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I'm passing along some information on a fundraising project taking place in Sudbury to help out a fellow soldier who was severly injured in Afghanistan.
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Home For a Hero
Cpl Bill Kerr joined the Irish Regiment of Canada in 2003. In 2005 he volunteered for a tour in Afghanistan and after deploying in 2006, returned to Sudbury in the spring of 2007. Shortly after his return to Sudbury, he volunteered again to deploy overseas, and began his pre-deployment training before the Afghan sand was out of his kit.
After deploying again in September 2008, he was critically wounded while on foot patrol by a remote detonated improvised explosive device on October 15th 2008. He was evacuated to Landstuhl, Germany, and then on to hospital in Ottawa, where he has been living and recovering since.
The injuries Bill sustained will leave him with the distinction of being Canada’s only Afghanistan veteran triple-amputee, having lost both his legs and his left arm. As can be expected with these injuries, Bill needs a home that is fully wheelchair accessible.
Since his injuries, Bill Kerr’s friends and family have begun the "Home for a Hero" fundraising drive, designed to help with the expense of building an accessible home for Bill and his family.
Bill has two daughters, and is getting married this August to fiancée Tracy. He is intending to walk his new wife down the aisle on his new legs.
Please visit:
http://www.homeforahero.ca
Mods - if this post is in the wrong area of the forums I apologize. Feel free to move it!
Home For a Hero
Cpl Bill Kerr joined the Irish Regiment of Canada in 2003. In 2005 he volunteered for a tour in Afghanistan and after deploying in 2006, returned to Sudbury in the spring of 2007. Shortly after his return to Sudbury, he volunteered again to deploy overseas, and began his pre-deployment training before the Afghan sand was out of his kit.
After deploying again in September 2008, he was critically wounded while on foot patrol by a remote detonated improvised explosive device on October 15th 2008. He was evacuated to Landstuhl, Germany, and then on to hospital in Ottawa, where he has been living and recovering since.
The injuries Bill sustained will leave him with the distinction of being Canada’s only Afghanistan veteran triple-amputee, having lost both his legs and his left arm. As can be expected with these injuries, Bill needs a home that is fully wheelchair accessible.
Since his injuries, Bill Kerr’s friends and family have begun the "Home for a Hero" fundraising drive, designed to help with the expense of building an accessible home for Bill and his family.
Bill has two daughters, and is getting married this August to fiancée Tracy. He is intending to walk his new wife down the aisle on his new legs.
Please visit:
http://www.homeforahero.ca