The OMM Refugee Committee is delighted to announce that we have heard from Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada that our sponsorship application for the Syrian family has been accepted. We are also aware that it may take a year or more to completed. We very much hope that it will take less time but are greatly cheered to know that it is at least underway.

We recently explored whether we could accept Interac e-mail money transfers to facilitate donations to either our general or our refugee funds.  We can do this, however it is not an automated process so it's best to check first with the treasurer to make sure she's in-town and ready to accept it.  (E-mail address is treasurer.ottawafriends with a gmail.com extension.)  We believe the steps are: