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There is no top secret recipe behind the success of Taste for Hope. All that’s required is a handful of ingredients: benevolent chefs, generous sponsors, community-minded business leaders and hungry foodies working together toward the shared goal of reducing chronic homelessness. Already an Insider? Log in Get Instant Access to This Article Become an Ottawa Business Journal Insider and get immediate access to all of our Insider-only content and much more. ...

Shepherds of Good Hope (SOGH), a non-profit organization dedicated to getting chronically homeless people off the streets, out of shelters and into a place they can safely call home, reached a major milestone this week.

"By really embracing the project and tapping into their network of relationships, (John and Maria Bassi) helped the UOHI Foundation reach its goal in less than six months, said Lianne Laing. “They were a really well-oiled machine.” 

After a pandemic-imposed hiatus, the popular food and drink fundraiser for Shepherds of Good Hope made a delicious comeback.

Really, the only weather warning needed Thursday night was for when Taste for Hope returned to take taste buds by storm. After a pandemic-imposed hiatus, the popular food and drink fundraiser for Shepherds of Good Hope made a delicious comeback, welcoming hundreds of attendees to the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne to raise a glass to help raise a roof.  The non-profit organization has been working hard to create more supportive housing for Ottawa's homeless population, recognizing that...

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