Ariste and family
My wife and I arrived to Canada as students (at the University of Ottawa) with our young son and currently live on Beausoleil Street. The Lowertown Community Resource Centre (LCRC) was my first welcoming [...]
Amanda’s Story
I relocated to Ottawa in March 2018 as a single mom of 2 kids and expecting a third. While living in the emergency shelter in Lowertown I was introduced to the Lowertown Community Resource [...]
A Home for Cynthia
Hundreds of Ottawa families have no other choice but to live in motels. Please read about Cynthia, the mother of one of these families, and learn how the LCRC lends a hand. Imagine you are alone raising [...]
Meet Ethiopia, a mother living in Lowertown
“In 2015, I very badly needed help with my kids. I had been sick and had stayed home with my kids for the past 6 years. I was looking for help and went to [...]
Meet Bomanga Moseka
(Translated from French) «My name is Bomanga. I am a grandmother. My grandson Pongo arrived in Canada on May 6 2016 on a Friday. My grandson arrived here without his permanent residence having been [...]
Miguel’s Story
It is with great pleasure that I write this letter of support for the Lowertown Community Centre (LCRC) playgroup. I was on parental leave for three months last year with my daughter, Katia, who [...]
We are Lowertowners : At our post for our neighbours
By Matthew Beutel, as appeared in the Lowertown ECHO newspaper Pascale de Courville Nicol, Community House Coordinator, setting things up modified distribution outside as per COVID-19 guidelines As is everybody these days, [...]
March Break Camp 2020 * CANCELLED
LCRC’S 11th Annual March Break Camp - 16 to 20 of March, 2020 (9am to 4pm) Open to Lowertown Residents ages 6 - 12 years old Camp location — YORK STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL 310 [...]
Income Tax Clinics * Currently ON HOLD
Do you live in Lowertown and need help with filing your taxes this year? Please contact Alain at 613-789-3930 x. 314
Compressions : des centres communautaires d’Ottawa contraints de réduire leur offre
Des organismes communautaires d'Ottawa sont contraints de réduire leur offre de services ou de couper certaines activités en raison du non-renouvellement du Fonds ontarien d’action communautaire pour les sports et les loisirs (FOACSL) imposé [...]