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Thank you to the Royal Canadian Legion Orleans – Branch 632 for this generous donation of $ 700.

Thank you so much to the local artists of the Navan Fine Arts Group. In April this talented group held their annual spring sale at the Navan arena and raised close to $500 in support of our Centre. If you would like to see some of their beautiful items for sale please click here to

Ottawa, April 5th, 2018 – This morning, Ms.Kim Donaldson, Vice President, of the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) presented a cheque of $ 5,000 to Ms. Hélène Quesnel, Chair of the OCCRC Board, and Ms. Suzanne Wert, Manager of Finance and Administration of the Orléans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre who were accompanied by the Honorable Marie-France

Thanks to beautiful weather, and a fantastic group of 200 plus ticket holders, our 2nd annual “Flippin’ for Charity” community pancake event + Ford Drive 4your Community was a HUGE success. Because of the heartwarming support received, we were able to raise more than $8,500! These funds will be directly invested in programs and services

The team at Paul Rushforth Real Estate’s hosted the 5th Annual Charity Golf Tournament at the GreyHawk Golf Club. Over $36,000 was raised to support the Orléans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre and The Ottawa Senators Foundation. The OCCRC wishes to thank all the golfers, sponsors and especially the Paul Rushforth Real Estate Team for putting on a first class event.

Thank you to the Kiwanis Club of Orleans for graciously donating very generous funds to the Orleans-Cumberland Food Bank. We are very fortunate to be associated with such a thoughtful group. (left to right: Luc Ouellette, Executive Director of the OCCRC and Bill Cowperthwaite, Finance Committee Lead-member of the Kiwanis Club of Orleans)

Thank you for choosing to give over 170 food items to Orleans-Cumberland Food Bank. We are grateful for such thoughtfulness toward our community and our food program.

A big thank you to the members of the community who were involved in this activity that took place at the OCCRC at the beginning of February. For several weeks, seven residents met during several weeks to prepare a location where they could invite people to come and donate, exchange or choose warm winter clothing. The organizers

The administration and staff at the OCCRC would like to thank the many donors and volunteers who helped make this year’s Christmas Program a tremendous success. Thanks to their generosity we were able to raise over $58,500 and collect more than 37,600 food items and 700 toys.  As a result, we assisted 883 individuals through the program

Bob and Gabrielle Forsythe, co-presidents of the Village Squares square dancing club in Orléans, present a cheque for $400 to Orléans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre finance manager Suzanne Wert. The money was raised through member donations and “share the wealth” draws, bringing their 13-year total of funds raised for the OCCRC to more than $6,000.

The Orleans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre would like to extend our profound thanks to the District 7 Ottawa Volunteer Firefighters and the Kiwanis Club of Orleans for their invaluable support during the Ottawa Firefighters’ food drive that took place this past November.  The Kiwanis volunteers joined our resource centre’s team of volunteers and the volunteer firefighters from

The OCCRC would like to take a moment to thank the people who logged on, bid and helped to make our 2016 Bids for Change Online Auction an overwhelming success! Thanks to you, we were able to raise more than $4,000!  We would also like to thank the many local businesses who donated items and made

We wish to thank the Capital Artisans Guild for their kind support during this year’s Craft Show and the shoppers who generously donated hundreds of food items and cash in support of the food bank as well as many other programs and services offered by the OCCRC.

The OCCRC would like to thank everyone who attended this year’s OutGROW, OutPLAY consignment sale at École secondaire publique Louis-Riel on Oct. 4 & 5 and donated over 700 items to the Food Bank. Your contributions are greatly appreciated.

The group held their show this past November in Navan and collected food items and funds for the OCCRC’s annual Christmas Program. We would like to extend our deepest thanks to all those involved in organizing and participating to this event.

During the past months, our local business partners have assisted us in raising funds for our School Supplies Program to benefit a great number of children and teens in our community. Thank you to Palladium Insurance, Sure Print Orleans & Staples Canada on Tenth Line who also collected funds through their Back To School Supply Drive. This year we are proud

Thank you to the Navan Lions Club & the Cumberland Community Association who presented generous donations to the OCCRC – funds that will be invested directly in the Centre’s programs and services.

Thank you very much to the Navan Veterinary Hospital for organizing their first annual food drive. A large number of food items were donated to the Orléans-Cumberland’s food bank – and just in time for the season holidays.

Thank you to the Cumberland Lions Club who organized their Annual Breakfast with Santa in Cumberland on past December and made a generous monetary donation as well as a large amount of food items.