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.
You can donate online to any of these Kiwanis Club of Ottawa projects through CanadaHelps.org.
The Club welcomes request for assistance, and provides guidelines for persons or organizations requesting assistance.
The Club has a number of committees that create and operate community service projects including:
- Air Cadets: Supporting the 211 Kiwanis Air Cadet Squadron since 1945
- Aktion Club: Supporting two Aktion Clubs for developmentally delayed adults
- Direct Assistance: Providing hands-on or financial assistance in unusual circumstances
- Governor General Foot Guard Cadets: Supporting the 2784 Army Cadets
- Kiwanis Circle K: Supporting Clubs at Carleton U and uOttawa
- Kiwanis Key Clubs: Supporting Clubs at Earl of March, Glebe, Lisgar, Nepean and Sir Robert Borden High Schools
- Kiwanis Music Festival: Supporting the Kiwanis Music Festival
- Kiwanis Medical Foundation: Providing funding for medical research in Ottawa
- Kiwanis Read-a-thon: Running a world wide read-a-thon to support literacy
- Never Shake a Baby educational video: Providing an educationa video on preventing shaken baby syndrome
- Precious Minds educational video: Providing an educational video on early literacy
- Reading is Fundamental: Providing one on one reading for early literacy in schools
