Sault Ste Marie Streets Showered with Yellow Ribbons!

Military families show support for kin in Afghanistan
It was mission accomplished for May Adshead Saturday. The facilitator of Sault Ste. Marie Military Family Support Group and 14 other volunteers spent an hour staple gunning and wrapping about 300 yellow ribbons on poles on Queen Street East, Pim Street, Great Northern Road And Second Line from Great Northern to Leighs Bay Road.
The colourful markers show backing for about 20 Sault residents serving in Afghanistan in the regular and reserve forces.
"Their community is behind them, supporting them," said Adshead.
"I think (the ribbons) are awesome."
A fundraising barbecue held Canada Day at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 25 and personal donations from support group members covered the roughly $100 supply cost.
The ribbons will stay up on Queen Street until September and the remaining streets until early 2009.
The support group, formed in 2007, is entering a float in the Community Day parade Saturday.
It will include the names of Canadians killed in Afghanistan and the names of local residents who have served in that country and other nations since a series of terrorist attacks killed about 3,000 people in the United States in 2001.
Six members of the 49th Field Regiment leave for Afghanistan later this month. (Godspeed to these troops and their families)
Two or three of those reserve members, dressed in their military fatigues, are expected to walk along the support group's float.

Yellow ribbons will be distributed to parade watchers along Queen Street East.
The support group has about 60 members now attending monthly meetings at Branch 25.
"It's growing daily," said Adshead.
"It's amazing."
Her son, Brandon, served in Afghanistan in 2007 with the 49th Field Regiment. Now a member of the Canadian army, the Sir James Dunn collegiate graduate is expected to return for a second deployment in 2009.

A Great Big HUA to the Sault Ste Marie Military Family Support Group - for working together and supporting our troops in unison - A GREAT SUPPORT which goes unnoticed. Let's ALL get together and hang yellow ribbons for our troops! Hang them from the trees, from the signs, from lamp posts or put yellow ribbon magnets on your cars and trucks and mailboxes! More is noticed when we all work together! HUA!

Master Corporal Paul Franklin Speaking Engagement
Master Cpl. Paul Franklin, a solder from Alberta who lost both legs in Afghanistan in 2006, will speak at a pasta dinner at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 25, 96 Great Northern Rd,
Sault Ste Marie on Aug. 14.
Advance tickets cost $15.
His speech is not recommended for children under 10.
For tickets, call (705) 945-8721.

Golf Tournament
A golf tournament is planned at Crimson Ridge Aug. 15.

To participate, call May Adshead at (705) 945-9628.

NOTE: If anyone from Sault Ste. Marie has any more photos of the ribbons, the parade, the speaking engagement, or golf tournament, please forward them to me and I'll post them here. Forward to: militarymomathome@hotmail.com Thanks! ~m.m.

I wish I was there, but remember, my heart is with you all.

2nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament

Saturday, July 26, 2008, Windsor Ont the CAW (Local 2458) and The Canada South Blues Society partner in a Golf Tournament supporting woundedwarriors.ca.

2nd. Annual Charity Golf Tournament.
In support of Injured Canadian Soldiers and WoundedWarriors.ca

Sapper Mike McTeague Wounded Warriors Fund

Saturday July 26, 2008

at the Fox Glen Golf Club

7525 Howard Avenue,

McGregor, ON

Great Contest & Prices

Blues Bands of the course

Fox Glen Golf Club$ 125.00 per golfer

To enter, contact: Bruce Dickie or Tuilo DiPoni at 519-254-8630

or Entry forms available at the Windsor Pub, 3032 Dougall Avenue.

Map to Golf Course:

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Golfing With the Troops at CFB Petawawa

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The New Twin Rivers Golf Club donated a day's pay and time and local business people took to the golf course Friday, as they teed up for a SOLDIERS' APPRECIATION GOLF TOURNAMENT on Friday, June 13th. All profits generated from this tournament was donated to the Canadian Forces "Military Families Fund".
The New Twin Rivers Golf Club created a day that not only supports the families of our deploying members but the soldiers as well.

The cost for individual sponsors was $150. This price provided for two green fees, lunch, supper, free refreshments, and the opportunity to spend the day with a solider in a friendly environment while playing golf as yhey showed their appreciation for soldiers at CFB Petawawa.
More than 122 people spent the day at Twin Rivers Golf Club on CFB Petawawa for the first annual tournament.
Major Martin Lipcsey, base committee golf president, said the intent of the event was to invite the community of Petawawa to personally say "thanks" to soldiers for their efforts in Afghanistan by treating them to a fun-filled day of golf.
"We thought 'Let's bring all the (sponsors) here who support us so they can get to know the soldiers,'" he said.
"The whole community supports the troops, this was an opportunity to show it."
Approximately 50 area business people sponsored the event which provided rounds of golf for the soldiers, as well as food and beverages.
"We had a lot of great sponsors," said Major Lipcsey. "They really made the event."
The tournament was a four-person scramble, with teams of two soldiers and two sponsors playing each hole. The tournament started at 10 a. m. Participants ate lunch together and had a roast beef dinner and awards ceremony at the end of afternoon.
"It's so nice to see the community get together and all the local business men who came in here to support this," said Ken Miles, who has been in the military for 30 years. "This is our way of building bonds and making friends. We couldn't have had a better day."
Manager of Eastway Collision in Pembroke, Carlo Pleau, said he appreciated the opportunity to get to golf with the soldiers.
"We had a good group of guys," he said. "The guys in the service are second to none. It was nice to get to know them.

"When our families call out for help, we must be able to answer that call immediately and substantially. Our families have been here for us through our enrolment, our training, our deployments, and our homecomings. The military life places significant demands on our loved ones. They did not volunteer for service – but serve they do, and with great distinction. It is our turn to be there for our families.”
General Rick Hillier

Former Chief of the Defence Staff

Charity Golf Tournament

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Charity Golf Tournament
Sunday, July 29, 2007
in Support of
Injured Canadian Soldiers
and the
Sapper Mike McTeague
Wounded Warriors Fund

Fox Glen Golf Club
$125 per golfer - Shotgun Start 2:00 pm
GOLF AGENDA
~1:00 pm Registration
~ 2:00 pm Shotgun Start
~ 7:00 pm Dinner (all you can eat chicken & ribs)
~ 8:00 pm Guest Speaker, Awards, Raffles

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Hole sponsers will be acknowledged in the tournament programs and with signage on golf tees. Financial, prize and auction item donors will be acknowledged in the program.
Unions, corporations and individuals are welcome to assist the tournament in raising money for the Sapper Mike McTeague Wounded Warriors Fund through sponsorship of, or donations to, the golf tournament. There is a sponsorship level to suit your budget and every dollar raised will go to provide comfort to those brave soldiers who have sacrificed for our security.
Also available are Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze Sponsorships.
Please Contact:
Bruce Dickie (519) 254-8630
Tullio Diponti (519) 254-8630
Harry W. (519) 566-3536
Kim Kelly (519) 903-0318