Helping Others

Here are 2 of the military funds that helped us out last year. I had no idea they were in place and were available to us until June 24th. The Canadian military took care of us so successfully - JTFN is a family, not just a Joint Task Force. If you would like to donate to a cause and you were not sure what - here are my two suggestions:

1) Donate money to the CF Hospital Comforts Program: This program ensures that all members of the CF who find themselves hospitalized for longer than 48 hours will have access to telephone, television and internet services for the duration of their stay. In addition the program will provide funds to ensure that hospitalized members are able to buy toiletries and canteen items such as books and movie rentals while they are recovering. Should you wish to donate to this program, cheques should be made payable to the "CFCF in trust for the Canadian Forces Hospital Comforts Program" and mailed to:CF Hospital Comforts ProgramCanadian Forces Personnel Support Agency4210 Labelle Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0K2 A receipt for tax purposes will be issued if requested.
Jason had books to read and toiletry items while staying at the hospital. Which is a good thing because I forgot to pack any as I was runnning around like a chicken with my head cut off at the time.

2) Military Families Fund: The fund is agile and responsive and focuses on an aim that is two-fold. It is a mechanism for raising funds through the support of Canadians and a mechanism to distribute funds to Canadian Forces families who find themselves in unique situations. Base Commanders, partnered with Military Family Resource Centres across the country, will be able to assist military families within hours of being advised of a need.For more information, visit www.militaryfamiliesfund.ca.
Audrey and Roland and I were each given a prepaid credit card from this fund to purchase what we needed while we were in Edmonton - a god send. I did not pack for myself properly either in YK. I forgot my toothbrush, deodorant, toothpaste - everything toiletry so this was a very kind gift to us. We appreciated this so much.
I never thought we were going to be one of the families that needed these funds. I had donated to the Military Family Resource Centre in the past but now I have 2 new places to donate too as well. Thank you.

Jason took his first driving lesson yesterday and he said he did not mention his pseed (he had slowed down) except for on the turns (still too fast). The driving instructor also said he wasn't scanning enough (looking in rear view, side mirrors, over shoulder) - he should do it more often that what he is doing so he practiced that as well. Another lesson today!

Jacob went to Cubs last night to race his 2 cars - the weighted and un-weighted. His weighted car from YK won first place and his unweighted car won third place! He was happily surprised his unweighted car placed.

I had a bad day yesterday. I was upset early on for what I thought was no reason. and it stayed with me all day but I figured it out last night. So hopefully today will be a better one!