Get Involved
There are three ways that you can get involved:
Grocery Card Program
One of the main ways OMRA raises money for its activities is by selling grocery cards. We are always looking for new groups and individuals to get involved!
Here is how the grocery card program works: OMRA buys grocery cards from Farm Boy, Metro, Shoppers Drug Mart and Loblaws. Grocery cards come in denominations of $50 and $100. The cards are sold to you at face value. So if you spend $100, you get $100 worth of grocery cards. You don’t pay any extra for your groceries. However, Farm Boy, Metro, and Loblaws each contribute 5% of the value of the grocery cards to OMRA, which helps support its programs .Farm Boy cards are recyclable, and if returned to OMRA after use, OMRA will receive $1 for each card.
If you are interested in participating either as an individual or as a group, please feel free to contact Maria Rigby at Rigby.omra@gmail.com
Tax Deductible Donations to OMRA Shelter Corp
You can now make a tax-deductible donation in one of the following three ways:
E-transfer: use the email OMRAShelter1@gmail.com as the address in your bank’s e-transfer recipient list and provide your contact information (address and email) in the comments section in order to receive a tax receipt at year-end.
Or
Cheque Donations: Address your cheque to OMRA Shelter Corporation and send it to:
OMRA Shelter Corporation
c/o OMRA Treasurer
20 Bujold Court
Kanata, ON k2L 3N6
Or
Credit Card Donations through Canada Helps: Below is a link to the OMRA Canada Helps donation page. https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/72150
For further information about the grocery card program and donations, please contact Maria Rigby at omrainquiries@gmail.com.
Volunteer
OMRA uses volunteers for many tasks such as tutoring. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Amena Khavari by phone at (613) 720-1553 or by email at amenakhavari@omraottawa.org.
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