CBC: Anonymous donor gives family $60K for Ottawa girl’s U.S. surgery
From CBC Ottawa: Lamitta El-Roz’s parents went to sleep last Friday night with a huge worry — how to pay for the $140,000 surgery that could help their six-year-old daughter…
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CBC: Family upset government won’t cover out-of-country surgery
CBC Ottawa did a story about a Stittsville family raising money to pay for surgery in the United States. Lamitta El-Roz is six years old and has been denied funding for…
Motorcycle Ride for Autism on July 8
Beautiful morning #Stittsville 5th Motorcycle Ride for Autism #MRFAOttawa @MRFAOttawa @quickstartautsm @ShadQadri pic.twitter.com/wrlgmk8iVR — Jim Watson (@JimWatsonOttawa) July 8, 2017 Ottawa’s annual Motorcycle Ride for Autism kicks off on July…
Westwind raises almost $12,000 for charity at social justice fair
(press release) Westwind Public School was filled with the sounds of excited grade six students and the smell of delicious baked goods on Thursday, June 22 as the school held its…
MAY 27: Giant Tiger Charity BBQ
Pls RT Come to #GiantTiger #Stittsville for a #charity BBQ, 11-2PM supporting my Mission & @MakeAWishEO I'll have my new hats for sale too! pic.twitter.com/2Tvpu84FL4 — Mission to a Million…
PHOTOS: Kentucky Derby event raises nearly $2,800 for DueNORTH
A fundraising event for DueNORTH Canada with a Kentucky Derby theme raised nearly $2,793 on Saturday afternoon. “It was great success, everyone seemed to have a great time and got into the…
Campaign aims to replace instruments destroyed in Kanata Montessori fire
A fire last week in a portable at the Kanata Montessori School destroyed many of the school’s musical instruments. David and Marie Haynes, who have kids who attend the school, are organizing…
PHOTO: Shad gets shaved
Stittsville councillor Shad Qadri gets his hair cut on Sunday by Hair Donation Ottawa CEO Helene Hutchings at the annual event held at Algonquin College. The CHEO Bear and CHEO…
Kentucky Derby Party to support DueNORTH on May 6
Come out to a traditional Kentucky Derby Party in support of DueNORTH Canada on May 6, 2017 from 2:30pm to 8:00pm. Cheer on the fastest two minutes in sports and…
LINKED: Man paralyzed after slipping on ice, determined to walk again
From CTV Ottawa: We all know life can change in the blink of an eye. Troy Kraus is living that reality. The 46-year-old Ottawa resident was the healthiest and strongest…
Annual Ride for Disabled Vets set for May 13
(Above: Photo by Barry Gray.) The 4th Annual Ride for Disabled Vets event is a go for May 13, 2017. In 2016, 300 riders and $11,000 for Wounded Warrior Canada…
LINKED: Stittsville girl’s parents hope to crowd-fund spinal-cord surgery
From the Ottawa Citizen: Lamitta El-Roz loves sports, particularly basketball, but says there are two reasons she can’t play right now: First, there’s snow on the ground outside; and, second,…
2016 REWIND: People in our neighbourhood
Every day this week StittsvilleCentral.ca will look back at some of the most interesting stories from 2016. We’ll kick it off with our favourite profiles and stories about the incredible people who…
Fill The Bus event collects nearly 10,000 items for Stittsville Food Bank
(via Stittsville Food Bank) “Wow! What an amazing community we have! 9,987 pieces of food raised today alone! A big thank you to Carlos and Family and Harry from OC…
NOTEBOOK: Stocking Project launch, Brummell’s retiring, more
(PHOTO: Volunteers Crystal Smalldon (aka Mother Elf) and Natasha Sidwell (aka Baby Elf) at the grand opening launch of The Stocking Project on Thursday night.) STOCKING PROJECT LAUNCH I dropped…