Gold Wing Road Riders Association (GWRRA)
“Members from the Gold Wing Road Riders Association (GWRRA) chapters were thrilled to hear how well the Toronto EMS initiative has done in the past and how well it is doing so far this year collecting Tim Horton’s cards for military members in Kandahar. Collectively we contributed 235 cards.
Thanks to so many of you for sending in your Tim’s cards. There are 425 cards on their way to Kandahar Air Field for distribution to our soldiers, sailors, airmen/women posted throughout Afghanistan. Your messages of love, support, prayers, and well-wishes will be so welcome. A special thank you to:
- “a family from Calgary” for their personal notecards;
- Amherstburg Police Service;
- Goldwing Road Riders Association “Y” (Mississauga), “K” (Kingston) and “Q” (Belleville) Chapters;
- Niagara EMS Communications Centre Dispatchers;
- Greater Sudbury Police Service Dispatchers;
- and so many individual Canadians from all across our beautiful country!!
The tally for 2010 so far is: 1,229 cards to our troops!!
HAPPY CANADA DAY to all of our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen/women serving overseas!! We hold our flag up high for you.
Share A Cup With A Brave Canuck! was proud to be one of a list of sponsors for the Fairways for Heroes 1st Annual Golf Tournament on June 9th, 2010.
Over $8000 was raised for the Canadian Forces Military Families Fund!! This charity, started by former Chief of Defence Staff General (Ret’d) Rick Hillier in April 2007, raises funds to support the families of serving members of our Canadian Forces. “It assists military families faced with unforeseen and often immediate needs that have resulted due to conditions of service.” Visit http://www.cfpsa.com/en/corporate/mfamily/index.asp for more information on how you can help.
Our guests of honour included former CDS General (Ret’d) Rick Hillier, Director General of Land Staff Brigadier General D.W. Thompson, and CEFCOM Assistant Chief of Staff- Support Colonel D.A. Rundle.
All who attended, played, volunteered, and worked hard to make this tournament a success should be proud of their efforts!
Share A Cup With A Brave Canuck! has partnered with “Friends Of The Canadian Forces” on an inaugural golf tournament in benefit of the Canadian Military Families Fund.
1st Annual Fairways for Heroes Charity Golf Tournament
Carlisle Golf & Country Club, near Burlington
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Tee-off at 13h00 (1p.m.)
$140 per person
There will be lots of wonderful prizes, great networking opportunities and of course…an awesome prime rib for dinner!
Register as an individual or a foursome (individuals will be placed in foursomes). Send in your payment quickly as we are expecting a sold out event!!
Looking forward to seeing you in June!
Call 416.467.2922 or e-mail at fairwaysforheroes@gmail.com to register.
On its way to Kandahar Air Field is another box with 246 Tim cards for our troops!! All of them have a personal letter or message from Canadians just like you from all over the country. That brings 2010’s total cards sent to Afghanistan to 804!!
Thank you for your continued support. 
Keep them coming in…A new rotation of troops arrived in April.
The Share A Cup team was happy to attend this year’s Public Safety 411 Lecture Series held at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario.
For a list of speakers visit their website at www.publicsafety411.ca
We have received over 60 Tim cards for our troops in Afghanistan. These cards, from the Residents of Rosedale Village in Brampton, Ontario, included warm messages of support and love. Off to Kandahar they go!!
I go to the bridge, and I stand with the others,
Neighbours, strangers, fathers, and mothers.
We wait in the cold, or we wait in the sun,
For the calvacade carrying Canada’s son.
Traffic flows under this place where we stand,
Horns honking, lights flashing, some waving their hands,
And we are connected this time in this space,
Feeling the loss of another sweet face.
It seems not to matter if we disagree
Or stand in support of their mission to free
Those folks over there in that faraway land;
We come for the soldiers – it’s for them we stand.
Those brave men and women who answered the call.
They’ve given their lives; what I give is so small,
An hour of my time to speak for my nation,
To welcome them home at this repatriation.
So I go to the bridge, and I stand with the others,
Neighbours, strangers, father, and mothers.
We wait in the cold, or we wait in the sun,
For the calvacade carrying Canada’s son.
-Cathy Kehoe
Oshawa, Ontario
