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ByWard Market offers free meals for Giving Tuesday

The ByWard Market will distribute 150 free meals on Giving Tuesday, Nov. 29.
The ByWard Market will distribute 150 free meals on Giving Tuesday, Nov. 29. Photo by Errol McGihon /Errol McGihon

The ByWard Market chose Giving Tuesday to launch a new community meal program.

With the help of Chef Ric Watson from the Ottawa Mission, the ByWard Market will be sharing 150 free meals in ByWard Market Square from 1 to 2 p.m.

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First on the menu? Soup, “the universal comfort food.”

“It is our way of being good neighbours, and doing what we can to help — the tradition of the market is to be a place of food and connection,” Ottawa Markets Director Zachary Dayler said in a media release.

Giving Tuesday began a decade ago as a way of inspiring generosity. It is marked in more than 80 countries, including Canada where more than $43 million was raised through online donations on Giving Tuesday 2021.

“Ottawa Markets hopes our initiative will set an example for others looking for ways to support and build back their communities,” the organization said in its release.

Ottawa Markets is the independent non-profit agency that manages Ottawa’s ByWard and Parkdale markets.