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.
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
Nov 30, 2009 at 13:47:24 E. Dodge
Hey, great job guys. Looking forward to hearing about your progress.
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Nov 30, 2009 at 17:32:03 C. Thind
Woot Support our troops ::TORONTO EMS MEDVENTS proudly supports
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Dec 7, 2009 at 15:02:49 Dawn
Awesome idea.
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Dec 14, 2009 at 09:57:09 C. Saunders
What a great idea I will pass this along to all my friends
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Dec 14, 2009 at 21:28:46 Maria Dey
Thank you for doing this. My brother is one of our brave Canucks; he’s in Afghanistan at the present time. I feel terribly inadequate in expressing my gratitude to our soldiers for keeping us safe.
My brother told me once that just knowing Canadians @ home appreciate what they do keeps them going; that it’s an honor to serve and a privilage to protect us back home.
This simple gesture of a cup of java from Tims goes a long way to remind them that they are in our thoughts and prayers.
Thanks once again..
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Jan 5, 2010 at 09:02:43 Darryl
Rama EMS Paramedics (Chippewas of Rama First Nation) collected more than $1000 in Tim’s cards (more than $120 per full time paramedic). We are proud of our troops and very pleased to be able to express our support for them.
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Jan 7, 2010 at 23:45:12 Wayne M. Poole
To all the Brothers and Sisters over there, doing what you feel is right and just. In what ever capacity you may be in. God Bless and keep you safe from harm until reach Canadian soil once more. Thank You Gnr Poole WM CFB Shilo Troop 144 July 1966
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Here’s how her stint in war-torn Afghanistan gave her a greater appreciation for our soldiers – and our country.
When she wrote this essay, she was a month away from returning home.
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My alarm goes off just before 5 a.m. I pull on my bathrobe, pad down the hallway and open the plywood door to a gravel road and a line of large rounded tents surrounded by concrete highway dividers. The sun is already up, and hundreds of birds have congregated in the few trees to bid the morning welcome with their cheerful chatter. It is almost cool, but the promise of 50-degree heat hangs in the air. (more…)
Many thanks to 680 News and CTV News, plus the many people across Canada who have donated to this cause!
Col Stephen Cadden, Chief Of Staff, Land Force Central Area/Joint Task Force Central & Chief Bruce Farr, Toronto EMS with Toronto area teachers Miss Martel and Mr. Kastner.
Notice:
No more deadlines for sending in your cards! Send in your cards to:
Share A Cup With A Brave Canuck!
Toronto Emergency Medical Services
4330 Dufferin Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3H 5R9
Attn: Ric Rangel-Bron
canuck@toronto.ca