Ottawa

Club Officers• 2023-2024

By chance we met, by choice we become friends.
A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past,
a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world
President - L ina Najia
Club Contact Email : [email protected]

The Charter Ceremony of the Inner Wheel Club of Ottawa—in District 707—took place on May 4, 2014, hosted by our Founder, Rima Kawar. Our team of members come together in friendship and fun to take part in a wide range of work for charities and good causes across Canada's capital region.

Our Key Objectives
     • To Promote Friendship.
     • To Encourage the Ideals of Personal Service.
     • To Foster International Understanding.
Members achieve these aims through Club events, which combine personal service, fund-raising, fellowship and fun, united by friendship and a common aim to serve the local community.

Any woman who shares the three central aims of International Inner Wheel can join this organization!

Yearly Projects

In 2021/22 • Supporting IWSO and Children at Risk
In 2020 • Supporting PLEO (Parents' Lifeline of Eastern Ontario)—an NGO providing support to parents and caregivers who have children, youth and young adults living with mental illness.
In 2019 • Supporting Nelson House of Ottawa—an organization which provides emergency shelter for women and children who are fleeing abuse in their lives.
In 2018 -1 • Big Brothers Big Sisters—an organization which provides life changing mentoring experiences and programs for many children and youth in Canada who struggle with societal barriers and face adversities in their lives.
In 2018 -2 • Dandelion Dance Group—an organization which offers life-changing programs that bring girls of all backgrounds and abilities together to use their unique experiences in the collective creation of dance works.
In 2017 • Children at Risk—an organization which provides services and programs to families of children diagnosed within the Autism Spectrum Disorders to develop their child’s behavioural, communications and social skills and to advocate for their ongoing needs.
In 2016 • Canadian National Institute for the Blind—an organization which delivers innovative programs and powerful advocacy that empower people impacted by blindness to live their dreams.
In 2015 • The Canadian Cancer Society—a community-based organization committed to improve and save lives of people with cancer.

Club Activities & Events
Our Club members meet on the first Wednesday of each month and plan for different monthly activities that strengthen friendship and enable raising funds for the yearly project—chosen and decided upon by all members. The highlight of the year’s event is our Gala Night in June—an enjoyable night with lots of entertainment and fun! Members and the community come together to enjoy this event and raise funds for a great cause. At the end of June, we celebrate the presentation of the big cheque for our chosen yearly project. This is where we finally commemorate the handover / takeover of our new Executive Club Committee for the coming year. For more info on our club activities and events, please visit our website at www.innerwheelottawa.com

Image Credits
Top Title Image: Attribution to: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parliament_Hill_Panorama.jpg
All Other Photos: From the archives of the Inner Wheel Club of Ottawa