Ottawa needs a poverty reduction strategy

 by Michael Maidment, Chief Executive Officer Ottawa Food Bank Food is arguably the most important item to people. Most obviously, we need to eat to live, to survive, so why is the issue of food missing from the political conversation in Canada? Food is all around us. We work to

ACO and the Legacy Project

 The ACO's new address on 19 Main Street. The AIDS Committee of Ottawa (also known as ACO) is a community-based, non-profit, social justice organization that provides free, confidential services for people living with, affected by and at risk of HIV/AIDS in Ottawa. ACO started as a small group of gay men

Support the Community and Score Some Steals at Salvation Army

 Over 100 years ago, General William Booth recognized a dire need for affordable goods, particularly geared towards the disadvantaged and excluded groups in the community. As a response, he created the Household Salvage Brigade, a group responsible for the collection of used household and everyday items. Today, we see Booth’s