{"id":44151,"date":"2024-04-02T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=44151"},"modified":"2024-04-02T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T21:00:00","slug":"wongs-riding-in-memory-of-friend-during-wounded-warrior-canada-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=44151","title":{"rendered":"Wong’s riding in memory of friend during Wounded Warrior Canada fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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FALL RIVER:<\/strong> A local couple are in the process of training for a big ride in support of a nationally-recognized mental health organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Wong and his wife Marlene will be participating in a four-day, 500-kilometre bike ride along the beaches of Normandy, France in support of Wounded Warriors Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wounded Warriors Canada is a nationally-recognized organization providing mental health assistance to veterans and first responders that are ill and injured (Trauma Exposed Professionals) and their families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Wong, who is the MLA for Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank and Advanced Education Minister,  said he and his wife began training at the start of the New Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe both have been doing spin classes twice a week and doing cardio and weights when we can fit it in,\u201d said Wong. \u201cWe also have a friend that has done the ride two times. He also runs two programs for Wounded Warriors several times a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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To support Brian and Marlene check out their fundraising page at: https:\/\/woundedwarriorscanada.akaraisin.com\/ui\/BBR24\/t\/NSPROUD<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The timing of the ride in June is special as 2024 is the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings of World War II. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wong said they have committed to raising $10,000. So far, as of April 2, they are just shy of $2,000 raised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis fundraiser has been a bucket list item for several years,\u201d said Wong. \u201cWe have several friends who did tours and were injured in Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said they will be doing this ride in memory of his childhood friend, Master Corporal Rick Wheeler, who was killed in a military accident in 1992 in Suffield, Alta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Wong\u2019s son, Corporal Jacob Wong, is a proud member or 36 Combat Engineer Regiment out of Shearwater, N.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt just 19 years old he is preparing for his first deployment which will be in Latvia in 2024,\u201d said Wong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He will be deployed while they are doing the bike ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those are just among some of the reasons the couple wanted to help raise funds for Wounded Warriors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery soldier, first responder and their families deserve the best supports possible when injured while serving and protecting our communities and great country,\u201d said Wong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To support Brian and Marlene check out their fundraising page at: https:\/\/woundedwarriorscanada.akaraisin.com\/ui\/BBR24\/t\/NSPROUD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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