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On March 26th, the Bradley Cup was hosted at the Navan Memorial Centre. This long-standing one-day hockey tournament pits local teams from Navan, Cumberland, Orleans, Sarsfield and Vars for bragging rights.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\nOn March 26th, the Bradley Cup was hosted at the Navan Memorial Centre. This long-standing one-day hockey tournament pits local teams from Navan, Cumberland, Orleans, Sarsfield and Vars for bragging rights.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
As any Canadian knows, hockey is about more than the sport. It\u2019s about connection and community. The Bradley Cup has been a mainstay in the communities east of Ottawa since 1929 with a lunch, a spaghetti dinner, live entertainment in the evening, all while raising money for a local charity.<\/p>\n
Every year the money raised by the Navan Lion\u2019s Club goes to a different charity. This year, tournament organizer Frank Boyer approached one of the tournament\u2019s participants, Shawn Dandy, whose family lost their mother, Debbie, in February of this year, about where they would like to money to go.<\/p>\n
The Dandy family chose to give the $500 raised to Carefor, who supported Debbie through the last months of her five year battle with metastatic colon cancer. \u201cI can\u2019t say enough good things about the support that Carefor demonstrated in supporting us at home while caring for my Mom in her last few months,\u201d says Shawn. \u201cIt provided so many silver linings and allowed us to be by her side 24\/7 during the most challenging circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was an easy decision that the donation from the Navan Lion\u2019s Club via the Bradley Cup go to Carefor because of the level of support we received during the end of my Mom\u2019s journey. \u00a0It really felt like they were an extension of our family and that the entire team from doctors, nurses, PSWs, case workers and even delivery drivers bringing supplies during nasty February conditions made everything manageable. \u00a0Most of all, my Mom felt the love and support, and that meant the world to us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dad Wayne, sister Kim and myself Shawn (son) along with spouses and 4 grandkids all are extremely grateful!\u201d says Shawn.<\/p>\n
We, at Carefor, are grateful to have been able to offer support to Debbie and the Dandy family through this difficult time. We are also grateful to the Dandy family, Frank Boyer, the Navan Lion\u2019s Club and all the participants of the Bradley Cup for their donation to Carefor, which will go to support nurse training and education to help our nurses offer excellent care to people like Debbie.<\/p>\n
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