarche and Bob from BAR-B-QUE Gourmet came into the parking lot this morning to make pancakes for everyone!

Also, they donated signed Ottawa Senators hats for the clients, and the clients were absolutely thrilled! 

We are always so grateful when people come out to do something very special for the people we serve! 
Thank you so much!

If you would like to make a contribution to the most vulnerable men and women of Ottawa, please contact me at asilverman@shepherdsofgoodhope.com

Socks for the Homeless

Today we had visitors from Your City Sports and new company who sells incredible customized socks. As awesome as these socks are (check them out they look great!) even more amazing is their buy one give one commitment that for every pair purchased they will donate a pair of socks to a local homelessness charity. They recently began selling Ottawa Skyline socks at the Crazy Moose of Ottawa and Ottawa Souvenir and Gifts and so they came down to our Clothing Hamper program in order to donate roughly 40 pairs. It’s such a neat idea and we are so grateful to them for choosing to support our clients. As winter comes making sure that everyone has warm and dry feet is always such a challenge.



Marilyn Colwell & Micah Garten show off the socks in the clothing room

AFP Ottawa Lunch and Learn - September 17, 2014

"Lemonade and Lemons - How to Make Every Decision Count!"

Hey Everyone!  Next week I will be speaking at an AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) event and you are welcome to join! 

This will be the first luncheon of the season and we will be discussing fundraising tactics, what can go wrong, what goes right.  This would be a fantastic opportunity for any future/current fundraisers to hear first hand about experiences in the field.

The other speaker at this event will be John Bouza, CFRE, President of CanFund.

There is only room for 40 registrants so be sure to register today.

Details:
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
The Hampton Inn
100 Coventry Road
Ottawa, Ontario K1K 4S3

Register Here!