Boomer's Legacy

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Boomer’s Ride

Boomer's Legacy Riders departing the main gate at 19 Wing, Comox. In the background, a Voodoo interceptor which once called the Comox flightline home. The Boomer's Legacy Ride is indebted to Canadian Forces units in Comox, Nanaimo and Esquimalt for the significant support they provide.
“Fallen Soldier”

"The Ride for a Fallen Soldier" - Biography of Captain Matthew Dawe affixed to bike owned by AJ Bryan, Boomers Legacy webmaster & Core Committee member. Twenty years apart, both Matt and AJ served with the 3rd Battalion, Princess Particia's Canadian Light Infantry following graduation from a Canadian Military College.
Jamaica

Canadian Forces aircraft technician teaching disadvantaged youth at the Heart Institute near Kingston, Jamaica. Funding provided through Boomer's Legacy supported their efforts. At the request of the Jamaican government, Canadian Search and Rescue helicopters crews bolstered Jamaica's SAR capability during hurricane season.
Maternal Care

Boomer's Legacy funded a midwife training program at a local hospital in Kandahar Province and provided over 2500 “Baby Kare - Birthing kits” to expectant mothers in rural areas.
Project Heroes

Portraits of our Fallen Soldiers in Afghanistan are being painted under Project Heroes. This portrait of Corporal Andrew Eykelenboom was painted by artist Shairl Honey.
Boomer on Patrol

Corporal Andrew Eykelenboom, known as "Boomer", performing his duty as a combat medic in Kandahar province.
Kosovo

Children at the Center for Rehabilitation of Mother and Children in Kosovo hold up a donation received from members of the Canadian Forces deployed in Kosovo, made possible with funds provided by Boomer's Legacy.

Boomer’s Legacy Foundation is a 100% Canadian charitable organization created in 2006. The catalyst for its beginning was the death of Cpl Andrew “Boomer” Eykelenboom, who was killed in action, in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan in August, 2006.

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Boomers Legacy Projects

Afghanistan (2006 to present) - purchase of school supplies and equipment, shoes for orphaned children, providing medical equipment and supplies to various hospitals and clinics, creation of over 2500 “Baby Kare” kits to assist midwives delivering babies in rural areas, first aid kits and training,sending over 20 children for various life-saving surgeries and medical treatment including cleft palates, ventriculoseptal defects, cancer, complications of trauma, chemotherapy, and congenital deformities, comfort care supplies for palliative patients, creation of a woman’s weaving course with supplies, replacing a herd of sheep killed by Taliban forces.
Kosovo 2011 - $10,000 donation to improve the Woman and Children’s Shelter.
Jamaica 2011 - $6,000 given to improve the HEART Technical School, dedicated to improving the lives of impoverished youth.
Boomer’s Caps – Have a look at this video focusing on our Boomer’s Caps initiative.