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A local drop-in centre will receive a helping hand from 15 Carleton University students during the school’s reading week, part of a volunteer project aimed at sensitizing the students to the challenges of delivering social services in the city.
While most pre-teens are out playing in the snow and planning their weekends, Kate Reeve is on the phone looking for a volunteer makeup artist, emailing designers and tacking up posters. Twelve-year-old Reeve is the main brains and organizer behind Fashion for Funds, an upcoming local fashion show to raise money for children’s hospices.
Sasha Johnson, Centretown NewsKate Reeve, an Immaculata student, will host a charity fashion show at the Glebe Community Centre on Feb. 20.
Regardless of whether Mehdi Hamdad takes the stage for music, theatre or spoken word, his approach is always the same.
Julielee Stitt, Centretown NewsMedhi Hamdad and his band perform at Elmdale House Tavern. The Ottawa-based musician recently released his debut album Luminata.
“Well you know, a spider monkey can be a great pet and companion,” says Ottawa media-clan matriarch Shirley Van Dusen, Centretown resident and newly published author of the autobiographical book The Mother’s Day Monkey.
Anita Li, Centretown NewsShirley Van Dusen shows off her new book of reminiscences about life in the Ottawa Valley.