The current status of requests for assistance shown below should be confirmed through the organization’s website or contact person.
Needs changes and evolve quickly during this time, and Respond Ottawa is not always made aware of such revisions.
| Category | Brief description | Details | Related links | Contact name | Contact email | Contact phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masks for the Community | PPE | Your community still needs masks | If you or your church wants to help your community by making masks, check out how to do that here. | Masks for the community | Stephanie Seaver | seaver.306@gmail.com | |
| OIM | Serving homeless | Food items to distribute to the homeless. | Looking for specific items such as canned soups and stews, pasta sauce, soft granola bars, bottles of water, fruit cups, applesauce plastic spoons, juice boxes | www.ottawainnercityministries.ca | Ken MacLaren, Executive Director | ottawainnercity@rogers.com | 613-237-6031 |
| Your local food bank | Food provision | Help your food bank with their areas of need | Check in with your local food bank to see what their current needs are. We have collected a list of organizations in the Ottawa area that are providing food bank services. Look for a food bank in your area and find out how you can help them. | Check our list of food banks | |||
| Your local community house | Community houses | Help a community house with their areas of need | Check in with a local community hosue to see what their current needs are. We have collected a list of community houses in the Ottawa area. Look for one near you and find out how you can help them. | Check our list of community houses | |||
| FAMSAC | Food provision | Donate money or food | If people want to make a donation, giving money online is preferred (famsac.ca/donate), but items can also be left in grocery store bins. Please check with FAMSAC to confirm what the current needs are and to arrange any physical donations. | FAMSAC | |||
| Ottawa Food Bank | Food provision | Donate money or food, or volunteer | Ottawa Food Bank is supporting the emergency food centres and are coordinating with other task force members to sort and deliver food where needed. Demand has increased by 30 per cent across community food banks. They are working with the Salvation Army to support distribution of food hampers offered by local restaurateurs. The City is providing facility space for safe storage of food hampers. | Ottawa Food Bank | |||
| Good Companions | Serving seniors | Transportation for seniors | Working with other non-profit organizations, the Good Companions and Champlain Community Support Network are coordinating urgent transportation to medical appointments, assessment centres, and food centres/grocery stores for those with financial constraints, transportation difficulties, and/or health and mobility issues. | Good Companions | 613-236-0428 | ||
| Matthew House Ottawa | Food provision | Assist with providing food for refugees that have recently arrived in Ottawa. | The Covid-19 crisis has reduced our normal sources for providing food for recently arrived refugees. Grocery cards and food donations will help us meet the needs of people who are just starting their new life. Please check with Matthew House to confirm what the current needs are. | Matthew House | Allan Reesor-McDowell | arm@matthewhouseottawa.org | (613) 255-0168 |
| Stepstone House | Food provision | Assist with providing meals for refugees that have recently arrived in Ottawa. | The Covid-19 crisis has reduced our normal sources for providing food for recently arrived refugees. Please check with Stepstone House to confirm what the current needs are. | www.stepstonehouse.ca | Rev. Joseph Kiirya | joseph@loveottawa.ca | (613) 218-3286 |
| Caldwell Family Centre | PPE | Masks and gloves | Non-medical grade masks and gloves are needed to protect our front-line volunteers and staff serving low income families in the Carlington neighbourhood. | www.caldwellfamilycentre.ca | Marilyn Matheson | director@CaldwellCentre.ca | (613) 728-1800 ext. 330 |
| Meals on Wheels | Food provision | Deliver meals to clients | Meals on Wheels is in need of delivery drivers to supplement their volunteer team at this time. Volunteers should be healthy, have a car, younger than 65 years of age, and able to follow our strict health and safety protocols. All volunteers will need a current valid level 3 vulnerable sector police record check. | https://www.mealsonwheels-ottawa.org/volunteers/current-volunteer-opportunities | service@mealsonwheels-ottawa.org | 613-233-2424 | |
| Care Centre Ottawa | Food provision | Donate money or food | Donations of perishable and non-perishable food items are also needed by The Care Centre, located in Nepean on Viewmount Drive. Please check with The Care Centre to confirm what the current needs are. Contact The Care Centre to arrange a drop off time for your donation. | www.carecentreottawa.ca | Lisa Fabian | info@carecentreottawa.ca | 613-693-0890 |
| Hunt Club Riverside Community Centre (HCRCC). | PPE | Seniors have requested cloth face masks from the Met, but we are unable to provide them at this time. | Seniors at HCRCC have requested cloth face masks. | Kaily McLean | kmclean@metbiblechurch.ca | 819-238-7724 | |
| Cornerstone Housing for Women | Serving homeless | Program materials, toiletries, and more needed. | Conerstone provides emergency shelter and safe, supportive housing for women in Ottawa. With the Covid-19 crisis, and social distancing rules, programs have had to be adapted to accommodate the women in their rooms. To support the wellbeing and quality of life for these women, there is a great need for the following; Craft supplies like canvasses, paintbrushes, paint, beading, assorted craft supplies, journals, stationary, pens, markers, personal products like shampoo, conditioner, body wash, deodorant, tooth past & brushes, gift cards for Giant Tiger and Walmart. Needs may rapidly change, so please contact Cornerstone staff to receive updated info. | www.cornerstonewomen.ca | Julie | resource.development@cornerstonewomen.ca | 613-254-6584 x254 |
| Kanata Food Cupboard | Food provision | Donations of food. | Donations of specific food items are needed to supply emergency food hampers. | Kanata Food Cupboard | Kaitlyn Lalonde | kaitlyn.lalonde@kanatafoodcupboard.ca | 613 355 9834 |
| Rideau Rockcliffe Community Resource Centre | PPE | Cloth masks and disposable gloves | Each month, we provide hundreds of units of PPE to the community members in need in Ottawa's 13th Ward. We would appreciate receiving cloth masks, especially for kids, but also for adults. Our Food Bank and volunteers also needs supplies of medium/large disposable gloves. | Rideau Rockcliffe Community Resource Centre | Sophie Lamarche | sophielamarche@crcrr.org | 613-745-0073 x100 |
| Knox Presbyterian Church | Serving homeless | Serving take out meals on Wednesdays and Saturdays | Knox Presbyterian at 120 Lisgar serves take out meals to members of the community in need on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 5 - 6 pm. All Ottawa Public Health risk prevention practices are followed to keep everyone safe. Contact us if you wish to volunteer with this effort. | Knox Presbyterian | Jim Pot | knox.volunteers.2020@gmail.com | 613-238-4774 |
| Matthew House Ottawa (MHO) | Various | PPE, Volunteers, Food and Furniture needed | Matthew House Ottawa has helped more than 15,000 people (refugees and other newcomers, women, children, homeless) find safe housing, essential furnishings, and a new community. They are currently in need of donations of/toward food, furniture and PPE. They are also in need of volunteers to help continue their service. | Matthew House | Sarah Law | Email Sarah Law | 9053486929 |