Year of the Veteran

Hello Everyone,

Well ... I figure it's about time I started this "Year of the Veteran" thread ... it would be really nice to hear what other things people are doing across the country, or world, in honour of our VETS ... (although as far as I'm concerned, EVERY YEAR is the Year of the Veteran ... because of the importance to all of us for what they accomplished for so many EVERY DAY... now. Our VETS need honour and respect, and assistance EVERY DAY.)

Below, a story about what one woman is doing ... and she didn't wait until this years' official "Year of the Veteran" to begin ... Veterans Day is every day to her too ...

Karmen

Nurse cycling for veterans

By Kevin Connor, Toronto Sun

A LOCAL nurse is bicycling across the United States to raise money to honour Toronto veterans.

"My goal is to raise $15,000 and complete 3,795 miles (6,072 km) in recognition of our veterans," said Sandi Beach, a nurse at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre in the Aging and Veterans Care program.

"Everyday, I feel fortunate to work in an environment with very special people. I want to give back to the veterans who have given so much to our country."

The cross-country cycle -- to celebrate the Year of the Veteran -- will begin in San Francisco on June 4 and end in Portsmouth, N.H. on July 26.

Beach will cycle about 130 km each day for 53 days.

Money raised will support the Aging and Veterans Care program. In 1998, Beach cycled across Canada, raising $10,000 for the palliative care program at the hospital.