December 18, 2006
The annual volunteer Christmas dinner is a wonderful opportunity to come together to celebrate the dedicated people who donate thousands of hours to the good work of Heartwood House.
This year's dinner was held at Tucker's Market Place on Monday December 18th, 2006. Many thanks to the Sisters of Charity for sponsoring the dinner. Click on the small photo (right) to see the group enjoying their evening together. December 14, 2006The annual member group potluck was held today in the Capital City Mission dining hall. There was great food and lots of singing. Check out some scenes from the potluck by clicking here. Please note that you will need Windows Media Player to view this file. December 8, 2006
The Everybody Wins Computer Recyling Program was officially launched by Ontario Minister of Community and Social Services Madeleine Meilleur and regional staff representive Jean-Paul Gagnon from the Ontario Trillium Foundation on December 8, 2006. Thanks to a $52,900 Ontario Trillium Foundation grant over two years the EW program now has the potential to grow into the main choice for the Ottawa community to recycle unwanted computer equipment. Thank you Trillium Foundation for your continued support of the development of Heartwood House! 
Kae McColl (Heartwood Founder and Coordinator of PWC) receives the grant from Minister Meilleur and OTF's Jean-Paul Gagnon. November 7, 2006By popular demand the hard copy presentation prepared for the delegation from the Ontario Trillium Foundation on October 25th (see October 25 news item below) is now available online. Click here for a copy of the presentation. October 28, 2006Today $3,140 was raised at the Heartwood House OC Transpo Lost & Found Unclaimed Items Sale. This is like an enormous garage sale that winds its way all through the building. In addition to raising funds to support operations of the Heartwood House charitable organization, the sale also builds community spirit for Heartwood members who volunteer at the sale, and the event increases awareness of Heartwood House in the community at large. The media exposure for this particular sale was incredible. The Ottawa Citizen gave us front page coverage which included a great picture of Mike, Angela and Amanda from the Heartwood reception staff. Chris (People, Words and Change), Sue (Heartwood House volunteer) and Margaret (Lowertown Community Resource Centre) were featured in a CBC television interview about the sale and Heartwood Hhouse. A Carleton University journalist and a journalist from Epoch Times, a newspaper for the Chinese community visited us on Saturday. A CBC Television camera technician took footage of the sale in action and, the Ottawa Sun had a picture of volunteer Mike and others in their Sunday paper. It was an awesome day and some of it was captured on film. Click here for a movie slide show! October 27, 2006The front page of the Ottawa Citizen featured a story about the OC Transpo Lost & Found operation at Heartwood House. Click here to read the online version of the newspaper article. The piece also touched on the visit made by a huge contingent of Ontario Trillium Foundation representatives on October 25th. They came to find out what Heartwood is doing right, and to tour the building and speak to the many Heartwood House member organizations that have benefited from Trillium funding. Click here to see a slide show movie of the Trillium visit. Click here for a regular picture slide show. October 25, 2006
Special visit from the Ontario Trillium Foundation
The Ontario Trillium Foundation Board of Directors and regional staff made a special visit to Heartwood House on October 25, 2006. The visit was a tremendous honour for our community, and recognition of the development of Heartwood House as a model of community development. Many of our Heartwood groups have received Trillium support that has result in new growth and development for the work of their programs. September 25, 2006There was a good turnout for the Heartwood House Annual General Meeting. Among the evening's activities, there was a special ceremony thanking representatives from the Founders Group. Core Heartwood House volunteers were also recognized for their contribution to the lost and found/reception teams. 15 representatives appointed by Heartwood House member organizations elected a new Board of Directors. The evening concluded with a slideshow of memories that can be viewed in a smaller format on the web. June 30, 2006The latest edition of the Heartwood House newsletter is now available. Special thanks to volunteer editor Fran Childs for putting this issue together!
June 1, 2006
June 1, 2005: The Heartwood House newsletter is now available online . The online editions has slight variations from the print version to allow for faster downloading. Print copies may be obtained at Heartwood House or by contacting the Heartwood office.
MAY 29, 2006
 Michel Tessier and Lian Bell of the Ottawa International Airport Authority visited Heartwood House to present Heartwood and ALSO one of member groups with grants from its Community Giving Program. Heartwood House was given $4,500 to purchase house maintenance supplies and for upgrades to the reception office and lower level upgrades in 2007. We are very grateful for your support!
April 29, 2006
They say that many hands make light work and this certainly was the case for today's OC Transpo Lost and Found Unclaimed Items sale. Thirty-eight member group volunteers donated their time to making the sale a success. Chris and Norm coordinated the effort and did an amazing job of ensuring that is all ran smoothly. It was a warm and sunny day, which traditionally has not made for the strongest possible attendance, but the sale results were still excellent with a total of more than $3,000.00 raised! The next sale is Saturday, October 28th, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm.
February 1, 2006
Welcome to the house! Heartwood House is pleased to welcome two new members to the HH community. - Capital City Mission provides a daily drop-in offering a variety of services to reach out to people in the inner city of Ottawa. The service includes support for networking to various community resources for on-going support. For further information call 241-2407.
- Centre Town Laundry Cooperative offers an affordable and accessible laundry service geared to the needs oflow-income people. The coop also offers a community economic development program. For further information call 244-4762.
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