<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="font-family: "Segoe UI";"><b class="">Upcoming Soul Space Offerings</b></div><div class="" style="font-family: "Segoe UI";"><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class="" style="font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span class="">Please join us for one or more of our upcoming offerings (please see attachments):</span></div><div class="" style="font-family: "Segoe UI";"><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class="" style="font-family: "Segoe UI";"><b class="">1. Soul Space Café - Thursday, November 10th @ 7-9pm - Bridgehead Coffee House, 282 Elgin Street (Elgin & Somerset) </b><span class="">- Soul Space welcomes Ottawa’s frontline street health, shelter, day program & harm reduction workers for a monthly drop-in social gathering. Enjoy free coffee, tea & treats while engaging in meaningful conversation and activities with other frontline workers to support your wellbeing. </span></div><div class="" style="font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: "Segoe UI";"><b class="">2. Creating with Clay Workshops @ Hintonburg Pottery Studio - November 14 (11am), December 14 (4pm) </b> - Take some time for yourself and get creative with other frontline street health, harm-reduction and social service workers in Ottawa! Register at: <a href="https://bookeo.com/soulspaceottawa" class="">https://bookeo.com/soulspaceottawa</a> </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class="">You will notice that there is now a $20 fee related to participating in the clay workshop. The value of the workshop is $115, but as a frontline worker, you receive a discount of $95, so you pay $20 (taxes and supplies included). </font><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI";" class="">We trust that you will understand that we have implemented some</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI";" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI";" class="">fees to ensure that, as a non-profit initiative, we can remain</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI";" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI";" class="">in operation for</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI";" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI";" class="">you and other frontline workers in the long term. It is our hope that this fee</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI";" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI";" class="">will not be a barrier to your</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI";" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI";" class="">participation. If the fee is really not possible</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI";" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI";" class="">for you, but you would like to attend, please get in touch with us at:</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI";" class=""> <a href="mailto:coordinator@soulspaceottawa.ca" class="">coordinator@soulspaceottawa.ca</a> </span></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: "Segoe UI";"><b class="">________</b></div><div class="" style="font-family: "Segoe UI";">Soul Space offers low-barrier, cost-free, holistic wellness workshops, cafés, day- and weekend retreats for street health, harm reduction, shelter & social service workers who care for people experiencing homelessness, complex substance use & mental health issues. Soul Space is guided by a collective of frontline workers and community members, as a program within the life and work of First United Church in Ottawa. As a non-profit initiative aiming to support other non-profits, our costs serve to ensure sustainability and continuity of our services. Soul Space revenue is supported in part by donations from charities, churches, individuals as well as various private and public donors. </div><br class="" style="font-family: "Segoe UI";"><div class="" style="font-family: "Segoe UI";">Please contact <a href="mailto:info@soulspaceottawa.ca" class="">info@soulspaceottawa.ca</a> if you have questions about our offerings. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></body></html>