Our First Annual City Kidz Fundraiser Dinner was wonderful and many came to hear Todd Bender talk about how God got him started in this ministry and where his journey has taken him over the last 18 years. It was a great evening and it was so nice to see everyone there and to meet some new friends. Many thanks from City Kidz Ottawa to all who volunteered to make the Dinner possible and to all who contributed financially. Our first dinner was truly a success, thanks to you!
At the time of writing, it’s only a few short weeks until Christmas and you can be assured, that City Kidz will also be celebrating Christmas this year, as well. Our final Playhouse this season will be on December 11th and we’ll be having a small Christmas Party.
In further celebration of the season, City Kidz Hamilton is donating stockings for all the kids and their brothers and sisters. Shawn and I were out last night visiting the kids and getting a proper head count for each family. It was a nice reason for us to go an extra week early so we could see all the kids again and get some hugs. And they were ALL home so we were blessed!
With much sadness for all of us at City Kidz Ottawa, December 11th will be our final Playhouse to resume again in the Spring. The Playhouse won’t be running, but there’s still plenty of work for the City Kidz Ottawa staff to keep us busy till spring. We’re still planning to visit the kids bi-weekly and we’re hoping to enlarge our area and invite new kids to attend the Playhouse in the spring. We will also be working on the spring curriculum, possibly taking a short mission trip to Hamilton and we’ll be steadily involved in further fundraising (we’re still under our target to run the spring program). There’s also a plan in there somewhere to take the kids skating on the canal during Winterlude. So, I’m sure the time will go fast. But not fast enough for me (Wendy), Shawn, Nancy, Raquael, Anna, Judah, Abby, Elinor and Keely and all the rest of the program volunteers.
…And ONE for all!!
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