Guelph, Ottawa ON, Waterloo QC, Oromocto NB, Truro NS,
January 29, 2015
The Third Annual Candlelight
Ceremony is to be held by the organization «HONOUR OUR CANADIAN SOLDIERS», a totally independent non-profit
organization separate from the Ministry of National Defence. It will take place
Saturday, February 21, 2015 (date dedicated to their memory) in five region of Eastern Canada.
The ceremony is
held in memory of those Soldiers who chose to end their days on earth after
their return to Canada from Missions they had accomplished.
It was evident
after the first Candlelight Ceremony held in February, 2013 that our S.O.S.
families across Canada have been waiting a long time for
their loved ones to be known and recognized to have served our country as all other
Soldiers have been.
The primary
purpose of this event is to provide moral support to our S.O.S. families and
raise awareness about the respect and pride we have for ALL our Canadian
Soldiers. At the same time, we hope to change the «taboo» surrounding suicide in our military, when some loses their
battle with “Post-Traumatic Syndrome Disorder” (PTSD).
All the little
things that have been done during the past 2 ½ years have enabled us to learn and understand
the loneliness and isolation that families of Soldiers of Suicide live after the
departure of one of their own, not to mention what the brothers and sisters in
arms have experienced following the loss of a comrade.
This event is
also an opportunity for us to raise funds to help us in continuing to bring
moral support to the SOS families and allow us to install Plaque #2 at the Royal
Canadian Legion in Waterloo QC. In that region we lost Pte Frederic Couture in
2007 and the members of the Legion are proud to honour these SOS Soldiers on
their premises. The goal is to have a plaque installed in every region of
Canada where we have had a Soldier of Suicide loss and where the families allow
us to mention the name of their loved ones. These families who are supporting
this project want to raise awareness about PTSD, and at the same time we also
want to show them they are NEVER ALONE anymore.
All persons
wishing to show their support for S.O.S. families are invited to join us for
this special memorial event to be held February 21st, 2015 @ 15:00
hrs
Check the posters below for the ceremony of your region....
Guelph, ON
OTTAWA ON.
WATERLOO QC.
OROMOCTO NB.
TRURO NS.
Our website; Honour Our Canadian Soldiers