Skip to content
Ottawa Tamil Association
  • OTA
    • Join Us as Member
    • Ottawa Tamil Association (OTA)
    • About Us
    • Contact us
    • Presentations
    • Bylaws
    • Financial Statements
  • Volunteerism
    • Thiyaki Thileepan Food Drive
    • Fall Donation Campaign
    • OTA for Healthy Living
    • OTA Entrepreneur Network
    • Thanneer Panthal – தண்ணீர் பந்தல்
    • Recognitions
  • Tamil Heritage Month
    • Tamil Heritage Month 2027
    • Tamil Heritage Month 2026
    • Tamil Heritage Month 2025
    • Tamil Heritage Month 2024
    • Tamil Heritage Month 2023
    • Tamil Heritage Month 2020
    • Tamil Heritage Month 2019
    • THM Gala since 2016
      • Tamil Heritage Month 2021
      • Tamil Heritage Month 2022
      • Tamil Heritage Month 2018
      • Tamil Heritage Month 2017
    • Publications for Tamil Heritage Month
  • News
  • Summits
  • Social
    • You Tube
    • Facebook Page
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
    • Link Tree
    • Blog posts
    • Pre 2022 Events
      • 2022 OTA Events
      • 2021 OTA Events
      • 2020 OTA Events
      • 2019 OTA Events
      • 2018 OTA Events
      • 2017 OTA Events
      • 2016 OTA Events
      • 2015 OTA Events
      • 2014 OTA Events
  • Tamil Genocide
    • Publications about Tamil Genocide in Sri Lanka
    • Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day
  • English
    • English
    • French
    • Tamil
Search
Ottawa Tamil Association
Close menu
  • OTA
    • Join Us as Member
    • Ottawa Tamil Association (OTA)
    • About Us
    • Contact us
    • Presentations
    • Bylaws
    • Financial Statements
  • Volunteerism
    • Thiyaki Thileepan Food Drive
    • Fall Donation Campaign
    • OTA for Healthy Living
    • OTA Entrepreneur Network
    • Thanneer Panthal – தண்ணீர் பந்தல்
    • Recognitions
  • Tamil Heritage Month
    • Tamil Heritage Month 2027
    • Tamil Heritage Month 2026
    • Tamil Heritage Month 2025
    • Tamil Heritage Month 2024
    • Tamil Heritage Month 2023
    • Tamil Heritage Month 2020
    • Tamil Heritage Month 2019
    • THM Gala since 2016
      • Tamil Heritage Month 2021
      • Tamil Heritage Month 2022
      • Tamil Heritage Month 2018
      • Tamil Heritage Month 2017
    • Publications for Tamil Heritage Month
  • News
  • Summits
  • Social
    • You Tube
    • Facebook Page
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
    • Link Tree
    • Blog posts
    • Pre 2022 Events
      • 2022 OTA Events
      • 2021 OTA Events
      • 2020 OTA Events
      • 2019 OTA Events
      • 2018 OTA Events
      • 2017 OTA Events
      • 2016 OTA Events
      • 2015 OTA Events
      • 2014 OTA Events
  • Tamil Genocide
    • Publications about Tamil Genocide in Sri Lanka
    • Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day
  • English
    • English
    • French
    • Tamil
Ottawa Tamil Association
Search Toggle menu

7th Annual Thiyagi Thileepan Memorial Food Drive – தியாகி திலீபன் நினைவு உணவு நன்கொடை

October 20, 2026 — This September, the Ottawa Tamil Association (OTA), the Ottawa Tamil Cultural Society (OTACT) and OTACT Taekwondo came together for the 7th Annual Thiyagi Thileepan Memorial Food Drive. Together we collected 1,026 lbs of non-perishable food for the Ottawa Food Bank, beating our goal of 1,000 lbs. We are deeply grateful to every family, volunteer and student who gave so generously. Seven years on, this drive has become a proud Ottawa Tamil tradition, and we look forward to continuing it next year with your support.

The drive honours the memory of Thiyagi Thileepan. On September 15, 1987, in Tamil Eelam, he began a hunger strike calling for the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord to be honoured. He made five demands: the release of all Tamil political prisoners held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, an end to Sinhala colonization of Tamil areas, the withdrawal of Sri Lankan armed forces from schools in Tamil villages, the closure of new police stations in Tamil areas, and the formation of an interim administration for the North-East province. Tamils hoped India would listen. After 12 days without food or water, Thileepan died on September 26, 1987. Each September, as we remember his fast, we choose to give food to those in need in our own city.

தியாகி திலீபன் உண்ணா நோன்பிருந்த புரட்டாதி மாதத்தில் அவரின் தியாகத்தை நினைவுகூரும் வகையில், ஒட்டாவா தமிழ் ஒன்றியம், OTACT மற்றும் OTACT Taekwondo இணைந்து, பழுதடையாத 1,026 lbs இறாத்தலுக்கும் மேற்பட்ட உணவுப் பொருட்களைத் திரட்டி ஒட்டாவா உணவு வங்கிக்கு வழங்கியுள்ளன. ஏழாவது ஆண்டாகத் தொடரும் இந்நற்பணிக்குப் பங்களித்த அனைவருக்கும் எமது மனமார்ந்த நன்றிகள். அடுத்த ஆண்டும் உங்கள் ஆதரவுடன் இப்பணியைத் தொடர்வோம்.

நன்றி.

Ottawa Tamil Association

https://ottawatamilassociation.ca/philanthropy-volunteerism-and-charity/thiyagi-thileepan-food-drive/

###

Post navigation

Ottawa Tamil Association expresses its deepest condolences on the Passing of Denis J.Halliday
Tamil Heritage Month Gala 2027: 11th Annual Gala · Jointly presented by OTA, FGTO and TGM
Tamil Genocide AI

Chat with TGM AI anytime — click the icon in the bottom-right corner, or open the full page: ottawatamilassociation.ca/ai

To Donate to OTA, please click

Thank You, Sponsors

  • Tamil Heritage Month Gala 2027: 11th Annual Gala · Jointly presented by OTA, FGTO and TGM

    Oct 29, 2026

    Tamil Heritage Month Gala 2027: 11th Annual Gala · Jointly presented by OTA, FGTO and TGM

    Ottawa Tamil Association (OTA) | Federation of Global Tamil Organizations (FGTO) | Tamil Genocide Memorial (TGM) Tamil Heritage Month Gala 2027 - […]

  • OTA’s page in the FetNA 2023 Aruvi magazine
  • Filling vacuum to fulfilling — Ottawa Tamil Association
  • Event Summary Information session about United Nation’s investigation on Sri Lanka – Oct 7, 2014
About the OTA
Join as Member
Contact Us
OTA News
Global Tamil Summits
Tamil Heritage Month
Tamil Genocide in Sri Lanka
OTA Events
Volunteer at OTA
OTA collobrative projects
  • OTA’s page in the FetNA 2023 Aruvi magazine
  • Filling vacuum to fulfilling — Ottawa Tamil Association
  • Event Summary Information session about United Nation’s investigation on Sri Lanka – Oct 7, 2014
© 2026 Ottawa Tamil Association.