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Old Ottawa East Community Newsletter
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Camp Old Town Hall
Dabbling in the Arts Camp &
Trailblazers Activity Camp
| PA Day Camp: June 20, 2025 (CECCE, CEPEO) | Weekly Community BBQs Volunteers Needed! | Events Around Old Ottawa East | | | |
Camp Old Town Hall
Looking for a fun, fabulous and welcoming camp this summer? Whether campers are looking to blast off on an adventure, or inspire their creativity, Camp Old Town Hall is running 3 awesome weeks of camp and registration is still open for campers age 9 - 13!
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Weeks: July 7 - 11, July 21 - 25
Camp activities will feature biking and a beach day at Mooney's Bay, including beach volleyball, a sand-castle competition, swimming and more! Plus, a visit to the beautiful Hog's Back Falls.
What better way to explore than a city-wide bike scavenger hunt!
Stops will include Old Town Hall, the Arboretum, the Ornamental Gardens, the Experimental Farm, Carlington Park Bike Pump Track, Brantwood Park and Windsor Park and it'll end with a delicious reward (ice cream)!
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Week: Aug 5 - 8 (4 days)
Campers will enjoy a week of discovering new techniques and mediums to express their unique ideas, including cooking, painting, solar photography, baking, sculpting and gnome making!
Get ready to beat to the sound of your own drum - literally! Campers will design and build their very own working drum using simple materials and loads of imagination. Whether you're a rhythm master or here for crafting fun, this is all about self-expression, teamwork and getting a little noisy (in the best way)!
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PA Day Camp: June 20, 2025
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CAG will be running a PA Day Camp on Friday June 20 for the CECCE and CEPEO school boards. Register today to secure a spot for an fun kick-off to summer!
Join us for exciting activities, games and fun crafts, this PA Day's theme is: School's Out!
Time: 8:30 am to 4:00 pm (Extended Care available until 5:30pm)
Location: Brantwood Park Fieldhouse (39 Onslow Crescent)
Pricing: $55.00/child
Extended Care: $12.50/child
| | | | A limited number of Extended-Care spots will be available depending on the date of the PA Day Camp. Children may be with our regular After-School program where required. | | |
CAG's Weekly Community BBQs start next Thursday June 19 at Brantwood Park! Join your neighbours for fun, food, music and great conversations in Old Ottawa East.
Day/Time: Thursdays, 5:30 - 7:00pm
Dates: June 19 - September 11, 2025
Location: Brantwood Park (39 Onslow Crescent)*
*Select BBQs will be at Springhurst Park, including CAG's DiverCITY BBQ on June 26 (read more about it below)
We will be grilling up hamburgers and hot dogs, and chips, juice, soda and water are also on the menu! Vegetarian, halal and gluten-free options will be available.
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Volunteers Needed!
Volunteers are crucial to the success of our BBQs, plus it's a great way to give back to your Old Ottawa East community. Volunteer duties include prepping toppings (tomatoes, lettuce, onion), working the cash, set-up/clean up and of course, grilling on the BBQs! Children are more than welcome to help out, except for grilling on the bbq, which requires an adult volunteer.
| | | We are excited to announce a new partnership between CAG's Afterschool Program at the Brantwood Fieldhouse and the Children's Garden! | | |
Throughout Spring, our after-school kids are rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands dirty in a weekly gardening program at the Children's garden, led by Brett, a volunteer with the Children's Garden, who works closely with Earth Path and Growing Up Organic.
We are so happy to be able to add a great hands-on experience in planting, composting and exploring the environment through gardening to our after-school program. We hope it will encourage the kids to have a deeper connection to nature and our community!
| | Events Around Old Ottawa East | | Tonight - OOECA June 2025 Meeting | | |
The June 2025 OOECA Meeting is happening tonight, Tuesday June 10, from 7:00pm - 9:00pm.
Folks can join in person at Old Town Hall (61 Main Street) or via Zoom, everyone is welcome! You can find the meeting agenda here:
Details at: ottawaeast.ca/events/2025-06-10
| | Survey on New Trees along Centennial Boulevard | |
Have your say! Hydro One is running a survey for resident feedback until Wednesday June 18 about the new trees to be planted along Centennial Boulevard.
Click here to read the full update from Hydro One and click here to take the survey.
| Public Forum on Primary Care for Older Adults | | |
This event will be co-hosted by the Seniors Health Innovations Hub and Shawn Menard, City Councillor for Capital Ward, on Wednesday June 18 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm. The event will be held online and in person at Southminster United Church (15 Aylmer Avenue at Bank Street). Attendance is free and the in-person venue is accessible and includes complimentary refreshments.
The goal of this forum is to build awareness of the crisis in primary health care for older adults, to share related advocacy approaches and to provide strategies to support healthy aging. The intended audience includes older adults and their families, caregivers as well as stakeholders and advocacy groups across Ottawa.
Register to attend here. The agenda and further details will be posted around June 11: seniorshealthinnovationshub.com/a-forum-on-finding-solutions-for-primary-care-for-older-adults
| | Welcoming Ottawa Week 2025 | | Welcoming Ottawa Week (WOW) 2025 is running from Monday June 16 to Monday June 30! | |
WOW is an annual series of events and activities such as dialogues and town halls, cultural and celebratory activities, art and photo exhibits, guided tours, storytelling sessions, food tastings, and other fun and engaging events.
WOW events are intended to convey Ottawa's genuine welcome and solidarity to newcomers, and to forge strong social, civic and intellectual connections among Ottawa residents and newcomers. Check out their searchable Event Calendar to find these fun, informative and inclusive events.
CAG will be hosting our DiverCITY Community BBQ as part of Welcoming Ottawa Week 2025! Join us on Thursday June 26 from 5:30pm - 8:00pm at Springhurst Park to showcase our genuine welcome to newcomers and to celebrate Ottawa's diversity.
The DiverCITY BBQ will encourage newcomers, immigrants, students and long-time residents to meet, share a meal and learn more about each other in one of Ottawa's most beautiful and active parks: Springhust Park at Lees Avenue.
And we're calling for volunteers from our OOE community to help put on this BBQ! Sign-up to volunteer here: volunteersignup.org/DF9A3
| | The 2025 Abbotsford Garden tour will take place on Saturday June 21, 2025 from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Tour 17 inspiring gardens in Old Ottawa East, Old Ottawa South, The Glebe, Alta Vista and Hogsback! | | |
This fundraising event for Abbotsford Seniors Centre will happen rain or shine!
What's New: Metal Garden Art Pieces for sale, plus plants for sale (cash only)
Tickets are on sale for $28, they can be purchased by dropping into Abbotsford Senior Centre (950 Bank Street) or calling 613-230-5730, Monday - Friday between 8:30am - 4:30pm.
Read a sneak peek of the event at: glebecentre.ca/garden-tour-for-abbotsford
| | | Ottawa Public Library: Sunnyside Branch Events | | Summer Reading Club Launch Party at Sunnyside! | | |
Sunnyside is throwing their annual Get Your Summer Read On Party to celebrate the start of the TD Summer Reading Club! TD Summer Reading Club is Canada's biggest, bilingual summer reading program for kids of all ages, all interests and all abilities.
On Wednesday June 25, from 3:30pm to 5:00pm, there will be activities, face-painting, food, drinks and more! Children ages 4 to 12 can drop in and sign up for the Summer Reading Club at the party and get an activity kit, stickers, a notebook and more.
Details at: booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/get-your-summer-read-party-0
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