Membership
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Chair: Jayson MacLean
Contact: Membership@OttawaEast.ca
On this page:
- Your membership and donation impact
- e-transfer instructions
Your membership impact
In the past year, your membership and donations supported:
- OOECA membership in organizations that help advance issues impacting our community, including Federation of Citizens’ Association (fca-fac.ca) and Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability (CAFES Ottawa)
- Donation to Rideau Winter Trail to support grooming and extension of the trail from year to year
- OOE parks maintenance and enhancements including port-a-potty rental for Springhurst Park, Brantwood park skating rink payment of resident water bill to flood and maintain ice, and Adirondack chairs for Brantwood Park.
- Support for events, initiatives, legal actions and appeals (Lansdowne 2.0, 18 Hawthorne)
- Sustainable Living Ottawa East tree and plant initiatives
- Remembrance Day commemoration at Brantwood Gates
There are many ways to get involved beyond membership
- Attend our monthly board meetings in person (Old Town Hall, 61 Main Street) or online (Zoom).
- Join 1 of our 9 committees, or email Info@OttawaEast.ca to add your name to our volunteer list for specific activities, projects, or special events.
E-transfer for memberships or donation
OOE residents, businesses and property owners can become members of OOECA at any time.
Pay by e-transfer, and share yur membership details (name(s) of members 18 years and older from your household, address)
E-transfer instructions
Use e-transfer to pay for you membership or donations
- Sign in to your financial institution’s online banking service.
- Navigate to the option to send money using Interac e-Transfer.
- Select the account from which you will be sending the funds.
- Add OOECA as a recipient using the email address and security answer provided below:
- Recipient name: OOECA
- Email for e-Transfer: etransfer@ottawaeast.ca
- Security question: What is the password OOECA provided?
- Security answer: OOECAtransfer
- Submit your e-transfer with a message, or follow up your e-transfer with an email.
- Before sending your e-transfer, use the message field to share your contact information, address, and member name(s) you wish to include in your household’s membership; or,
- After sending your e-transfer, email Membership@OttawaEast.ca with your address and member name(s) from your household to include in your membership.
Once we receive notification of your e-transfer, please note that it may take a few business days to process your transaction.
Privacy notice
OOECA does not share your personal information, including email address, with other organizations. We collect this information to track who has paid for a membership or provided a donation and update our records.