top of page

Home/ Events/ 2024 Ottawa East Holiday Food Drive

Ottawa East Holiday Food Drive

Dec. 1st 2024 - Jan. 3rd, 2025

At this time of year, the need to support our neighbours is critical. Consider giving back this holiday season through the Old Ottawa East Holiday Food Drive!

 

From Dec. 1st 2024 to Jan. 3rd, 2025, CAG will be collecting donations for the Ottawa Food Bank to support those in need of this essential service.

​

If you donate, you will automatically be entered into either our Early Bird or Final raffle (depending on the time of your donation), with the chance to win some amazing prizes!

​

Donations can either be financial or food.​​

Financial Donations:

​

Financial donations to the Ottawa Food Bank - Ottawa ​East Holiday Food Drive can be to:

​

1. The Food Drive donation site:​ HERE​

​

​

* Tax Receipt Information: You will receive a Tax receipt automatically for all donations of $10.00 or more by email.​

​

 

2. Cash or Cheque via CAG (cheques MUST be made out to "Ottawa Food Bank").

Cash or Cheque donations must be dropped off in person on the dates/times listed below (see Food Donations)

​

* Tax Receipt Information: You will receive a Tax receipt for all cheque donations of $10.00 or more. The Ottawa Food Bank will mail you a paper tax receipt in January 2025.

 

CAG Ottawa ​East Holiday Food Drive Raffle

​

To enter the raffle with your financial donation, you must provide your email address upon donation. Anonymous donations are not eligible for the Early Bird or Final raffles.

​​​

Food Donations

​​​

Find a list of which non-perishable food items the Ottawa Food Bank DOES accept here.

 

Find what items the Ottawa Food Bank DOES NOT accept here.

​

Food donations can be made at Old Town Hall AND the Brantwood Park Fieldhouse on the following days/times:

​

1. December 2nd to December 13th (Monday to Friday only) - 3:00 pm to 5:45 pm.​​2. December 16th to December 20th (Monday to Friday only) - 3:00 pm to 5:45 pm.

​

Food donations can be made at Old Town Hall ONLY on the following days/times:

1. Saturday December 14th - 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm

2. Monday, December 23rd - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

3. Tuesday, December 24th - 10:00 am to 2:00 pm 

​

Food donations can be made at the Brantwood Park Fieldhouse ONLY on the following days/times:

1. Monday, December 30th - 10:00 am to 5:30 pm

2. Tuesday, December 31st - 10:00 am to 5:30 pm

3. Thursday, January 2nd - 10:00 am to 5:30 pm

4. Friday, January 3rd - 10:00 am to 5:30 pm

 

CAG Ottawa ​East Holiday Food Drive Raffle

​

To enter the raffle with your food donation, you need to provide CAG with your email address on your raffle ticket. You will be provided the other half of the raffle ticket which contains your raffle ticket entry number.

NOTE: We recommend taking a photo of your entry number, as this is what will be used to identify you if you win the raffle.​

FB-Holiday-Food-Drive-Image-Longer-w-Mos
Food Donations

CAG Ottawa ​East Holiday Food Drive Raffle

Early Bird Raffle

All donations (financial or food) received on or before Saturday Dec. 14th at 3:00pm will be entered into our Early Bird Raffle, for a chance to win 2 tickets to A Tyler Shaw Christmas on Dec. 19th at 7:00pm at the Algonquin Commons Theatre! More info on our Early Bird Prize below.

 

If you make a donation, but cannot make it to our Light Up Old Town Hall event, don't worry, you are still eligible to win! In that case, we will notify you via the email you provided upon donation.

Early Bird Prize

Tyler-Shaw-Christmas-HEADER-1_AlgonquinCollege_Dec19-24.jpg

2 tickets for A Tyler Shaw Christmas at the Algonquin College Commons Theatre on Thursday December 19th, 2024 at 7:00pm!

You may not know it, but Tyler Shaw, the 4 times nominated Juno, multi-platinum selling artist, music producer and actor makes his home with his family right here in Old Ottawa East! Join Tyler Shaw Dec. 19th in Ottawa for a night of fantastic original holiday songs and his take on Christmas classics we all love. Tickets available here.

 

All things Tyler Shaw can be found at www.tylershawmusic.com

Final Raffle

Donations (financial or food) received after 3:00pm Dec. 14th, 2024 and before Jan. 3rd, 2025 will be entered into our Final Raffle for a chance to win one of 3 fabulous Old Ottawa East prizes!

Final Prize Raffle

Prize 1

One (1) Adult Registration for a Winter Fitness/Wellness Class (excluding the Better Body Bootcamp - Pick 3 and Pick 4 options), approximate value is $150.00

​

Prize 2

$150.00 Credit towards any Toddler/Youth/Seniors/Adult CAG Programming (excludes Adult Fitness/Wellness).

​

Prize 3

$100.00 Gift Certificate of Your Choice from an Old Ottawa East business.

Final Drive Update!

Final Drive Update

Thank you Old Ottawa East neighbours, for the amazing support for our Ottawa East Holiday Food Drive!!

​

Together, we raised $2,141.00 for the Ottawa Food Bank, between our registered online fundraiser page, and a very generous donation from an Old Ottawa East community member. We also collected around 100 lbs of food! We are incredibly grateful for everyone's generous contributions, and proud of the positive impact that our community has made.

​

This also means the winners have been selected for our Final Raffle, and four lucky individuals will each receive an some amazing prize!!

​

Prize #1: Congratulations to John M. for winning 1 Credit for an Adult Fitness/Wellness or Adult Creative Registration of their choice (approximate value of $150.00, excludes Better Body Bootcamp pick 3 and pick 4 options)

​

Prize #2: Congratulations to Valentina for winning a $150.00 credit towards any Toddler/Youth/Adult/Senior Programming (excluding Adult Fitness/Wellness)

​

Prize #3: Congratulations to Melanie R. for winning a $100.00 Gift Certificate to a local Old Ottawa East business of their choosing!

​

Prize #4: Congratulations to Camrose B. for winning a $100.00 Gift Certificate to a local Old Ottawa East business of their choosing!

​

The winners will be contacted via the contact information provided upon donation.

Even though our Holiday Food Drive is over, the Ottawa Food Bank provides essential services all year long, and food bank usage is at an all-time high here in Ottawa. CAG encourages our community to consider supporting the Ottawa Food Bank beyond the holiday season. Find more information about donations, volunteering and services here: www.ottawafoodbank.ca

bottom of page