PROGRAMS
EDUCATION
Titotay Memorial School, Cat Lake, Ontario
IODE Laurentian Chapter has adopted two classes in the Aboriginal community of Cat Lake Northern Ontario. Following communication with the two teachers of the classes, the members of the Chapter’s Education Committee shop for books, sports equipment, warm clothing and other classroom and educational supplies With assistance from Wasaya Airways and Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC,) about 10 parcels are sent north each year to the Grade 2/3 and Grade 6 classes at Titotay Memorial School. Every package is eagerly welcomed and greatly appreciated.
Some student members of Grade 2/3 and their teacher Agnieszka Marszalek
Scholarships
IODE Laurentian Chapter supports a wide range of scholarships and awards through fund raising, interest from investments and from endowments.
In 1956 (to celebrate 50yrs of service in Ottawa) Laurentian Chapter sought and got permission from IODE Canada to buy two houses. One house was used as the meeting place for the Ottawa chapters and the other was used as a source of rental income. In the 1980's the houses were becoming a drain on the finances of the Ottawa Chapters so in 1988 they were sold and razed. A plaque identifying the former site of Laurentian House was placed on one of the buildings built on the site. The Laurentian Chapter invested its share of the proceeds and uses the interest along with money raised from fund raising and endowments, made to Carleton University and Algonquin College, to fund a range of scholarships, awards and grants nationally and locally, as follows:
Algonquin College – Katherine.Y. King Bursary
Kiwanis Music Festival - Marion Ruddick Award (senior violin category)
Banff Avenue - Literacy Program and Ledbury-Banff Avenue Community Scholarship Program
Carleton University – Duchess of Connaught Scholarship and Mary C Grant Bursary
IODE Municipal, Provincial and National scholarships, bursaries, awards and funds.
The Education Committee (left to right): Lenore Hoar, Diana Ainslie, Janet Stratton
and Jeannette Maule.
Banff Community Housing
The children of low income and immigrant families face great difficulties in adjusting to school and education. IODE Laurentian Chapter helps Banff Ave Community House, which serves a social housing community at Banff-Ledbury, by supporting literacy programs, homework clubs and most recently their scholarship program.
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SERVICE
Ottawa Shelters
IODE Laurentian Chapter supports shelters for homeless men and women and for abused and endangered women in the Ottawa area both through cash donations, emergency support and contributions of food and clothing.
Ottawa Hospital Neo-Natal Unit
IODE Laurentian Chapter continues to create warm clothing. Knitters from the chapter produced 500 hats for new-borns last year.
IODE Laurentian Chapter prepares donations in-kind for local shelters.
CITIZENSHIP
Citizenship Court
IODE believes in good citizenship. Members of the Laurentian Chapter host a reception for new Canadians following Citizenship Courts in Ottawa. The fare is simple - tea, coffee, juice and sandwiches - but the mood is warm as Canada welcomes its newest citizens.
