IODE LAURENTIAN
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Welcome to Laurentian

Serving Ottawa 1906

Our Focus Recipients in 2025

Laurentian’s Education, Citizenship and Services Officers liaise with local charities to determine where our funds can help the most each year. All decisions on the projects that receive our support are voted upon and approved by the members.

For 2025, we have selected the following focus recipient organizations.
Banff Avenue Community House (BACH)
The Banff-Ledbury neighbourhood is home to a large multicultural and diverse population with a variety of strengths and needs that BACH is committed to being a part of.

From BACH’s highly-popular food security programs to educational supports from kindergarten to post-secondary, and all the vital programming in-between; its mission is to alleviate the effects of poverty by providing a safe and inclusive place where children, youth and families have access to supportive programs, services and opportunities.
Ottawa Youth Services Bureau
Founded in 1960, the Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa is one of the largest and most comprehensive non-profit agencies serving youth in our community. More than 350 caring professionals work from 20 locations across the city to deliver a vast range of programs and services that support at-risk youth and their families.
IODE Labrador Snack Pack Program
IODE Labrador Snack Pack program was launched in 1980 to provide milk, cookies, and juice to students in Black Tickle, Davis Inlet, Happy Valley, Hopedale, Makkovik, Nain, and Northwest River.

Today, more than 2300 students in 15 schools participate in the program at a cost of almost $40,000. Items include milk, juice, crackers, peanut butter, cheese slices and, for some schools, cereal.

Our Ongoing Recipients

Scholarships & Bursaries

  • Duchess of Connaught Scholarship (Carleton University)
  • Mary C. Grant Bursary (Carleton University)
  • Katherine Y. King Bursary (Algonquin College)
  • Banff-Ledbury Bursary
  • Marion Ruddick Award (Senior Strings) at the Kiwanis Music Festival
Lawrence Wesley Education Centre at Cat Lake in Northern Ontario

IODE has “adopted” two elementary school classrooms in Cat Lake, Northern Ontario. Working closely with their teachers, we purchase and seek donations of educational supplies, sports equipment, books and warm clothing for the children in this remote Ojibway community.

The Cat Lake First Nation Reserve (population c. 600) is a 7000-year-old settlement situated some 180 kilometres north of Sioux Lookout on Ontario’s western boundary and is considered to be one of the province’s 31 very isolated communities.

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  • Welcome
  • Who We Are
  • What We Do
    • Overview
    • Our Funding Recipients
    • IODE 125 Afternoon Tea & Silent Auction
    • House Tours & Music Program
    • Great New Edinburgh Treasures & Bake Sale
    • Trivia Night
    • Linden House Theatre Benefit Night
  • Testimonials
  • Members
    • President’s Message
    • Annual Reports
    • Calendar of Events
    • 2025-26 Executive & Officers
    • By-Laws
    • Policies
    • New Member Welcome Kit
    • Recipes
  • Join
  • Contact Us