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On Jan 15, OIM launches a NEW Innercity Veterans Outreach & Support Service (DETAILS BELOW). Over the coming weeks and months, we will be...

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The whole night went by and we handed out the usual: sandwiches, socks, juice boxes. Finally, as we were ending our shift, one of the...

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Why do you volunteer at OIM? It’s a question that I have been asking our volunteers lately. The answers that have come back have had one...

Later that evening, my young street outreach partner and I met 52 street friends. They represented all facets of this diverse culture;...

John’s colourful dress reflected his mood and his outlook. I had once told him he reminded me of a peacock because he always had feathers...

It happened as I got on the bus & looked around for an empty spot. “There she is!” I heard someone say. It was Ted. He was sitting alone....

Innercity Arts was lucky enough to have Patrick Imai, a local carver, volunteer his time to come in to teach us about soap stone carving....

This is George Frederic Watts 1886 painting, “Hope.” Hope is sitting on a globe, blindfolded, clutching a wooden lyre with only one...

Last week, local artist and OIM volunteer Ruth Allison did a workshop with the youth at Innercity Arts. She talked to the youth about her...

Innercity Arts reached a significant milestone this week: we registered our 100th youth. This is a pretty amazing feat, given the...

The youth of Innercity Arts have been working hard, creating some amazing art for the upcoming art show. Here’s a sneak peak! Please come...

A few weeks ago, I was looking through an old box of memories from my childhood when I found this: It was a valentine I received when I...

Some people have a policy to only give food to panhandlers. Some even get offended if the panhandler rejects the offer of food. For these...

HI – My name is Dr. Greg Payne. I help folks at the Ottawa Innercity Ministries Drop-In center. This story I am about to tell gives you a...

Getting up for 5:30 am isn’t very enjoyable to me but then I get thinking about our street friends in Ottawa. They have already started...

Of course, it’s the same volunteer week as everywhere else, but at OIM, our volunteers are the best! Why? Our volunteers are on the...

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”  ― Benjamin Franklin Mentorship is one of the most important...