Anishnabeg Outreach

Consider donating paper towel and toilet paper to our Spirit Bundle program.

Paper towel and toilet paper are some of the most requested household essentials in our Spirit Bundles, which supports over 600 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis families across Waterloo Region and Guelph. Your donation helps ensure families have access to these everyday necessities alongside food and other essential items.

👉 Drop off donations at: 236 Woodhaven Rd., Kitchener, ON
🕛 Donation hours: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Tuesdays & Thursdays

Please reach out to us at [email protected] or call (519) 208-5333 to arrange a time outside of those hours if they don’t work for you.

Miigwech for your continued support. 💙

A big thank you to and for joining us at our EarlyON Centre last Friday for a fun-filled day of STEM learning! 🔍

Our PD Day camp group explored hands-on STEM activities grounded in Indigenous and nature-based teachings. Children designed and tested their own canoes in the water table, created constellation viewers and bouncy balls, navigated obstacle courses, and expressed their creativity through colouring, beading, and pixel art.

Miigwech to the Creative Encounters and Let's Talk Science teams for sharing their time, knowledge, and enthusiasm with our community! It was wonderful to see the kids learning, creating, and building confidence while having fun alongside their families.

Celebrate the Strawberry Moon with us this June by creating your own Beaded Strawberry Earrings as part of our cultural programming! 🍓

The Strawberry Moon marks the time when the first berries ripen and is known as a time for reconciliation, making difficult decisions, and facing responsibilities. Join us as we honour this teaching through a fun and seasonal beading workshop.

Visit: shorturl.at/YjYq8 to register before spots fill up!

🗓 Date: June 10th, 2026
🕓 Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
📍 Location: 236 Woodhaven Rd., Kitchener, ON

This workshop is open to all First Nations, Inuit, and Métis families! Please note that registration is required to attend this workshop and drop-ins are not allowed.

We can't wait to see you there 💙

We’re grateful to OneRoof Youth Services and The Home Depot for joining us at our Spirit Garden (Eminidowang Kiitigan) for a farm day with AO! As part of our late Earth Day celebration, they helped plant more of our edible forest and prepared the land for the upcoming farm season.

Volunteers also spent the day mowing, tilling, planting, laying soil, and removing dead plants to help grow fresh food that supports over 600 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis families through our Spirit Bundle program.

Our CEO, Stephen Jackson, also shared words on reconciliation and the importance of coming together to create meaningful outcomes for Indigenous communities through partnership, action, and community care.

“Reconciliation grows through relationships, and when communities come together to support one another in meaningful ways, we can create real change that lasts.”

Want to help us out this summer? You can sign up to volunteer by reaching out to us at [email protected] or by calling (519) 208-5333.

Thank you to everyone who spent time with us today. 💙

Thank you very much to the District 24 Waterloo Education Support Staff for their very generous reusable grocery bags donation! These bags are already in use, helping provide hundreds of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis families in Waterloo Region and Guelph with food and essentials, as part of our Spirit Bundle Program.

Do you have any extra reusable grocery bags lying around your home? Consider donating them to AO! You can drop them to either of our locations:

Guelph - 400 Stevenson St N. Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 4 PM
Kitchener - 236 Woodhaven Rd. Tuesday & Thursday, 9AM–3 PM.

If you'd like to donate outside of these hours, please contact us at 519-208-5333 or email us at [email protected]. Miigwech for your support!

We would like to thank the Waterloo Region Community Garden Network for their generous donation of various seeds to our Eminidowang Kiitigan, the “Spirit Garden for Everyone” 🌱

These seeds will help us grow fresh produce that supports over 600 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis families through our Spirit Bundle program, while also helping us continue reconnecting community with the land.

With planting season beginning, we’re also looking for volunteers to help us get these seeds into the ground. If you’re interested in volunteering, please reach out to us at [email protected] or call (519) 208-5333 to learn more.

Miigwech to the Waterloo Region Community Garden Network for supporting this work and helping our garden grow. Stay tuned to see how these plants turn out on our farm!

Planting season is almost here, and we’re looking for volunteers to join us this summer at our Spirit Garden (Eminidowang Kiitigan).


Help us grow and harvest fresh food that supports over 600 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis families through our Spirit Bundle program. Whether you’re interested in planting or harvesting, we’d love to have you join us. We'll be starting our farm work in June!


📍 1160 Spitzig Rd

🔗 Register at: aocan.org/volunteer-at-ao/

For questions or more information, contact us at [email protected] or (519) 208-5333.

If you have reusable bags at home, consider donating them to AO! These bags are essential for packing food and supplies for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis families. Having them helps us continue supporting over 500 families in our Spirit bundle program.

You can donate them to either of our locations below:
Guelph - 400 Stevenson St N. Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 4 PM
Kitchener - 236 Woodhaven Rd. Tuesday & Thursday, 9 AM–3 PM.

If you'd like to donate outside of these hours, please contact us at 519-208-5333 or email us at [email protected]. Miigwech for your support!

Something as simple as shampoo and conditioner can make a meaningful difference in someone’s day.

Through our Spirit Bundle program, we provide essential items to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis community members across the region. Personal care products are some of the most consistently requested items, but they are also some of the hardest to keep stocked.

Having access to everyday essentials supports dignity, wellness, and care within community. If you’re able to donate shampoo or conditioner, your support would go directly toward helping families and individuals access items many of us use every day without thinking twice about.

📍 Drop-off: 236 Woodhaven Rd., Kitchener or 400 Stevenson St. N, Guelph
🕘 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Tuesdays & Thursdays in Kitchener, and Monday to Fridays in Guelph.

If you have questions, or would like to arrange an alternative donation time, please contact us at [email protected] or (519) 208-5333.

Miigwech for supporting our mission💙