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The Pantry

Petawawa Pantry Food Bank teams up with Mental Health Services of Renfrew County

The Petawawa Pantry Food Bank and Mental Health Services of Renfrew County (MHSRC) have teamed up during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure clients in crisis have access to basic....

The Pantry

Welcome to the Petawawa Pantry Food Bank

What to expect when you visit the Petawawa Pantry Food Bank, and who we are.

Image by Kelly Sikkema

How to Support The Petawawa Pantry Food Bank

How you can support The Petawawa Pantry Food Bank and your community

Volunteers Packing Food

Why Volunteering is Rewarding

What you do, matters. Find out why it's so rewarding, and why it's so much more than just handing out food. 

Treat or Eat

Petawawa Pantry Food Bank shelves filled thanks to Halloween food drive

The Petawawa Pantry food bank would like to give a big thank you the Petawawa and area community once again for their amazing generosity for the Annual “Treat and Eat” food drive on Halloween evening....

Stuff the Cruiser

OPP prepares for festive season with annual "Stuff a Cruiser" event

Ontario Provincial Police in the Upper Ottawa Valley are preparing for an annual festive initiative. On Saturday, December 9th, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., the Auxiliary Unit of the Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment of the Ontario Provincial ....

Renfrew County Food Banks

Neighbours helping neighbours across Renfrew County

After Covid-19 put a lot of people out of work and the costs of housing skyrocketed, a lot of Ottawa Valley families have been left without enough to eat. Help is available, but some people aren't coming forward for help from local food banks....

Valour

Upper Ottawa Valley OPP officers faced off against Valour students in charity hockey game

PETAWAWA — Ontario Provincial Police officers donned their hockey jerseys, laced up their skates and hit the ice this week taking on high school hockey players to benefit a local food bank....

Image by Mike Arney

Santa Claus comes to Petawawa Saturday night

The town of Petawawa is set to host their Santa Claus Parade tomorrow night beginning at 7pm. The parade will travel from the Petawawa Plaza, down Mohns Ave., Doran, Herman St. Murphy Rd., Civic Centre Rd. and then finish ....

MyFM

ALL HANDS ON DECK! A great success for Ottawa Valley Food Banks

Last week, myFM and Cassidy’s Moving and Storage came together Thursday August 17th for the All Hands On Deck Food Drive. General Manager at myFM, Melissa Siegel,had all the stats to back up the day’s success....

Stuff the Cruiser

More than $3,6K raised during Upper Ottawa Valley stuff a cruiser event

The Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) detachment of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is thanking the community for the generosity displayed over the weekend during a holiday food drive. On Saturday, Dec. 9, the OPP detachment held their ....

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