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

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!

Check out our website HERE

Dragon Boat 2014!

If you went by Mooney’s Bay last weekend you couldn’t help but notice North America’s largest dragon boat festival in full swing. With free concerts, great food and non-stop races the Dragon Boat festival was the place to be! What you may not have known was that Shepherds of Good Hope was right in the thick of things. As one of five charities chosen to receive financial support from the Dragon Boat Foundation, our staff, clients and volunteers got involved in a big way. The staff put together a team to race and while they didn’t end up as the fastest boat they may have had the most fun. Shepherds of Good Hope also arranged to provide volunteers to sell popcorn during the entire festival. The popcorn was delicious and it gave us a great chance to say hello to old friends and make new ones as we thanked everyone who attended for supporting our work.

 

Over all the weekend was a huge success and the Festival proved to be one of Ottawa’s can’t miss events. To see more photos from Dragon Boat check out our facebook page by clicking HERE.