It’s time once again on Thursday, 18 December 2025 for our ever-popular Prostate Cancer Support Ottawa Christmas Gathering
After another productive year thanks to the wonderful support of both our members and our Board of Directors, the Christmas season will soon be upon us, so let’s celebrate!
The annual PCSO Christmas Gathering will be held on Thursday, Dec 18th, beginning at 6:00PM at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church [MAP]. Appetizers will be available followed by the buffet dinner at 7:00 PM. As usual, spouses, partners, a friend, etc., are all are welcome.
Our amazing caterer, Lolacher’s, again this year will be serving up a traditional holiday feast with turkey, meat pie, meatballs, and some other favourites.
RegistrationRegistration this year will be through our CanadaHelps donor portal, to improve registration accuracy and reduce volunteer workload. The deadline for registering this year is Friday, Dec 12th.
This involves just a few simple steps, and you don’t need a CanadaHelps account, so start by clicking on the following link –
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/pccn-ottawa/events/2025-christmas-dinner/.
- On the “2025 Christmas Dinner” screen, select the number of no-cost PCSO Attendee tickets. Note: There also is an option here to donate to PCSO if you have not done so already in 2025.
- Click on the Register button to go to the “Order Summary” page, where you’ll enter your purchaser information – name and e-mail information are required, but for your street address, you can just enter single characters.
- Click Continue Without Logging-In.
- Click the Checkout button.
- On the “Order Summary” page, click Place Order.
CanadaHelps will send you a confirmation email with a ticket for each person registered, which you don’t need to bring to this event. You also will get 2 reminder notifications – one at 7 days before, and the other at 1 day before the event.
We look forward to you joining us to celebrate this past year and more good things ahead for 2025-2026.
Please note: The use of masks is not currently mandatory at St. Stephen’s; however, concerns remain regarding COVID, common flu infections and RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus), so please feel free to wear a mask if you’ll feel more comfortable. We’ll have plenty of masks and hand sanitizer on hand, and we’ll have lots of tables and chairs set up in our large meeting space so everyone will be able to spread out.
Monthly Social Drop-Ins
Please come on out and join us in person for relaxed social drop-ins at the Maplesoft-Jones Centre. All are welcome – members, newcomers, and partners/caregivers.
These new monthly PCSO meetings will start at 6:00 pm in the Great Room of the Maplesoft-Jones Centre, 1500 Alta Vista Drive [MAP], every first Thursday of the month except July and August. These are in-person only events, with coffee and light refreshments available. Check our Meetings page for details.
We hope to see you there!
Regular PCS Ottawa Meetings
Unless otherwise noted, we hold Prostate Cancer Support Ottawa’s regular monthly meetings at the Maplesoft-Jones Cancer Survivorship Centre [Map] on the third Thursday of each month. We don’t hold meetings in the months of July and August, except for our ever-popular annual BBQ on the third Thursday of August.
We offer most of our meetings in hybrid format, allowing you to attend either in person or virtually. Watch our Meetings and Events website page or your e-mail inbox for meeting locations and specific registration instructions.
We normally start our meetings with a social gathering at 5:30 pm, followed at 6:00 pm with brief business announcements, followed by either a guest speaker or a sharing session.
We thank you for your continued support!
Not sure where to start?
We are only a phone call or email away. Contact PCSO anytime at 613-828-0762 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).