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Tulipathon 2025

Thank You for Making Tulipathon 2025 a Success

Thank you to everyone who supported Tulipathon 2025! Because of your incredible generosity, we not only reached our fundraising goal — we surpassed it. Together, we raised an outstanding $126,788 in support of affordable housing.
Your donations will make a lasting impact by helping MHI tenants keep their rents affordable and their homes secure. We truly couldn’t have done it without you!

2025 Tulipathon Award Winners

Farook Tareen Award (Most Funds Raised)
  • Human Concern International – $20,000 raised

Banner Contest Winners
  • 1st Place: Kitchissippi United Church
  • 2nd Place: Barrhaven United
  • 3rd Place: St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church

A heartfelt thank you to all of our teams, walkers, fundraisers, supporters, advocates, and friends who made this year’s Tulipathon such a success.

Thank you | Merci | Meegwetch

What is tulipathon?

Each May, rain or shine, the Multifaith Housing Initiative (MHI) hosts Tulipathon, a 3KM walkathon fundraiser at Commissioners Park. This annual event invites MHI’s 80+ faith group members, their congregations, and the wider community for a scenic walk through the tulips. With 100% of all proceeds going toward MHI’s subsidies program, our goal this year is to raise $125,000. With our fall 2024 amalgamation with Gloucester Housing Corporation, MHI has an increased number of families and individuals that qualify for rent subsidies. We are ready to work with our community to make this Tulipathon the most successful one yet.  ​

Tulipathon 2025 photo album


How to donate

  • Online: The best method! Give or sign up via the Tulipathon fundraising website today. Electronic tax receipts are sent via Classy. 
  • Cash & cheque: Download the pledge form to start collecting donations by cash and cheque. You can also direct donors to mail their cheques directly to MHI with a note indicating if they want their donation to support a particular individual and/or team. Send all cheques to 206-404 McArthur Ave., Ottawa ON, K1K 1G8. Please note that we can only provide tax receipts for donations over $15.00 when you donate in-person by cash or cheque. 
  • Phone: Donors can call (613) 686-1825 to make a contribution over the phone using a credit card. Please leave a message if nobody picks up and MHI staff will return the call as soon as possible. Donors can specify if they want their donation to go to a particular individual and/or team.

​DOWNLOAD CONGREGATION PACKAGE

Many of you have asked for a Congregation Package to share with your faith group to help share the word about Tulipathon and this important fundraiser. You can play the video for your congregation from YouTube or download it to play if you are without an internet connection. ​
Tulipathon Congregation Package
YouTube video 
Download video (WeTransfer link)

Poster (8.5 x 11)
Poster (small 7 x 5)

Pledge form
​Tulipathon Presentation (PDF)
Online Fundraising page 
Online Team Pages 
​Article for member newsletters

​TEAM DIRECTORY

SPONSOR OR JOIN TO YOUR FAVOURITE TEAM!
Anglican Communities:  
All Saints Anglican Church Westboro 
Christ Church Bells Corners​ 
Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa 
Julian Of Norwich Anglican Church 
St Aidan's Anglican Church 
Trinity Anglican Church 
St. Peter & St. Paul's Anglican Church 
St John's Kanata Anglican Church 
St. Mark the Evangelist Anglican Church 
Anglican Diocese of Ottawa 
St. Stephen's Anglican Church 
St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church 
St. Columba Anglican Church 
St. James Anglican Church 
St. Thomas The Apostle Anglican Church 
St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church 
St. Matthew's Anglican Church 
St. James the Apostle Manotick 
St. Thomas Stittsville 
St. Margaret's Church 
Church of St. Barnabas Apostle and Martyr 
St. Albans Church 
Church of the Ascension
​

Baha’i Communities: 
The Baha'i Community of Ottawa ​

Baptist Communities:  
First Baptist Church 
Fourth Avenue Baptist Church 
Bethany Baptist Church 
Sequoia Community Church ​

Christian Communities:  
The Salvation Army Barrhaven Church 
Centretown Churches Social Action Committee 
Church of the Resurrection 
Christian Council of the Capital Area
 
Hindu Communities:  
Vishwa Shakti Durga Mandir Association 

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Interfaith Communities :  
Christian Muslim Dialogue 
 
Lutheran Communities:  
Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church 
St. Peter's Lutheran Church 
Islamic Organizations and Communities:  
Ismaili Community of Ottawa 
​
Jamiatul Muslemeen of Ottawa-Carleton 
Kanata Muslim Association 
Ottawa Muslim Association 
Ottawa Muslim Women's Organization 
Sakeenah Canada 
South Nepean Muslim Community 
Stittsville Muslim Association
 
Jewish Communities:  
Adath Shalom Congregation  
Jewish Family Services of Ottawa  
Kehillat Beth Israel  
Machzikei Hadas  
Or Haneshamah  
Ottawa Torah Centre  
Soloway Jewish Community Centre  
Tamir  
Temple Israel 
 
Mennonite Communities:  
Ottawa Mennonite Church 
 
Other : 
Tareen Family 
Cornerstone Housing for Women 
The King's Daughters and Sons 
Orléans Independent Living Network : Réseau pour la vie autonome d’Orléans 
Centretown Community Association 
Human Concern International 
Tulipathon-General 
Multifaith Housing Initiative - Board/Committees/Staff
Fotenn Planning & Design

Orthodox Communities:  
St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral 
Hellenic Community of Ottawa - Dormition of the Virgin Mary 

​Presbyterian Communities: 
 
Knox Presbyterian Church 
St. Timothy's Presbyterian Church 
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 
 
Quaker Communities:  
Ottawa Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends ​
Roman Catholic Communities:  
St. Basil's Catholic Church 
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall 
Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church 
Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church 
St. Basils Catholic Women's League 
Sheng Shen Chinese Catholic Church 
Society of Saint Vincent De Paul 
Our Lady of Fatima Parish 
Sisters of Holy Cross 
Knights of Columbus St. Leonard's Parish 
Holy Spirit Parish 
St. George's Parish 
Paroisse Saint-Gabriel 
St. Elizabeth Parish 
Good Shepherd - Barrhaven 
Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica 
 
Unitarian Universalist Communities:  
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 
First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa 
 
Sufi Communities:  
Sufi Ottawa  
 
United Church Communities:  
Barrhaven United Church 
Stittsville United Church 
Trinity United Church 
Riverside United Church 
Bells Corners United Church 
City View United Church 
Emmanuel United Church 
Queenswood United Church 
St. Paul's Eastern United  
Orleans United Church 
Rideau Park United Church 
First United Church of Ottawa 
Dominion Chalmers Church  
Manotick United Church 
MacKay United Church 
Kitchissippi United Church 
Woodroffe United Church 
​Eastern Ontario Outaouais Regional Council 
South Minister United Church 
​Glebe St. James United Church 
Kanata United Church 
Parkdale United Church 
Knox United Church 
South Gloucester United Church ​

Sponsorship

This is also the first year that MHI is actively seeking corporate sponsorship. We have a sponsorship package that features dynamic sponsorship levels and assets. The fundraising period for Tulipathon runs from April 1st to June 31st, 2025.  

Thank you to our sponsors: 
Presenting Sponsor - Natasha Hall & Associates – Cooperators  
Family Fun Zone Sponsor - BLG  
Reception Sponsor - Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall 
Community Champion Sponsors - 
Giant Wholesale Distributors, Waidt Developments Ltd., A Everest Locksmith, HVAC Maximum Heating and Cooling, DanCan Electric, Go! Pest Control, Meridian, Fotenn Planning + Design, and Sunshine Snow Service. ​
Download Sponsorship Package

Decades of walking for affordable housing

The “Tulipathon” Charity Walk was initiated by the late Dr. Farook Tareen, with support from the Ottawa Muslim Association. The first walkathon fundraiser was held on May 27 2000, and became an annual event where the proceeds were donated to different Ottawa charities. MHI became the recipient of the walkathon and started a long standing relationship with the Tareen Family. Dr. Tareen even served on MHI's Board of Directors!

After becoming a supporter and part of the MHI family, Dr. Farook Tareen gifted the walkathon to MHI. Now every year, MHI hosts the Tulipathon walkathon fundraiser at Dow's Lake inviting MHI’s 70+ faith group members to walk among the tulips and raise money for the tenants who live at MHI communities. MHI provides more than $400, 000 in subsidies to our tenants every year with 100% of net proceeds of Tulipathon going to the subsidies program. 
  • "The subsidy we receive means that my family and I can have a nice place to live, in a nice little community and a safe place we can call home" - MHI Tenant

Tulipathon archives

Click on the images below to visit our Tulipathon archives
2024 Tulipathon Archives
2023 Tulipathon Archives
2022 Tulipathon Archives
2021 Tulipathon Archives
2020 Tulipathon Archives
2019 Tulipathon Archives
2017 Tulipathon Archives
2018 Tulipathon Archives
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