The goal is to raise about $600,000 over three years to upgrade the courtyards and gardens at Veterans Memorial Lodge.
Close to half the residents at Veterans Memorial Lodge served Canada in the military, but many of their stories have never been told.
The stories are also a way to raise awareness of the Rooted in Care Campaign, a fundraiser to upgrade the courtyards and garden areas at the lodge. The goal is to raise about $600,000 over three years to upgrade the courtyards and gardens. More than $130,000 has been donated so far, enough to complete work on three of the courtyards.
He was taken prisoner during the Second World War as an 18-year-old and was a POW for over three years — which left him emaciated. He once said to Hoenson that he had all sorts of reasons to be bitter, and asked him why that wasn’t the case.Hoenson did well financially in his life and loved to give his money to a range of causes, Knox said.
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