I’ve got a big favour to ask

Oh, friends. I'm going to ask you for something big. Please read all the way to the end. :) A few months ago I was asked whether I would like to be on the Board of Directors of the new Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa Charitable Foundation. I had heard about YSB and the services they offer, … Continue reading →

What does it mean to live in a community

This is something I've been thinking about a lot lately. What does it mean to be part of a community? What is a community anyway? Why does it matter? The longer I live here in Ottawa I realize that it's more than just houses on a street, it's more than roads and schools and stoplights and … Continue reading →

40back for The Royal

Tomorrow evening I'll be attending the launch of a special campaign to raise money for Women’s Mental Health initiatives at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre. I know that many of you are already big fans of Boomerang Kids and Rikochet Resale. Here's something interesting you might want to … Continue reading →

Spinning for good health and good hearts

Some time ago I received a lovely email from a Fishbowl reader named Allison. Allison asked me if I was interested in attending a charity spinathon on February 20 as part of a Heart Month initiative. She assumed (correctly) that a gal who loves her guts as much as I do loves her heart too. … Continue reading →

25 Days of Christmas: days two and three

Mark joked that the activity for our first day of advent should be: Hooray! We're going to get our H1N1 vaccine! Ha. No. I wouldn't have put it in the advent (this is what we really did) but we still had to get our shots. And we did, at Tom Brown. They were efficient and polite and even pleasant. … Continue reading →

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I’ve got a big favour to ask

What does it mean to live in a community

40back for The Royal

Spinning for good health and good hearts

25 Days of Christmas: days two and three