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National Volunteer Week
Crescent Centre prides itself on all of the volunteer work that we do in order to give back to our local community. Some of the highlights of our volunteer work includes our partnership with VON in which we volunteer to drive two Meals on Wheels routes in...
Creating New Partnerships
Crescent Centre's gardening program kicked off a partnership with Extend-A-Family Kingston (EAFK) that will have many benefits not only for our organizations but for the larger community as well. The group traveled to EAFK and assisted in the harvesting, sorting, and...
PCR Testing
Ongwanada is one of five pharmacies in Kingston that provides COVID-19 PCR testing, which is available to all eligible individuals based on the Government of Ontario's testing guidelines through booked appointments. To book an appointment, please get in touch with...
Show Your Support
Dawn is a Special Olympic athlete doing the Polar Plunge in Lake Ontario for the first time this year. Each year Dawn is one of the top fundraisers for the Polar Plunge. If you would like to support her efforts, please visit this link:...
Family Memo
Dear Ongwanada Families; As you may be aware, effective January 1, 2023, pharmacists can prescribe certain medication to treat the following common ailments: hay fever (allergic rhinitis) oral thrush (candidal stomatitis) pink eye (conjunctivitis; bacterial, allergic...
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...