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Grand Opening of the AAC-IT
On Thursday, June 15th, I travelled to the new location for the official grand opening of the AAC-IT (Augmentative and Alternative Communication – Interaction and Technology) Lab at the School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University, located on George St. in the...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
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....
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Ongwanada Resource Centre
191 Portsmouth Avenue
Kingston, Ontario K7M 8A6
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Hours of operation: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday-Friday
Phone: 613-548-4417
Fax: 613-548-8135
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