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Soldiers and veterans will march from Petawawa to Parliament Hill raising money for Wounded Warriors

By myFM News/Oldies 107.7 staff Jul 8, 2020 | 8:50 AM

Members of the Canadian Armed Forces and veterans will walk continuously from Garrison Petawawa to Parliament Hill to raise money for Wounded Warriors Canada.

The group of four current military members and veterans will walk a distance of 168 km with weighted vests doing 22 push-ups every hour on the hour.

The charity event is to raise money for Wounded Warriors Canada to honour and support Canada’s ill and injured Canadian Armed Forces members, Veterans, First Responders, and their families.

The walk will take place on Saturday, August 8th and has a goal of raising $22,000. As of July 8th, 20% of the fundraising goal had been hit with $4,368 raised. You can make donations online here.

You can follow along with updates and progress here.

**Please note this fundraising campaign is not affiliated with the Canadian Armed Forces.**

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Welcome to the official page for the Walk for the Wounded fundraiser. For those who are not familiar with it, this walk is to raise funds and awareness for @woundedwarriorscanada. An organization founded to honour and support Canada’s ill and injured Canadian Armed Forces members, Veterans, First Responders and their families. This event has been organized be former military members who have transitioned out the military in the last year. It will consist of our group of 4 members. On August 8th, we will be walking from outside the front gate of CFB Petawawa, to Parliament Hill in Ottawa, then finishing at the National War Memorial. This is a distance of roughly 168 km. We will be doing this in one continuous walk. In addition, every hour on the hour, we will be doing 22 push-ups in honour of #project22 We started this event to let any member, current or veteran, and first responders know that they are never alone in their struggles. We are all #inthistogether. As well, to provide support to an organization that is doing so much to help those who need it most. We are asking for your help in both donation and awareness. See the link in our bio to donate if you are able. We also ask that you share our page to get the word out there to others to help us achieve our goal of $22,000. Add this post to your story to let others know of our event. If you are, or know, a business that would like to get involved either DM or email us to find out more. Thank you to everyone who has already done so much in helping to support this cause.

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