Dear Community Members,

NCRTA is holding its fifth annual food drive From December 01, 2013 to December 15, 2013 to benefit the Ottawa Food Bank. This is a great opportunity to help feed the hungry in Ottawa and we encourage you to join in our efforts.

Donations can be in the form of cash or non-perishable items. Tax receipt will be provided by the Ottawa Food Bank for donations over $20.00.

NCRTA would like to thank all organizations and individuals who participated and generously contributed to NCRTA food-drives in the past. 2012 Food Drive 2011 Food Drive 2010 Food Drive 2009 Food Drive

Donating Non-perishable food and non-food items:

Ottawa Food Bank requests for the donation of mainly non-perishable food items such as 'canned meats', 'canned vegetables', 'cereal', 'rice', etc as they are easier to store and deliever to feed the hungry. You shall visit the following Ottawa Food Bank links to see what can be donated and what cannot be donated: | What to Donate | Non-Food Items | What Not to Donate |

You can drop off your donations at:

• Tamil Language Schools
  To encourage giving among kids, NCRTA would like to offer free pizza to the class that donates the highest number of items.
• Ottawa Sivan Temple
• Cricket, Soccer, volleyball, badminton clubs
• Thendral - Isai Maalai Pozhudhu program - Saturday December, 07, 2013 at Walter Baker Centre Hall A & B
• Craig Henry Dental - Unit 106, 100 Craig Henry drive

Donating Cash:

Tax receipt will be provided by the Ottawa Food Bank for donations over $20.00. You shall provide your full-name, and address details for the Tax receipt when you donate cash. Note that every dollar donated provides five dollars worth of food for our community.