“It’s about giving them hope and purpose”: Ottawa Inner City Health’s Block Leaders program marks one year serving the community (TOH)

OttawaHospital.ca - June 27, 2024

It’s a warm late spring morning in the ByWard Market. Soon, the streets will fill with big buses and tourists keen to explore the nation’s capital.

For now, it’s quiet — except for a conspicuous group of people wearing bright red vests who are sprinkled throughout the Market, inspecting front stoops of businesses and peeking under stairwells.

Meet the Block Leaders, members of a new program changing the lives of some of Ottawa’s most vulnerable residents.

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