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2023

December 19, 2023
Urgent appeal: Almost 27,000 individuals from nearly 9,000 households turn to the Christmas Exchange for help!

August 14, 2023
Community Leaders, Supporters and Volunteers to prepare thousands of backpacks for Ottawa children in need

2022

December 19, 2022
Urgent appeal: Almost 25,000 individuals from nearly 8,000 households turn to the Christmas Exchange for help!

August 17, 2022
Urgent appeal: Over 3,200 Ottawa students are in need of back-to-school assistance!

2021

December 14, 2021
Urgent appeal: Over 20,000 individuals from over 6,500 households turn to the Christmas Exchange for help!

August 25, 2021
Urgent appeal: Over 3,100 Ottawa students are in need of back-to-school assistance!

2020

December 14, 2020
Urgent appeal: Only 202 families still waiting for Christmas Assistance

August 17, 2020
Urgent appeal: In-kind Donations of School Supplies have Depleted

February 13, 2020 
Kind Ottawa's Annual Kindness Week Launches Feb 14 at Accora Village

2019

December 18, 2019
Volunteers and city officials ready to pack and Deliver Hundreds of Hampers in time for the holidays

December 10, 2019
Over 2,600 families are still waiting for assistance this Christmas!

February 14, 2019
12th annual Kindness Week launches at Accora Village

2018

December 19, 2018
Volunteers to pack and deliver hundreds of hampers in time for the holidays

December 11, 2018
Urgent appeal for donations

August 21, 2018
Volunteers to prepare 3,000 backpacks for Ottawa children in need

August 14, 2018
Massive increase in need leaves 822 children on wait list for back-to-school support

February 21, 2018
Multi-Faith Welcoming Committee to suprise travellers

February 15, 2018
11th annual Kindness Week launches in Accora Village

2017

December 20, 2017
Volunteers pack and deliver hundreds of hampers to Ottawa residents in need

December 19, 2017
Volunteers and community leaders to pack and deliver hundreds of hampers to Ottawa families in need

December 11, 2017
Urgent appeal for donations

August 22, 2017
Over 2,000 backpacks prepared for Ottawa children from families in need

August 21, 2017
Volunteers to stuff thousands of backpacks for Ottawa children in need

August 16, 2017
450 children in Ottawa are waiting for back-to-school assistance

February 22, 2017
Volunteers give out free hugs for Kindness Week

February 17, 2017
Ottawa celebrates Kindness Week 2017!

February 16, 2017
10th Annual Kindness Week launches in Accora Village

2016

December 21, 2016
Volunteers help pack hundreds of hampers for families in need

December 20, 2016
Volunteers to pack and deliver hundreds of hampers!

December 8, 2016
Urgent Appeal for Donations

August 22, 2016
Volunteers to stuff hundreds of backpacks for Ottawa's children in need

August 17, 2016
Urgent Appeal: Massive increase in registration leaves 850 children on waiting list for assistance

February 12, 2016
Ottawa celebrates Kindness Week 2016!

February 11, 2016
9th annual Kindness Week launches in Accora Village

2015

December 18, 2015
Volunteers help pack a record 700 hampers for families in need

December 17, 2015
Volunteers to pack and deliver 700 hampers to families in need

December 15, 2015
Mayor Jim Watson helps light the Caring Christmas Tree!

December 10, 2015
Over 12,000 individuals have been helped, but 3,202 are still waiting for assistance!

November 19, 2015
Local charity celebrates 100 years of delivering Christmas to those in need

November 17, 2015
The Caring and Sharing Exchange celebrates 100 years of giving!

August 25, 2015
Mayor, volunteers pack over a thousand backpacks for kids!

August 24, 2015
Volunteers to stuff hundreds of backpacks for Ottawa's children in need

August 13, 2015
Urgent Appeal: Over 500 children are currently on the waiting list for back-to-school assistance

February 16, 2015
Multi-faith welcoming committee to surprise travelers

February 13, 2015
Ottawa Celebrates Kindness Week 2015

February 12, 2015
8th annual Kindness Week launches in Accora Village

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