A welcoming community, supporting each other through diverse programs & resources to build friendships, strengthen our children & create healthy neighbourhoods. To relieve poverty, provide education, support, recreational & social opportunities for people of all abilities and ages. We are a registered charity, community based agency that began in 1999 with 6 women meeting together and In the last 20 years we have supported 13, 253 people in 4800 households. last year alone, we served 2550 people in 1000 households. Our centre has been set up to be a non-institutional, barrier free space, so that it is welcoming to everyone. It is a reflection of the needs, talents and gifts of our neighbours and friends so that it is relevant to the whole community. We believe in supporting the whole community together, regardless of income level, age or background. We support people from all over Oakville but focus on North Oakville. OPNC is a charitable organization and volunteers are the core of our organization. Our centre has various programs including, multicultural programs (Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, German, Newcomers); Indigenous programs, food bank, community garden, counselling support group, tenant support, poverty support group, utility bill payments, financial literacy, year round income tax, Seniors, supports for people with disabilities reading club. We run family, infant, toddler, preschool and youth programs. We also have an affordable preschool program. We provide free or affordable space to a number of local agencies and businesses to run family programming including Rock, Nelson Youth Centre, HIPPY, Guides, Russian music theater, Halton Legal, Halton Region, Oakville Library, Native Family Services, Kerry’s Place, Stride, SAVIS, SOS first Aid, Karate, Wei Yan Art Classes, and Seniors talk.