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Legion Riders Korea Unit Continues to Give

“Our mission as Legion Riders
By Casey Leger
Korea Unit is to raise money for
homeless veterans,” says Wanda
egion Riders Korea Unit made Duffy Berthiaume, secretary and
Ltheir way to Veterans House treasurer of the Unit. “This season
in Ottawa on Saturday, March 26 we’ll be having coin drives and
to gift homeless veterans with full other fundraisers. Our main event
backpacks and gift cards. The Riders will be our annual Ride on July 23rd,
were originally slated to make the which is a memorial ride and poker
trip on March 12, but Mother Nature run in honour of Elburn Duffy, who
refused to cooperate, so the trip had served in the Korean War. Our Unit
to be rescheduled. The Riders were is named after this veteran.”
joined by members of ARC (All Tickets for the Ride will be
Round Charity), who donated the available from Riders Vice
proceeds from their Ride in 2021 to Photo Submitted
President Michel Berthiaume
Legion Riders Korea Unit, and thus or any Legion Rider Korea Unit
to homeless veterans.
member. Interested people can also
The 40 backpacks donated to email Legion Riders Korea Unit at
the veterans were stuffed with legionriderskoreaunit@gmail.com.
toiletries, food, socks, gloves, hats, Tickets are $20 per bike, which
masks, chap stick, candies, hand includes rider and passenger, or
sanitizer, deodorant, note pads and $20 per vehicle for the families and
pens, and each included gift cards friends who don’t have a motorcycle
worth $150 from Walmart and $25 but would like to honour Mr. Duffy
Tim Hortons. and contribute to the cause.

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