Springtime opportunities
Spring issue of ConneXions
Volunteer with OCA
Clean the Capital: Lola Park
Apply for Paint it Up! funding / À vos pinceaux! Demandes de financement
Baseball is in the air...
Join the RSC Book Club
1. Spring issue of ConneXions
Editor Alexandra Pope says it's time to think about our next issue of ConneXions, which centres around everything FOOD! The submissions deadline is Friday, April 9.
Do you have a recipe, poem, or essay about food and its importance in your life that you'd like to submit? Or a community-focused article, photo, opinion piece or letter to the editor on a different subject? Please send it in! Or have fun and finish and submit a poem using the following two lines written by David Behn:
I went to Adàwe Crossing to photograph a duck
Please send all questions and submissions to Alex at editor@overbrook.ca!
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2. Volunteer with OCA
The Digital Team is looking for an Instagram account manager! Join our dynamic team and, if you are a student, earn volunteer hours! Contact media@overbrook.ca if interested.
The Newspaper Team is looking for:
A Distribution Manager to coordinate quarterly delivery of ConneXions throughout Overbrook and Castle Heights. Involves preparing routes, liaising with deliverers and getting the paper into their hands. Six to ten hours every 3 months.
Delivery people: we’re putting together a team to deliver ConneXions door-to-door. An hour or two every 3 months.
If you can help, please contact distribution@overbrook.ca
3. Clean the Capital: Lola Park
Join the group cleaning up Lola Park this Saturday, April 3, from 10 a.m. to noon (weather permitting). The cleanup, which is participating in the City’s Cleaning the Capital Program, will follow Ottawa Public Health COVID wise guidelines.
You can register your own neighbourhood cleanup project with Cleaning the Capital until May 15, 2021.
4. Apply for Paint it Up! funding / À vos pinceaux! Demandes de financement
Crime Prevention Ottawa, in partnership with the City of Ottawa, offers funding for outdoor mural projects that supports preventing vandalism and tagging, community safety, and the beautification of Ottawa neighbourhoods. The Paint it Up! Program empowers youth through community arts.
Applications are due by 4 p.m. on Friday, April 23, 2021. For more information about funding, please visit crimepreventionottawa.ca for the program guidelines and application form.
En partenariat avec la Ville d’Ottawa, Prévention du crime Ottawa finance des projets de murales extérieures qui favorisent la prévention du vandalisme, la sécurité communautaire et l’embellissement des quartiers d’Ottawa. Ce programme donne aux jeunes les moyens d’agir grâce à des activités artistiques communautaires.
Les demandes doivent être envoyées par courriel et être reçues avant 16 h, le vendredi 23 avril 2021. Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements sur le financement, visiter le site preventionducrimeottawa.ca.
5. Baseball is in the air...
From Glebe Little League (the local recreational minor baseball association for Overbrook, Vanier, Sandy Hill, New Edinburgh, Manor Park, the Glebe, and more):
Happy Spring Everyone!
Just a reminder that Glebe Little League will be playing this year and registration is open.
Glebe Little League has worked with other Ottawa leagues to develop safety protocols to ensure our players and parents safely come back to our fields and the game we love.
For those who paid last year, all you need to do is register and we'll be ready to Play Ball!! For those who did not pay last year, registration is quick and easy and Glebe Little League will have teams for players at all levels, including newcomers to baseball.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to give us a shout.
Stay well, and we look forward to seeing you soon!
