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Safe and Sound

The Saturday before last week’s Dream Banquet one of our girls came to me and asked if it would be all right if she and two other girls could sing a song for Remembrance Day at our next Playhouse, which was yesterday.  When I asked her what she wanted to sing, she said Safe and Sound.  I had not heard of this song and drawing on my own life experiences, assumed it would be a nice “children’s song” that she learned at school.  Wanting to encourage her, and feeling deep down that this would be a profound moment, I agreed.

When it came time for her to sing yesterday she and another friend (the original two were away for the weekend) came forward to sing.  This was no “children’s song” however, but, in fact a Taylor Swift song and the lyrics were powerfully moving.  Every rambunctious, excited-to-be-at-the-Playhouse child, was spellbound by the richness of their voices and erupted in enthusiastic applause when it was over.  As for me, I was, as some would say, “toast” and it was a little hard to hold it together to prevent creating a giant puddle of tears right there on the stage with them. However, seeing this as a wonderful teaching moment to reinforce the week’s theme of “helping others”, I drew on the fact that soldiers helped us by going away to other countries to protect our freedom and that some even died in wars.  I suggested that even though it wasn’t officially Remembrance Day we would have a two minutes of silence in honour of the soldiers who had fought for our freedom.  What followed amazed me.

Every normally excited child from the youngest six year old, to the oldest junior leader, stood still with heads bowed and kept respectful silence, for the entire two minutes.  Impressive and definitely indicative to all who were present that there is so much more going on in those hearts of theirs.  These children, although perhaps not grasping the full meaning of what they were doing were able intuitively to understand the seriousness of the moment and showed an enormous respect for those who had fought for their freedom.

I can only speculate as to why they did this.  The Taylor Swift song has a haunting yet hopeful lyric that despite the war outside the window you are still “safe and sound”.  The fact that many of our kids come from refugee families from war torn African countries and others come from families fighting their own battles forced onto them by poverty, my thoughts turn toward the possibility that these children are soldiers fighting in their own little war.  The reason that they stood in such silence and were able to sustain it, is because they can relate. 

The 2012 City Kidz Dream Banquet and Silent Auction was a success. We sold out, the Centurion Banquet Centre menu was excellent and keynote Yasir Naqvi MPP for Ottawa Centre and EMCEE Richard Long of Love Ottawa were eloquent.  We raised over $4,000 from the generosity of all the people present.  It was a big event and quite positively impacting for me, in the end. 

But, as big a moment as that event was for me, I had my biggest moment yesterday at Saturday’s Playhouse, as I was reminded as to why I started a branch of City Kidz in Ottawa and why we need the money to keep our program going:  It’s about the kids.  It’s about putting a smile on those battle weary faces; telling them we love them, that God loves them, that we believe they can achieve their greatest dream.  It’s about being to them that someone who they can lean on when their battles are raging on. 

And for those of our investors who have donated either their time, or large sums of money, or silent auction gifts so we could keep this program present in the lives of these children, you are as much a part of keeping their dreams alive as those of us on the frontlines are.  You can go ahead and feel REALLY GOOD about what you have done.  Because, in the end, it’s all about all of us who are concerned for their welfare singing to them, along with Taylor Swift, the lyric to her beautiful song Safe and Sound:

Don't you dare look out your window, darling,
Everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold on to this lullaby
Even when the music's gone

Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound

 

Good on  you!!

…And ONE for all!!

Better Late Than Never??

Oh no! I can’t believe my last post was in January. Just so you know, City Kidz Ottawa is still doing really well. Since this is not a paid position for me, however, I have been working a little more than usual and have not had a lot of time left over for blogging. Now, I’m on a much deserved vacation and actually have a few moments to give you an update. And that’s why I’m linking you to our newsletter/annual report which we published this spring and sent to all our partners. Please take the time to get up to date with all that we’re doing. It’s a lot and if you’ve been following from the beginning, you may even be pleased to see the growth.

It’s really amazing, though, because we started off with about 20 kids in 2010 and are now up to 80 children on our roster.  Here’s 60 of them taken on our last day before this year’s summer break. 

 

…And ONE for all!!

Still Going Strong

Back on the train again…. this time heading back to Ottawa from a very productive two days  in Niagara Falls with the City Kidz Leadership team.   The meetings started at 9:00 am sharp on Monday January 16 and continued rapidly through 16 team building tasks ending early the following day at 3pm.  In addition to the incredible insights which were presented by our hardworking Executive Director Todd Bender and the Executive Team, we ate and slept well at the Mount Carmel Retreat Centre and had a great game of Electronic Catch Phrase…. my new favourite game. 

This was my second attendance at the annual meeting and I am so glad that I was able to attend.  Since becoming Branch Coordinator for Ottawa, I am often learning on the job and have really appreciated the constant coaching and support from Todd as I started up and continue to run this branch.  These two days, however, gave me the time to soak in a plethora of teaching on team management. From tasks gleaned out of Patrick Lencioni’s book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, learning the difference between Core Values, Mission Statement and Vision Statement, right down to the intricacies of SMART goals,  I have come away feeling a little wiser and even more equipped than ever to lead the Ottawa team to new heights in 2012.  I feel blessed too, because the material taught at these training sessions would cost hundreds of dollars for the average person looking for a seminar on team leadership.  Yet, City Kidz does it for free, with the desire to see the ministry excel to its greatest potential through an army of properly equipped children’s ministers. And I maintain that’s one of the reasons why City Kidz is still standing after starting as long ago as 1992.  In addition to recognizing his pastoral role, Todd Bender also figured out early on, that in order to make a ministry sustainable over the long haul, one needs to apply good business sense and strategy for future growth.  Todd has always been proactive in equipping his team administratively, AS WELL AS pastorally.

But it was the last exercise that really drove things home for me and how I personally fit into the City Kidz team.  As you may or may not imagine, it hasn’t always been easy starting up a branch on my own in the big City of Ottawa.  In many ways in this modern world of ours, I have often felt like a pioneer out on the frontier battling the elements alone to build my new home.   Perhaps that’s a little drastic.  I do have one major supporter that has been with me through thick and thin from the beginning and in the last few months I have discovered an incredible team of volunteers and community members who are coming on board with the City Kidz vision.  So I am not completely alone.  In the end, however, the vision for a branch in this City was  mine and 95 percent of the administrative work and fundraising has been done by me.  What has kept me going  was the incredible  support and coaching I have been receiving from the City Kidz Hamilton (National) office.

So,  in the last exercise of our retreat, we were each asked to look around the room we had been spending our time in, and find an object that best reflected the impact that was made on us personally.  Each person went around the room and found significant objects that represented their feelings.  One chose a rock, another a picture of a mother and child, and yet another, three markers.  I chose a chair. 

You see for me, coming to Hamilton and meeting Donna West, our Regina Branch Coordinator, and all the other leaders from the Hamilton office, I felt very much a part of a bigger vision. Not just for Hamilton or any of the branch cities, but for the country.  As I sat in my chair, next to this amazing team of Christian leaders who love the Lord and are passionate about reaching 5000 children by the end of 2013,  I was constantly reminded that I am not just one individual trying to make a change, but a member of a unified force.  I am only one member of a team of people that want to bring change to this nation’s children and who are wholly committed to finding the best way to foster those changes in significant ways.    I am not alone.   And this is what I will be telling the Ottawa team when I return.  That we are all part of something very big that’s happening in Canada and not only can we feel proud, but we can feel supported in the cause as well.  We have a team of people from across Canada now that share the same vision and are there to cheer us on any time we ask.  And that’s why I chose the chair.  And that’s why I think City Kidz Ottawa is going to excel in 2012!

…And ONE for all!!

Lofty Plans

Today, I am travelling by Via Rail from Ottawa to Hamilton. It’s minus 20 degrees outside and the windows are frosting up creating a gauzy lens to view the snow covered countryside.  It is a beautiful and bright sunshiney day. The train is equipped with WiFi and has thus enabled me to take the time to write a City Kidz Ottawa update. 

I’m heading to Hamilton for an important meeting of City Kidz leaders from across Canada and am looking forward with excitement to reconnecting with the Hamilton crew and at the notion of finally meeting Donna West, Branch Coordinator for Regina.  Donna and I started the first two OFFICIAL branches of City Kidz at the same time and although I have spoken with her by Skype, I have never met her face to face. The purpose of this meeting will be to do some important vision mapping and goal setting for 2012. 

The chief objective for Ottawa in 2012 will be the kids and how we can impact them more in 2012. We already are up to 46 children on our roster.This means that we are home visiting almost 50 children bi-weekly throughout the year and bussing approximately 35 children (not all children choose to attend every session) to the bi-weekly Playhouse program which runs in the spring and fall.  Our hope this year will be to expand our territory and bring even more children in.  Now that we have moved our location to the City Church basement, which has donated this space for free, we can potentially fit 200 children into that space.  Perhaps we won’t reach 200 children this year, but perhaps another 30 children added to our roster to bring our numbers to 80?  My hope is that by the end of 2013  we will have the workers and enough money in the bank, to be reaching at least 200 children.  Impossible?  Nope.

We, in Ottawa, have a lot of big plans for our branch, and much of that will be discussed at the meetings that start Monday.  I can’t wait to hear what’s on the horizon for Hamilton and Regina, as well.

Here’s a couple of pictures from our Christmas Party last season. School bags and mitts and hats were donated by local groups and City Kidz Hamilton contributed stockings to be given to all the children. 

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…And ONE for all!

It’s been busy!!

Despite the fact that I haven’t written anything over the summer, there’s been a lot going on. 

We had a wrap up barbecue for our great volunteers and I had a chance to get to know them on a more personal level.  We’re so busy all season, there’s very little time to just sit and shoot the breeze and the barbecue offered me a great opportunity to do just that. 

I was also engaged in some very good training by Skype provided by Todd Bender and team as we prepare to move out of the provisional branch stage to an independent branch.  It was in these meetings that I had a chance to connect with children’s ministers in Halifax, Welland, Hamilton and Regina.  All of them participating in a City Kidz type of ministry.  Ahh the age of technology where people can gather in one place from all across the country!  It was nice meeting other like-minded people who live scattered across Canada. 

We also had a volunteer training day in August, at which time I was privileged to pour as much into our passionate and eager volunteers as they could muster.  They learned about what it means to be a volunteer at City Kidz and had a crash course in how to talk to kids, the meaning of resilience from a City Kidz perspective and how to deal with all kinds of kids behaviorally.  They now “get” what City Kidz is all about and why they’re doing what they do.  They’re even more anxious now to make a difference in Ottawa.  I am so proud of my team!

And just when you think that’s quite a bit, City Kidz is growing so quickly that we’ve officially moved to another location with a bigger hall.  The good folks at City Church in Vanier, have kindly offered their hall free of charge to City Kidz Ottawa.   Despite the similarity in our names, City Kidz  is still an independent ministry, hoping to gather churches from all denominations to join in the fun, and all people within the greater Ottawa community who love children, as well.    Our new digs are pretty special!  Not only do we have more room, in which we can potentially fit 300 kids into, we now have two washrooms, a kitchen, and an installed lights and sound system.  We’re in heaven!!  Thanks Rob and Heather at City Church, and your congregation too!  The new Playhouse address is 221 Baribeau Street, around the corner on Ethel Street, Door C.

In addition to holding down jobs, we’ve also been carrying on with home visits and staying connected with the kids over the summer. Just because the program is over, we’re not! Relationship building is what City Kidz is all about and this never takes a break! Phew! I’m getting tired reading that!  But there’s more….

Now we’re into start up mode.  The curriculum has been picked and distributed around my team, the supplies have been purchased, the photocopying is done and the prizes are ready to go.  City Kidz Ottawa begins its fall season Saturday September 17th and the countdown is on.  The kids in the neighbourhood were so excited to hear this during home visits last night.   When I got out of my car, I was immediately swarmed by these children eager to know when we would be picking them up again! They were very happy to know it was this Saturday!! And SO AM I!!

…And ONE for all!!!

We Can Do This Together

Today was the last day of City Kidz Ottawa's spring session.  It was wonderful, complete with cake and a photographer to get a group shot as a keepsake for everyone to remember our first City Kidz season in Ottawa. We had the most kids today.  It seems that word's getting out and with the good weather, everyone is bringing friends and the bus was full today.   A little disconcerting as we try to figure out and remember what friend goes with who and where we're supposed to drop them off again, but it's a problem that Shawn and I and all of the City Kidz Ottawa staff have been longing for and even praying about.  

It's a good thing too!  While out doing our home visits last week we heard from one of the parents that there had been a pool party hosted by a local 18 year old.  The party was in the City Kidz neighbourhood and those invited ranged in age from 10 to 18.  There were drugs and alcohol at this party and apparently a few arrests.  Thankfully, none of our City Kidz kids were participants and we hope that we have gotten through to them enough to make the right decision not to attend such a thing. But it's a bit of a wake up call to the parents in the area as they realize that a viable war has been waged against their children. Maybe that's why we had so many kids on the bus today.  

 

Whatever the reason, we're glad to help in any way we can. We're here to join forces.  Even though the Playhouse is done for the summer, have no worries, we're going to maintain our home visits and stay in touch with the kids to keep the relationships we've already forged going.  And when September comes we'll be stronger than ever, with even more kids on the roster.  Together we will fight for the children of Ottawa.

...And ONE for all!!

The Little Bus That Could

It’s hard for me to believe that it was just last May, 2010, that I met with Todd Bender, City Kidz Founder and Director and proposed the idea of starting a branch of City Kidz in Ottawa.  I had been thinking about it for a few months and first met Todd the previous October on a City Kidz bus when I had made a deliberate trip to Hamilton to take a tour through the program. 

Since then I’ve gone through quite the process to make this dream a reality in Ottawa.  I mapped the city to determine our target community, found a venue to hold the Saturday Playhouse, recruited a couple of very dedicated volunteers, recruited 20 children, started the program in October 2010 (only 5 months later), recruited MORE volunteers, ran the playhouse and conducted home visits bi-weekly until December, planned and held a Fundraiser Dinner in November where almost 75 people attended,  broke for the Christmas break, visited Hamilton for a Vision Mapping and Goal session, returned with a new vision to expand to 60 children by year end, took 20 City Kidz to the canal for a skate in February, recruited MORE kids for the spring startup on March 12th now filling our roster to 37, engaged in several visits with stakeholders across the city to create awareness, have gained one corporate donor, purchased one digital projector and have found a very generous church in Vanier who has loaned lights and sound equipment.  The spring startup of City Kidz Ottawa was March 12th and since then three playhouses have been held, with bi-weekly home visits and we plan to continue like this until June 18th.  Are you tired reading that list??  I’m not!! I’m EXCITED!! Hopefully, if all goes well, by September, 2011 I will have met the goal of 60 children, have at least 25 volunteers on our roster, and be running weekly, with weekly home visits year round.

When I think of the establishment of this branch an image of the “Little Engine that Could” comes to mind.  In my case, though, it should be more appropriately entitled, “The Little Bus That Could!”   This story fits because like the little engine’s task of pulling it’s heavy load, my dream to start the The City Kidz Ottawa branch was impossible to do alone.  But, with a couple of other little buses, such as City Kidz Hamilton and Peace Tower Church here in Ottawa, and a handful of dedicated volunteers, I made it over the hill and onto the other side with a long string of accomplishments pulled behind.

I suppose you could say it was a bold move on my part to begin a branch, but like the little steam engines working together, we sang, “I think I can – I think I can – I think I can”  and now looking back over the year, I’m over the hill and on the other side, and I’m going merrily on my way singing, “I thought I could" – I thought I could – I thought I could” and WE did!

….And ONE For All!!

As Promised

Winter came down to our home one night
Quietly pirouetting in on silvery-toed slippers of snow,
And we, we were children once again.
~Bill Morgan, Jr.

Dinner’s Over and We’re Winding Down

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!!

Will You Help Ottawa’s Kids?

It’s been a great and encouraging fall but it would not have been possible if it were not for the generous financial gifts to City Kidz Ottawa by various concerned citizens of the city.   These people have given because they believe in what we do and are realistic enough to know that we need the finances in order to make it all happen.  City Kidz Ottawa is not a government funded program, but is a self-sustaining grassroots organization that runs on regular-people donations to help ensure that this vision to reach a city of children is kept alive. 

And that’s why I’d like to personally invite you to City Kidz Ottawa’s First Annual Fundraiser Dinner on November 25th, 2010.  Keynote speaker will be Todd Bender who has many stories to share from his 18+ years of experience as the Founder and Executive Director of City Kidz Ministry in Hamilton and is now reaching over 2,000 children per week.  You may have seen Todd Bender interviewed on 100 Huntley Street in recent years. 

All proceeds from tickets sales will go directly to the support of City Kidz Ottawa.  You can buy a ticket online by clicking here or you may write me to reserve your tickets at wendy@citykidz.ca.  You can also call the City Kidz office at 613-482-9747.  The Hardini Centre is located at 225-235 Donald Street, Ottawa, Ontario.  The building used to be a school and the entrance is the east door facing Donald marked “B”.  Tickets are $25.00 in advance or $30.00 at the door.  I’ll see you there! 

…And ONE for all!!

Wendy Turpin, Branch Coordinator

Halfway Through!

It’s hard to believe that City Kidz Ottawa is halfway through our first fall program.  And we are so encouraged!  General response for volunteer support to run the program has been very supportive, as new people are literally being added every week to assist in the program and fundraising activities. 

As for the kids, the Saturday Playhouse Theatre has been running every other Saturday since October 2, 1010 and we are consistently picking up 19 to 22 children by bus to bring them to the hour and a half program at the Hardini Centre.  In between Playhouse dates, we are going door to door to the homes of the registered children to say hi and hand them a flyer for the following week’s program.  Not only are the kids excited to see us, but it gives the parents a chance to meet those of us who are leading,  get an update on how their children are doing and perhaps ask for help for specific family needs.   I know that the parents like this feature a lot as they come to trust that we are doing our best to look after the best interests of their children.

So you see, City Kidz Ottawa is more than just a children’s program (as awesome as that is)!  It’s a place where low income families can connect with resources to meet their specific needs in the area they live in.  Currently we are serving the Vanier/Overbrook area, but eventually City Kidz Ottawa will be reaching out to all sectors of the city.  It’s a big dream but I don’t believe it’s an impossible one at all!  I’ve been meeting with leaders of several churches in the Vanier area and Greater Ottawa and members of the  Vanier service community such as Vanier Community Services and our MPP for Ottawa-Vanier Madeline Meilleur, who is also Ontario’s Minister of Community and Social Services.  Overall, the response from the community has been overwhelmingly positive.  It’s our hope that this network will grow as City Kidz grows and expands out to other parts of the city and eventually we will be able to connect the people we’re serving with various community services and churches in their areas. 

Thanks to all who have offered to support City Kidz Ottawa and because of YOU have made all of this possible!

…And ONE for all!!

Officially Launched

After weeks of preparation, City Kidz Ottawa is up and running as of October 2, 2010.  It was a great day!  Everything went like clockwork including the arrival of the bus and every child brought to the program seemed to have a wonderful time.   This week’s lesson “It’s Great to be a Kid” began the first of a four-part series which introduces the City Kidz Four Most Important Things  that every child should know:  God Has A Plan, You Are Loved, It’s Great to Be a Kid and Do What’s Right. So many children these days are under a great deal of pressure long before they’re ready both psychologically, spiritually and physically.   It’s part of the City Kidz mandate to give children permission to enjoy their childhood.  From the Sneaker Search to the object lessons, to the final pie-schmucking, each child had an opportunity to learn and re-learn Saturday’s Memory Moment:  “Let’s have fun and celebrate, ‘cause being a kid is super great!” 

This day was a success and has encouraged all of us on the  leadership team for the future.  But it wouldn’t have happened without a great deal of support from City Kidz Leaders Todd Bender and Trevor Thomson and Peace Tower Church in Ottawa.  Also, there’s a whole lot of other people who pitched in their support and cooperation to help pull our first day off.  All of you know who you are.  Please accept many thanks from City Kidz Ottawa!

We at City Kidz Ottawa are very excited about what is going to be taking place in the next few weeks. We believe that this is just the beginning of something really big in Ottawa!  And we get to to it all again on  October 16th, 2010!! 

…And ONE for all!!

A Huge Sigh of Relief

As you are aware by now, City Kidz Ottawa is a new branch of the larger ministry called City Kidz which has been impacting Hamilton children for over 15 years. Each week dedicated volunteers in Hamilton go out to visit the children on their City Kidz routes. Year round, they have kids running up to say “Hi”, parents calling to their children “It’s City Kidz!!” Always there is a tone of excitement. When they visit the kids who live in a townhouse complex, there will often be kids running up to them, walking with them, wanting to carry the flyers, the clip board – even the pen! During the summer, there is an additional question, how many weeks until City Kidz?

I know this will hold true for Ottawa in years to come thanks to our supporters. The City Kidz Ottawa team and I were out just the other day handing out flyers for our grand opening on October 2^nd at the Hardini Centre in Vanier. It wasn’t raining that day and there were LOTS of kids out so we had a chance to tell them about what was coming to the area. I wish you could have heard the excitement in the voices of the children as they asked about City Kidz and discovered it was a fun program just for them, that was free. One little boy, turning seven this Saturday, was quite concerned that he’d miss it because it was his birthday party. We assured him that it wasn’t starting until October 2^nd and he breathed a huge sigh of relief.

After several months of hard work and prayer City Kidz is really going to be a reality in Ottawa.  The City Kidz Ottawa Playhouse Theatre will officially open our doors on October 2nd reaching Ottawa children, impacting their lives and transforming our community….one child at a time!

…And ONE for all!

No Job Too Big

I haven’t added much lately because I’ve been consumed with getting everything ready to start us up.  I now have a team of three incredible leaders who will be involved in the Saturday Program and Home Visits and have a heart for children.  I also have one very dedicated volunteer who’s planning the fundraiser dinner to be held in the fall.  Not to mention my team of advisors who have been doing a great job advising all summer :) There’s a lot to do!  I am in constant contact with Todd Bender and I’ve been meeting with the stakeholders in Vanier.  I’ve also been speaking with some of the local churches.  I have not had one negative response!  And the good news is, based on the opinions I’ve been getting from local community leaders, we need to start planning more buses now!   

If you are wondering how such a small team is going to pull off such a huge venture, don’t underestimate the people power effect.  We have been accomplishing a lot believe it or not.  But the reality is, we can only go so far and will eventually level off to sustain a small group of children. Right now we only have enough people and budget to sustain one busload of children every other Saturday.

City Kidz’ vision, however, is to reach every child in this city and to make this happen we’re going to need your help.  We’re still in need of volunteers to help run the Saturday program, home visits, administration and fundraising.   Whether you choose a  a short term or long term volunteer commitment --- we can’t do this alone!   City Kidz is a grass roots organization --- it’s growing from the heart of the people who love Ottawa’s children  and want to see them reached.  I know there’s more of us who can and want to help.  I know that we will eventually be able to see this dream to reach every child come true.  I’ve seen what can happen in Hamilton.  I am a believer!

You could say it’s been a pretty busy summer, but it’s all worth it.  All of us at City Kidz Ottawa are determined to see this dream become a reality in Ottawa.    Will you help?

…And ONE for all!