Are you ready for 2026? As the nights turn darker earlier, and as the weather turns colder, November is a great time to reflect on progress towards the year’s goals, what still needs to happen before December 31, and what will be saved for the New Year.
- Start by writing down the major accomplishments from 2025 so far (leave room for more, just in case!) Compare them against your goals for the year.
- Do a 360-degree review of your progress. Give yourself an evaluation, look for an external measure of success (like a test score), and ask others around you for their feedback.
- Ask yourself if your goals, priorities, or values have changed in the last year. Make a note of the key influences on your decision-making.
- Based on what was accomplished versus what you committed to in 2025, and informed by your values and priorities, start making your plan for 2026.
Travis Blackmore
Founder and CEO, Lionhearts Inc.
Kingston
Red and Green Already!
We love fresh produce deliveries - from my head to-ma-toes! Our friends at Second Harvest hooked us up with 12 pallets of peppers, tomatoes, and cucumbers totalling nearly 16,000 pounds of veggies. We're hard at work sharing them with frontline agencies and putting them to work in our kitchen. Thank you to the farmers who grew all this wonderful veg, the donors who help provide the space and equipment we need to process it, to Second Harvest for the connection, and to the agencies that will be helping to share this in and around Kingston.
Help Us, Help Them
When you support our work, you're helping over 50 local agencies on the front lines in Ottawa, Amherstview, and South Frontenac. Let's meet one of them! The St. Vincent de Paul Society of Kingston has been a part of Kingston since the 1870s (not a typo!), and is known as a source of hope and compassion for our vulnerable neighbours. They offer clothing, furniture, and meals to those in need, and we're pleased to contribute to their five-day-a-week community meals as well as their pantry. Thank you for caring for our community!
Ottawa
Be Our Guest
We're thankful for our friends at Ottawa Tourism and La Tablée des Chefs - it has been about one and a half years since the launch of a food rescue program at local hotels, arenas, and event centres! Over that time, the program (including other food rescue partners) has rescued 69,000 kg of surplus food — equivalent to 230,000 meals saved.
Wheely Cool
Most days at the warehouse, we receive your run of the mill stuff. Bread. Produce. Hydraulic lifting dog washing stations. Just the usuals, you know. Every now and then, we get something like this: glowing bumper cars for kids. We look forward to finding a good home for these at a local youth-focused charity! Thank you to our supplier partners for your generosity, which allows us to help our vulnerable neighbours with everything from much-needed food to...yep, bumper cars!
London
Go Western, Young Man
Our friends at the University Students Council at Western University pitched in on November 10, organizing a sorting party where over $80,000 worth of food and goods were sorted for local non-profits. We look forward to deepening our partnership with the USC - thank you for your support! And thanks to CTV for attending!
Chill Out
Save the date! We're walking on the Coldest Night of the Year once again - Sat. Feb. 28, 2026. This important annual fundraiser supports charities like ours in the fight against hurt, hunger, and homelessness.
