Hello ORLÉANS!

Welcome to the 14th edition of Orléans Connect.

As always, welcome new subscribers!

🍓Strawberry season is here… Proux Farm is kicking off the season with the Orléans-Trim Circle K kiosk opening around June 14th and pick-your own soon. More specific dates will be announced soon.. make sure you’re following their Facebook page for updates.

Just a quick reminder.. if you have an event 📍 happening in Orléans in the coming weeks and months, feel free to use this form to submit your event.

And if you have a business 🛍️ that you think should be spotlighted, you can use this form to do so.

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Are you looking for things to do in Orléans? Here’s our roundup of events happening in the next week:

• 👗Thursday June 12th - Café Latte Cino is hosting a Shop our Closet Sip and Shop Event from 6 PM - 9 PM.

  📍Café Latte Cino, 2020 Tenth Line Rd

• 🦞Friday June 15th - Time for the Annual East Coast Lobster Boil! Pick your lobster and it will be boiled right in front of you on the patio! Live music with Kinnexa Cross starts at 6 PM. Enjoy a cold pint of one of Nova Scotia’s favourite beers, Moosehead lager. Event is on rain or shine... either a patio party or a kitchen party, one way or another, the show must go on!

  📍Royal Oak Pub, 1981 St. Joseph Blvd

• 🐶 Saturday June 14th - June Breeze Market (Dog Friendly) - This amazing outdoor market features over 30 local vendors, free entry, free parking, and a dog-friendly atmosphere. It's the perfect way to spend your day! Don't miss out on the fun! 10 AM - 3 PM.

  📍Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Blvd

• ⚡Saturday June 14th - Come out and learn more about ways to save on your natural gas bill, and significantly reduce your home’s emissions at the Home Energy Efficiency and Heat Pumps Event (Open House) from 9:30 AM - 12 PM

  📍François Dupuis Recreation Centre, 2263 Portobello Blvd

• 🏓 Sunday June 15th - Check out the Orléans Pickel Ball Festival! Pickleball is so popular in Ottawa that it’s time for the first festival for the sport. 100% of this event’s profits go to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ottawa (the organizers and hosts of the festival). 9 AM - 8 PM

  There are two additional events Orléans Family Fun Fest and Orléans Maker Market - 2 PM - 6 PM for you to enjoy on the same site as the Pickel Ball Festival. A full day of fun for Fathers’ Day

  📍Pierre Rocque Park (note, organizers request that you park in the large lot at Gabe’s No Frills, then walk behind the store, past the ball diamond and on to the festivals in the park. Please do not park on the streets).

• 👮Wednesday June 18th join the Blackburn Hamlet Community Association for a Crime Prevention Workshop from 7 PM - 9 PM. Please send a confirmation of your attendance to [email protected] by June 13th. Refreshments will be served.

  📍Blackburn Community Centre, 190 Glen Park Dr

🧑‍🌾 UPCOMING MARKETS (WEEKLY) 🥬

Market season is in full swing and there are so many wonderful markets in and around Orléans:

• 🫛 Every Thursday - The Orléans Farmers Market is on from 11 AM - 4 PM. Visit the 35+ local vendors in the parking lot of the 📍Ray Friel Community Centre

• 🧑‍🌾 Every Saturday - The Cumberland Farmers Market! This dog-friendly market also has accessible parking and public restrooms on-site for your conveinence. 9 AM - 1 PM📍1115 Dunning Road, Cumberland

•  🥒 Every Saturday - The Metcalfe Farmers’ Market has over 45+ local producers, free coffee and cookies (9 AM - 10 AM - while supplies last!), live music, a petting zoo, pet-friendly vibes, and plenty of free parking!📍2821 8th Line Rd, Metcalfe

🏘️ GARAGE SALE ROUNDUP 🏘️

The season of community garage sales continues…

• 🏠Friday June 13th (12 PM - 5 PM) AND Saturday June 14th (8 AM - 2 PM). Watch out Boys the Girls are having a Garage Sale! 📍1331 Cousineau Street

• 🏘️ Saturday June 14th, from 8 AM to 2 PM, check out the Villages Community Garage Sale. If you'd like your home to be added to the Garage Sale hosts map, please register here. Check out the most up to date map here.

• 🛍️ Thursday June 19th (9 AM - 4 PM) Parking Lot Garage Sale All proceeds go to the Alzheimer Society. Weather permitting.

  📍Beacon Heights Retirement Residence 2201 Ch. Montreal Rd.

• 👁️ Find more local Garage Sale Listings on the Orléans Garage Sale Listings Facebook Group

🗓️SAVE THE DATES! 🗓️

Some further away dates, but worth getting into your calendar.

• 🧡Adaawewigamig Presents the Summer Solstice Indigenous Market on Friday June 20th from 12 PM - 9 PM. Being held at the Byward Market. This event features Indigenous food, 60+ vendors, live entertainment and fashion show.

• 📚Head over to ZunZun Little Free Library to celebrate their 3rd Anniversary! They are hosting an Open Garage Day - explore a variety of free books for all ages! Saturday June 21st, from 12 PM - 4 PM

• 🍓Gloucester Horticulture Society is hosting their 100th Anniversary Strawberry Social, includes a silent auction, photo show and display on Saturday June 21st at 1 PM

• 🏌️ 2nd Annual Orléans Brewing Co Charity Golf Tournament - Friday, June 27th - Register your team online here

• 🍔🍦 The Black Walnut Bakery (which we reviewed here) is hosting the 1st Annual Cumberland Block Party on Sunday June 29th from 11 AM - 3 PM

Do you have an event you want to see featured here? Let us know!

📰 News you should know about…

🚴🚴‍♀️ Did you know June is Let’s Bike Month Ottawa? You can win great prizes just by biking to work, for fun or to run errands. Get out and get active Orléans! Explore Bike Ottawa’s Interactive Maps to plan your routes.

🚉 The LRT extension into Orléans is expected to be completed by this fall! (Orléans Star). It’s been a real long time we’ve been waiting, but I think despite the lack of defined open date yet, fair to say we are READY!

🫶 St Peter’s High School providing critical support for Orléans-Cumberland food bank (Orléans Star) Thanks to all of the St. Peter’s students, teachers and families who contributed and supported the Orléans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre!

The weather is finally getting summer-like - this is the perfect time to get active, with the longer days upon us.

🛠️Seeking Volunteer Handy People!🛠️

The Convent Glen - Orléans Woods Community Association Environment Committee is planning for their second Repair Café at the Orléans United Church, to be hosted on September 27th from 2 PM - 5 PM. To get ready for this event, the call is open for Volunteer Fixers! Also seeking a Knife Sharpener. If you are available and have the skills to volunteer, please email: [email protected].

🧘‍♀️Outdoor Yoga is Coming BACK! 🪷

Two different weekly options, thanks to our wonderful Community Associations in Orléans.

⭐ Every Wednesday evening from 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, beginning June 25th the Greater Avalon Community Association is hosting outdoor yoga at Alain-Fortain Catholic Elementary School (676 Lakeridge Dr). Bring a mat, water bottle and cozy blanket. Register by emailing [email protected].

⭐ Every Wednesday evening from 7 PM - 8 PM, beginning July 2nd, the Convent Glen Orléans Wood Community Association is hosting Yoga in the Park at Décarie Park (7883 Décarie Dr). No registration required.

📚Get Lit(erate)! 📚

With just a few weeks left in the school year, children are buzzing with excitement and can’t wait for summer vacation to begin. Parents, it's the perfect time to start planning activities to fill those summer days with your kids. And what better place than the Library to have fun while learning?

If you are looking for ways to keep your kids engaged, inspired, and having fun this summer, check out the Library’s interactive and engaging activities.They provide the opportunity for kids to:

• connect with nature

• dive into hands-on STEAM activities

• express themselves through art

• move to the rhythm of music

Explore the upcoming programs at the Ottawa Public Library.

The TD Summer Reading Club is BACK! The Library is thrilled to encourage young readers with the chance to win a fantastic prize! Kids who take on the challenge of reading throughout the summer will receive a reading notebook and calendar to record their progress. Learn more here.

In Orléans, we are fortunate to have three local branches:

• Orléans - 1705 Orléans Blvd

• Cumberland - 1599 Tenth Line Rd

• Blackburn Hamlet - 199 Glen Park Rd

BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT 🔦

This week’s Orléans business spotlight is…. 🥁 …. CAFÉ AMORE - located at 2409 St Joseph Blvd.

Café Amore is an authentic Italian 🇮🇹 café and deli that serves a wide variety of incredibly delicious pastries, paninis, breakfast wraps, breakfast sandwiches, salads, and of-course, speciality coffees ☕️ and cannolis.

This week Café Amore is celebrating Italian Heritage Month with a full range of specials that are sure to satisfy any Italian food cravings you may be harbouring!

So, if as they say, you’re looking to “espresso yourself” and experience what a family-owned authentic Italian café is like, right here in Orléans, you can’t go wrong by checking out Café Amore!

And if you do drop by, make sure to tell them that Orléans Connect sent you.