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ETA: if you’d like to view the invite and RSVP online, do check out our Tweetvite for this event. Thanks!
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This is something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time.
Many moons ago I was the co-director of an Ottawa-area women-in-tech group called DigitalEve. DigitalEve has long since gone the way of the dodo, but the core [...]

Is there anyone in Ottawa who doesn’t know about Saunders Farm? Saunders is the newest patron here at the Fishbowl. Yay Saunders!
We’ve been going to Saunders Farm since the girls were tiny. We have spent many great days at Saunders and have many memories… including one of Sarah falling asleep during the haunted hayride despite [...]

This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. What does it mean to be part of a community? What is a community anyway? Why does it matter?
The longer I live here in Ottawa I realize that it’s more than just houses on a street, it’s more than roads and schools and stoplights and [...]

Tomorrow evening I’ll be attending the launch of a special campaign to raise money for Women’s Mental Health initiatives at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre.
I know that many of you are already big fans of Boomerang Kids and Rikochet Resale. Here’s something interesting you might want to consider. Next time you’re dropping off a bag [...]

I’ve always had a special interest in using web technologies to raise awareness (and funds) for non-profits. It might be geeky, I know, but the idea of reaching out to potential donors and spreading the word in this way - a.k.a. harnessing the POWER OF THE INTERWEBS FOR GOOD - well, it gives me a little [...]

Some time ago I received a lovely email from a Fishbowl reader named Allison.
Allison asked me if I was interested in attending a charity spinathon on February 20 as part of a Heart Month initiative. She assumed (correctly) that a gal who loves her guts as much as I do loves her heart too. :)
She wasn’t asking [...]

Edited to add:
You know, so much of blogging and social media is about branding and self-promotion- the look-at-me look-at-me. Can we take a minute to talk about others today?  Please help spread the word about this cause. Good karma comes to those who help, even if it’s in a small way. Thank you!
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The Ottawa Distress Centre is hosting its second annual Festival of Chocolate fundraiser on Thursday February 11, 2010. Please come! I’ll be there as a judge. (!) But more on that in a sec.
First I have a few very important key words to share with you:

chocolate
chocolate
Ottawa Firefighters

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The Festival of Chocolate is an evening of entertainment [...]

Before I get into the details of this post may I pontificate for a moment about children and the arts?
Regular Fishbowl readers will know how important I believe it is to introduce young children to the arts. I’ve written about our visits to the National Gallery before, as well as other galleries here in town. [...]

Two local charities have joined together for the second year to put on a joint fundraiser. The Huntington Society and Christmas Exchange are holding the 2nd Annual Caring & Sharing Charity Auction September 29 at The Hellenic Banquet Centre with Honourary Chair Senator Mike Duffy, and well known philanthropist Dave Smith as the auctioneer.
There are [...]