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Community Information Bulletin

Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario / Navigation communautaire de l’est ontarien
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario has published its list of Free Ottawa Easter Meals for 2025. (Last updated April 8th 2025)
• Posted: April 17, 2025 in CNEO News, News & events
Canadian Organic Growers-Ottawa St Lawrence Outaouais Chapter
The Canadian Organic Growers-Ottawa St Lawrence Outaouais Chapter has shared its April 2025 Newsletter.
• Posted: April 16, 2025 in News & events
Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA) has just shared a new 50-page workbook, The Property Owner’s Guide to Reducing Runoff, designed to help landowners assess their drainage issues, determine which solutions apply to them and learn how to implement them.
• Posted: April 16, 2025 in News & events, Uncategorized
Ministère des Affaires francophones / Ministry of Francophone Affairs
Ontario launches the 2025-2026 Francophone Community Grants Program. Applications must be submitted between Thursday, April 10 and Monday, May 26, 2025.
• Posted: April 16, 2025 in News & events
Parenting in Ottawa / Être parent à Ottawa
Ottawa Public Health's Parenting in Ottawa program has just shared its May Activities Calendar for Drop-ins
• Posted: April 16, 2025 in Health
Ottawa Public Health
Join us for a free heart valve screening for anyone 55+ with no known heart issues or stroke in the past. In collaboration with Ottawa Public Health and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Bayshore Community Building and Rideau Hub are hosting 4 mobile clinics in the month of May. For more details, please click the link or use the QR code indicated in the flyer.
• Posted: April 16, 2025 in Health
Homeless Hub
The Homeless Hub has shared its latest Newsletter, including ‘It’s an Angry Community’: Misperceptions of Homelessness in Mid-size Cities.
• Posted: April 16, 2025 in News & events
The Royal
The Royal has shared its April Family Newsletter, including workshops.
• Posted: April 16, 2025 in Support groups
The Council on Aging of Ottawa / Le Conseil sur le vieillissement d’Ottawa
The Council on Aging of Ottawa has shared its latest Events Newsletter.
• Posted: April 16, 2025 in News & events
The Compassionate Friends
The Compassionate Friends, Ottawa Chapter will host monthly virtual support meetings on the first Thursday of the month and in-person support meetings on the third Tuesday of the month.
• Posted: April 16, 2025 in Support groups
Connecting Ottawa
Connecting Ottawa has shared its April 10th 2025 Communiqué.
• Posted: April 16, 2025 in News & events
The Council on Aging of Ottawa / Le Conseil sur le vieillissement d’Ottawa
On April 23rd, the Council on Aging of Ottawa will host their 2025 Spring Luncheon.
• Posted: April 16, 2025 in News & events
CharityVillage
CharityVillage has just shared their latest CharityVillage Connects podcast, including Growing Pains: How Canada’s Population Boom Affects Nonprofits.
• Posted: April 16, 2025 in News & events
Centretown Community Health Centre / Centre de santé communautaire du Centre-ville

Centretown Community Health Centre is looking for a Bilingual Administrative Assistant to join the Community Diabetes Education Program (CDEPO).

• Posted: April 16, 2025 in Jobs & volunteering
CLEO Connect
On April 22nd, CLEO Connect will host a webinar on Record Suspensions (Pardons) – Applying to Remove a Criminal Record.
• Posted: April 16, 2025 in Training & employment programs
Somerset West Community Health Centre / Centre de santé communautaire Somerset West
The SWCHC has shared an update about the launch of the new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub.
• Posted: April 16, 2025 in Health
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Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario / Navigation communautaire de l’est ontarien
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario has published its list of Free Ottawa Easter Meals for 2025. (Last updated April 8th 2025)
• Posted: April 17, 2025
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario – Navigation communautaire de l’est ontarien
CNEO (Hey, that's us!) is looking for Bilingual Community Navigators and an Administrative Assistant.
• Posted: April 10, 2025
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario – Navigation communautaire de l’est ontarien
Is your Ottawa-based organization offering a free or low-cost meal for Easter, this year? If so, please send the details to [email protected] to be added to the Easter Meals List. 
• Posted: April 10, 2025
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario / Navigation communautaire de l’est ontarien
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario (hey, that's us!) have shared our List of Out of the Cold locations (Ottawa) 2024-2025 (updated March 17th 2025).
• Posted: March 28, 2025
ANCHOR – Alternate Neighbourhood Crisis Response / ANCRE (Solution de rechange communautaire pour l’intervention en cas de crise)
ANCHOR – Alternate Neighbourhood Crisis Response has released the data of the first 11 weeks to assess its efficiency and improve service. – including an ANCHOR: The First 11 Weeks Formative Evaluation Infographic.
• Posted: March 27, 2025
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario / Navigation communautaire de l’est ontarien
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario (hey, that's us!) have shared their List of Free Holiday Meals (Ottawa) 2024-2025 (last updated December 10th 2024).
• Posted: December 20, 2024
Catch the Ace 7 / Trouvez l’As 7
Did you know that the Kin Club of Russell‘s Catch the Ace 7 is now up and running? If you want to support us by purchasing a ticket (or two!), you can head to their website and select us (#5 – Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario / 211 Eastern Ontario), we’d be very grateful.
• Posted: November 15, 2024
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario / Navigation communautaire de l’est ontarien
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario has just shared its list of 2024 Thanksgiving Meals in Ottawa. Last updated on October 16th. Last meal of the list is on November 5th.
• Posted: October 18, 2024
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario – Navigation communautaire de l’est ontarien
We will host our 2024 Annual General Meeting on June 18th at the Centre Pauline-Charron! More details will follow.
• Posted: June 4, 2024
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario / Navigation communautaire de l’est Ontarien
Veteran broadcaster and compassionate community champion Sam Laprade shed light on Ottawa's most impactful charities and non-profit organizations and their amazing work. Featured this week: Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario and 211 Ontario.
• Posted: February 26, 2024
United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l’Ontario
United Way East Ontario have shared their Budget 2024 Asks of the Ontario government, including an increase in operational funding for Ontario 211s to ensure they can answer the calls of thousands of Ontarians during a time of increased financial pressure and economic uncertainty.
• Posted: February 26, 2024
211 Day / Journée du 211
Did you know February 11th is 211 Day? When people contact 211 in Eastern Ontario, CNEO navigators help connects people to community programs, social services, government supports, and more.  With the cost of everything on the rise, many people are in the position of needing help for the first time. Stop searching. Dial 2-1-1 or visit 211easternontario.ca.
• Posted: February 7, 2024
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario / Navigation communautaire de l’est ontarien
The Community Information Bulletin is taking a break over the 2023 Holiday season!  Our last edition of 2023 is sent out on December 20th, and the next will come out the week of January 8th, 2024.  We hope you get some time to rest and unwind, and wish you the best of luck in your 2024 projects, everyone.
• Posted: December 20, 2023
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario / Navigation communautaire de l’est ontarien
In June, the Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario hosted its 2023 Annual General Meeting.
• Posted: July 24, 2023
CNEO/NCEO
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario/211 Eastern Ontario would like to invite you to its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, June 20th, 2023, at 5 pm. The meeting will be held in the second floor boardroom of 2255 St-Laurent Blvd, Ottawa.
• Posted: June 8, 2023
CNEO/NCEO
The Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario (CNEO) released their Annual Report. You can find it here.
• Posted: October 5, 2021
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario / Navigation communautaire de l’Est ontarien
The Community Information Bulletin will not be published the week of June 30th, because of the July 1st holiday. We'll be back on July 7th!
• Posted: June 22, 2021
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario / Navigation communautaire de l’Est ontarien
Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario/211 Eastern Ontario would like to invite you to its Virtual Annual General Meeting on Wednesday June 23, 2021 at 6 pm.
• Posted: June 22, 2021
211 Day – La Journée du 211
211 Day happens every year, on February 11th (2/11), and this year it's Canada-wide!  Please watch out for our publications, activities and people sharing in the news and on social media!
• Posted: February 10, 2021
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