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Walk for Veterans
by Trooper Mon 07 Oct 2019, 6:14 pm
A preview of the Second Annual Canadian Walk for Veterans
Suicide awareness and prevention for PTSD is this year’s theme
10.07.2019
Suicide awareness and prevention for PTSD is this year’s theme
10.07.2019
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Re: Walk for Veterans
by Lucifer Thu 17 Oct 2019, 8:53 am
Courtenay hosts Walk for Veterans Oct. 19
Oct. 16, 2019
Oct. 16, 2019
Courtenay is one of 10 cities participating in the second annual Canadian Walk for Veterans on Saturday, Oct. 19.
The theme of this year’s walk is suicide awareness and prevention for those who suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
The event provides an opportunity for people to walk shoulder-to-shoulder, and to hear stories from veterans and first responders. Participants receive a challenge coin, imprinted with 1-800 suicide prevention hotline numbers and the following message of hope: ‘One day your story of perseverance will be someone else’s survival guide.’
The walk is from 10 a.m.—1 p.m. at the Courtenay Heritage Riverway, Mansfield Drive entrance. Registration is 9:30 a.m.
Details at
https://www.canadianwalkforveterans.com/Proceeds support four organizations — two in B.C. — working to provide veterans and first responders with support, rehabilitation services and the tools they need to cope.
Monies raised from the Canadian Walk for Veterans will be going directly to
Rally Point Retreat (Nova Scotia)
Sheepdog Lodge (Alberta)
Camp My Way (British Columbia)
Honour House (Vancouver, BC)
•The public is encouraged to use the Vancouver Island Crisis Line at 1-888-494-3888. Support is available 24 hours a day.
Crisis text services are also available from 6-10 p.m., seven days a week. Text 250-800-3806 from a mobile phone.
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Re: Walk for Veterans
by Ironman Sat 19 Oct 2019, 1:23 pm
Veterans gather across Canada to raise awareness of suicide and prevent PTSD
Published Saturday, October 19, 2019
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/veterans-gather-across-canada-to-raise-awareness-of-suicide-and-prevent-ptsd-1.4645955
Published Saturday, October 19, 2019
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/veterans-gather-across-canada-to-raise-awareness-of-suicide-and-prevent-ptsd-1.4645955
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Re: Walk for Veterans
by Wolverine Sat 19 Oct 2019, 9:43 pm
Canadian Walk for Veterans visits Moncton
10.19.2019
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Re: Walk for Veterans
by Echostar Thu 10 Sep 2020, 3:47 pm
White Rock-based Canadian Walk for Veterans grows online
Pandemic gives unexpected boost to annual event
ALEX BROWNESep. 10, 2020
Pandemic gives unexpected boost to annual event
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Re: Walk for Veterans
by Accer Sun 19 Jun 2022, 11:40 am
White Rock’s first Walk for Veterans scheduled
SOBIA MOMAN / Jun. 19, 2022
SOBIA MOMAN / Jun. 19, 2022
With the goal of teaching the public about the challenges of life after service and raising donations to support veteran services, the Canadian Walk For Veterans is coming to White Rock streets for the first time.
The Sept. 25 walk, intended to serve as a show appreciation of military and first responders, is part of a national event co-founded by South Surrey resident Marc Burchell.
Along with national co-organizer and former master corporal, Chance Burles, Burchell was in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 8, for a Parliamentary tribute to the Walk.
During that event, South Surrey-White Rock MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay spoke in praise of Burchell’s and Burles’ efforts.
This year’s Walk will shine a spotlight on translators, interpreters, cultural advisors and other locally employed people who have been important to Canada’s missions throughout the world.
The Walk has been held virtually for the past two years in 152 cities across the country because of pandemic restrictions.
Begun nationally five years ago, the annual Walk for Veterans will be in White Rock this fall for the city’s inaugural in-person event. It is one of 10 communities hosting a group walk this year.
Everyone who registers for this year’s Walk will be gifted with a 2022 pewter challenge coin from a veteran-owned business in Canada. The image on the coin is of a soldier with his interpreter and the words ‘Leave No One Behind’ inscribed on the back.
White Rock’s Walk For Veterans will take place on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 10 a.m. at Memorial Park along the city’s promenade. To register for the Walk, a fee of $25 is required, visit canadianwalkforveterans.com
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Re: Walk for Veterans
by Jackson Wed 07 Sep 2022, 7:36 pm
Walk for Veterans set to make its White Rock debut
Annual event has roots on Semiahmoo Peninsula, but has never before been staged here
NICK GREENIZAN / Sep. 7, 2022
Though its roots are in White Rock – event founder Marc Burchell is a Semiahmoo Peninsula resident – the annual Walk for Veterans is set to make its debut in the seaside city later this month.
The walk – co-founded by Burchell and his Equitas Society in 2018 – is now a national endeavour, and is planned for 11 cities across Canada on Sept. 24-25. The White Rock walk is set for the 25th, 10 a.m., and begins at Memorial Park (15300 Marine Dr.).
Registration is $25, and funds raised from the White Rock event will be put towards the True Patriot Love Afghan Resettlement campaign. Walks in Abbotsford, Courtenay, Kamloops, Edmonton, Calgary and Kingston, Ont. will also support the same organization, while proceeds from other walks – from Halifax to Phillipsburg, Que. and Prince Albert, Sask. will support similar military and veteran-focused organizations.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, recent Walk for Veterans events have been staged remotely.
“COVID-19 has been hard on a lot of veteran and first responder organizations across the country, so this year we have teamed up with other organizations to help them raise money to support local charities,” said Burchell in a news release. “Wherever they live, we encourage Canadians from coast to coast to coast to support the Canadian Walk for Veterans and the veterans in their community.”
Aside from raising money – through registration fees as well as donations – the purpose of the Walk for Veterans is to bring awareness of veterans who may not be top of mind to local residents – including translators, peacekeepers and veterans of more modern conflicts.
“Highly skilled interpreters, cultural advisors and project officers have always been essential to Canadian military and peacekeeping missions in Afghanistan and other conflict zones. They’ve served alongside us in very high-risk environments helping to keep us safe and we should not leave them behind,” Randie Scott, a 35-year veteran who served in Afghanistan, said in the release.
“The public tends to think of veterans as soldiers from (The First World War, the Second World War) or the Korean War, but we also have a generation of young veterans among us who deserve our thanks and need our support.
“Unlike Remembrance Day, where we tend to pay tribute to the fallen, the Canadian Walk for Veterans is an opportunity to walk shoulder to shoulder with veterans and thank them while they are still among us.”
For more information, visit www.canadianwalkforveterans.com
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Re: Walk for Veterans
by Leopard Sat 17 Sep 2022, 7:39 am
Canadian Walk for Veterans comes to Abbotsford’s Mill Lake Park
Sep. 16, 2022
Sep. 16, 2022
The Canadian Walk for Veterans is expanding to include Abbotsford.
It’s the fifth year for the walk, but the first time one has been held anywhere in the Fraser Valley.
Christian Lane, a law enforcement officer from a family of veterans, is the team lead for the Abbotsford walk, which takes place Saturday, Sept. 24 at Mill Lake.
He’s hoping to see veterans, first responders, family, friends and the public come out and enjoy the event.
“This is our first opportunity coming out of the pandemic to bring our neighbours and friends together in support of veterans,” he said. “And this is the first time this event has ever been held in the Fraser Valley.”
It’s an opportunity to walk alongside a veteran, soldier, police officer, paramedic or firefighter, either to talk about their experiences or to just enjoy the walk.
Now more than ever, veterans are ready to talk about their time in service.
“This is one of the features of the walk,” he said. “It’s an opportunity for every day Canadians to come out and talk to a veteran. The interesting thing about this generation of solider is they want to share their stories. There is a much better understanding of unburdening yourself.”
He knows this personally as a first responder, and also as the host of a podcast called Team Ten Eight. The numbers are radio code for being ‘ready for service,’ he explains, and that’s the theme of his show. He created the show to be a platform for those who have served the country in the military.
Where older generations wanted to bury their stories, for the most part, that’s changing.
“This generation really wants to share their stories,” he says, and they are understanding the healing that comes with sharing them.
“It removes barriers and certain stigmas, unloading your guts,” Lane says.
Registration for the walk is $25, with the the majority of those funds going toward an initiative that Lane is passionate about, called the True Patriot Love Afghan Resettlement Fund.
The theme for this year’s walk, Leave No One Behind, was chosen to raise awareness of the plight of translators, interpreters, cultural advisors and other locally employed people who were essential to Canada’s missions in conflicts throughout the world such as the Balkans, Somalia, Rwanda and Afghanistan.
For example, there are many Afghan citizens who helped the Canadian military in their efforts, and are being targeted by the Taliban today for their service to Canada. So far more than 7,865 Afghans have been brought to Canada under special immigration measures, fewer than half of the 15,575 applications received.
This resettlement efforts have been going on since Canada pulled out of Afghanistan a year ago.
“These are locals (in Afghanistan) who worked side by side with Canada,” Lane says. “They deserve to be here in Canada and elsewhere in the world, free from the threat of harm because they did work alongside of us.”
The True Patriot Love Foundation, in partnership with organizations across the country, has launched a fund that will be distributed across Canada to local organizations working directly with Afghan refugees and their families as they adapt to life in Canada.
The Walk for Veterans is a wonderful opportunity to raise awareness of service that play but also those who helped the military, he adds.
To participate in this 5-km walk, register at www.CanadianWalkForVeterans.com.
The Abbotsford Canadian Walk for Veterans will take place at Mill Lake Park – Bevan Avenue between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24.
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Re: Walk for Veterans
by Hammercore Sat 24 Sep 2022, 4:59 pm
Calgarians walk in support of veterans to raise awareness for mental health and economic challenges
Published Sept. 24, 2022
Published Sept. 24, 2022
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