About the Club

Welcome to the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa

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The Kiwanis Club of Ottawa is one of the most active and dynamic service clubs in the world.

With 150 members from the private, public and voluntary sectors, the Club has a focus on community service projects for children and youth including the Kiwanis Read-a-thon, the Kiwanis Music Festival and mentoring with Cadets, Circle K and Key Clubs

These projects require thousands of volunteer hours from Club members, and the Club spearheads a number of high profile fund raising events to help fund these projects.

Community Service Projects

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As a Service Club, the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa provides in excess of 10,000 hours of community service annually to a wide range of projects locally, regionally and internationally.

The Club has a number of committees that create and operate community service projects including:

You can donate online to any of these Kiwanis Club of Ottawa projects through CanadaHelps.org.

Fund Raising

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In order to carry out the wide range of community service projects that it does, the Club has a number of fund raisers the it undertakes.

Long running fund raising events include the world's largest Bed Race, the Bon Appetit Silent Auction, the Charity Golf tournament and the Partners in Caring game with the Ottawa Senators.

The Club has also organizes one time events based on local happenings including the Max Keeping Roast and the Grey Cup Party.

The Club also has the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa Legacy Foundation and the Kiwanis Medical Foundation which provide for long term funding of projects.