ICCC – MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT – 20th August 2020
ICCC Virtual Event – Community Celebration
The Indo-Canadian Community Centre (ICCC) congratulates and will be celebrating the award of the Governor General’s coveted Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) to ICCC Life members Mr. Subhas Bhargava & Mrs. Uttra Bhargava, in the presence of many VIPs and dignitaries, during an ICCC Virtual–Celebration Event on Friday, the 28th August 2020 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
This event supports ICCC’s mission to celebrate the accomplishments of the members of the Indo-Canadian Community in Ottawa. We welcome the news and information about the honours and accomplishments of all Indian diaspora in Ottawa so we may post them on the ICCC Virtual Portal (the Website, Event Calendar, Forums, Social Media, etc.).
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ICCC Community Programs
- Charity & Philanthropy: “Giving Back to the Community”
“Giving Back to the Community” is a cherished value of our rich Indian heritage.
The Indo-Canadian Community Centre is thankful to the Ottawa community for supporting its “ICCC COVID-19 Relief Fund” campaign and generously donating over $77,000 to-date for the four charities namely: The Ottawa Hospital, Shepherds of Good Hope, Ottawa Food Bank and The Ottawa Mission.
The community has also provided several “in-kind” contributions including 500+ meals (Indian cuisine) for frontline medical staff of Ottawa hospitals and 1500+ face masks to the community.
ICCC also supports education and empowerment of remote rural India through its EKAL Vidyalaya Collaboration. EKAL Vidyalaya, India has world-wide endorsements. ICCC has donated $25,500 to help opening of Life-time schools and stitching of 14,000+ face masks to prevent spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Please donate generously via e-transfer: treasurer@copy.icccottawa.org
to support ICCC’s ongoing campaigns for both the COVID-19 Relief Fund, and for opening of EKAL schools in your area of choice in India
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- ICCC Seniors Program: holds Virtual Zoom meetings, now attended by More than 80 seniors – every Thursday (2:00-3:30 p.m.) and Friday (10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon). These meetings, in a very social and informative setting, provide Yoga session, talks by invited guests and socializing by seniors by way of singing songs and Bhajans, jokes and anecdotes
ICCC encourages other seniors to join in to relieve from isolation boredom and loneliness.
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- ICCC Social Network of Women (S.N.O.W) Program: The annual International Women’s Day (IWD) celebration 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Funds collected by S.N.O.W. for the event were donated to Interval House ($2500) and The Ottawa Mission.
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- ICCC Youth Program: has awarded community sponsored Scholarships of $500 each to five (5) University/College students this year. Your support for enhancing the “ICCC Leaders of Tomorrow – Youth Scholarship Program” will be truly appreciated.
Further, ICCC has also hired eleven (11) summer students in 2020 to work on its various projects. Options to meaningfully engage community youth, through regular ICCC sponsored meetings, are being explored. ICCC would greatly appreciate your suggestions and volunteer help for implementation of the ICCC Youth Program.
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“GREAT THINGS HAPPEN WHEN WE ALL WORK TOGETHER”
ICCC values “Unity in Diversity” and is earnestly appealing to all, and would welcome you to join and become a part of the ICCC so that we can jointly create awareness of the many contributions by the Indo-Canadian community in Ottawa.
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ICCC Virtual Community Centre (Portal & website: https://copy.icccottawa.org):
ICCC provides numerous platforms such as Community Hubs, Community Programs, Community Forums, Social Media, “Events Calendar”, etc. to bring the community together. These platforms are designed to receive your input and provide a central “GO TO” place for community activity/news/events and a wealth of other useful information from many sources.
ICCC would welcome and greatly appreciate your postings on various platforms.
Kindly do share ICCC’s initiatives with your networks of family & friends to accomplish ICCC’s Vision:
“A United Indo-Canadian Community Thriving in the Canadian Mainstream”