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Family Memo
Dear Ongwanada Families; This past year has continued to present challenges for the organization as we managed our way through numerous waves of the pandemic and all of the resulting impact. Some of these challenges led to program restrictions or cancellations,...
Crescent Continues to Give Back
Staff member Danielle DeSa put a call out to her friends and family to gather donations for men, women, and especially children’s clothing as she had heard from our other donation initiatives happening at Crescent that many families were experiencing homelessness, or...
Giving Back to the Community
A group at Crescent Community Participation Supports Program recently connected with Heart Pillows Kingston. A local group led by a front-line RN who works within the cardiac program at Kingston General Hospital. The volunteer-led program provides supplies to...
Family Memo
Dear Ongwanada Families; The following provides updates on COVID-19 measures the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) has announced in the past week. We are moving away from active screening (where you used a QR code or completed a paper...
100 Years of Service
Crescent Centre staff are celebrating a combined 100 years of service. Four staff at Crescent are celebrating 25 years of service this year, and we recently took the opportunity to celebrate their milestone. CEO Alastair Lamb praised our four staff for their...
Local Art Show- A Huge Success
Ongwanada played host to an art show and exhibit on Wednesday, October 5, at the Resource Centre. It was the first event of its scale for Amy Fenton and was a huge success. Amy had over 50 paintings, pieces of jewelry, and wood decorations on hand, with almost...
The True Meaning of Ongwanada
Over the past year and a half, our organization has been working with various individuals and Indigenous language experts to understand the meaning of Ongwanada. Initially, the organization believed that the word was Ojibwa; however, we have since learned it is of...
Service Disruption- Resolved
**Update** The issue with the phone and fax lines are now resolved. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The phone and fax lines are currently down in the pharmacy at 191 Portsmouth Ave. this may inhibit our...
You Are Invited
Join us for Amy's art exhibition and sale on Wednesday, October 5. The show will happen at the Ongwanada Resource Centre (191 Portsmouth Avenue) from 9 a.m. - noon and 12:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. Amy's beautiful art will be available for viewing and sale. Cash only, please....
Ongwanada Receives Resilient Communities Fund Grant
Ongwanada is excited to announce that it will receive a $170,300 Resilient Communities Fund grant over 24 months, allowing the organization to hire a Community Connections Coordinator. During the pandemic, the need to be able to stay connected in different ways was...