Boomer’s Trust Fund is the “action arm” of Boomer’s Legacy. Receiving 100% of the charitable funds from Boomer’s Legacy, the Boomer’s Trust Fund makes these funds available to Boomer’s Trust Committees that are made up of deployed Canadian soldiers, sailors, airmen and airwomen. Members of these local Committees participate on a volunteer basis, and function in the area in which they are deployed.
Boomer’s Trust Committees receive ideas for possible projects from CF members on the ground, from local trusted sources and from other international partners and agencies. These projects are carefully vetted by the local Boomer’s Trust Committee to ensure it is an appropriate use of Boomer’s Legacy money, being that it provides sustainable humanitarian assistance to an area of focus that has previously been overlooked, or unable to be assisted in any other way. The Boomer’s Trust Committees then provide feedback to Boomer’s Legacy as appropriate.
Boomer’s Trust Fund was originally known as the Assistance to Afghanistan Trust Fund, but has recently been rechristened, to more appropriately reflect the growing scope of Boomer’s Legacy to help soldiers deployed in many parts of the world, now including Jamaica and Kosovo.
Boomer’s Trust Fund sponsored projects aim to build lasting local capacity in areas including education, health care and opportunities for women.
Examples of projects sponsored by Boomer’s Trust Fund include:
Afghanistan (2006 – present)
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a wheelchair for a disabled child
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home care for a child with a severe spinal injury
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palliative care support for terminally ill
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medical supplies to many hospitals, infirmaries and clinics
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first aid kits and training
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chemotherapy for patients with cancer
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sending over twenty children to international hospitals for life-saving surgeries including seven children with Ventriculoseptal Defects, one child for dolichocephalism (disorder of the skull), children suffering from complications of trauma, burns, tumor removal and cleft palates
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purchase of medical textbooks for hospitals and developing medical schools
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purchase of various educational supplies for schools
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shoes for orphaned children
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infrastructure support for the Canadian International Development Agency sponsored midwife program
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creation of over 2500 “Baby Kare” kits to provide supplies to midwives performing deliveries in rural areas
Kosovo 2011
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$10,000 donated to the Woman and Children’ Shelter
Jamaica 2011
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$6,000 donated to improve the HEART Technical School, an initiative dedicated to improving the lives of impoverished Jamaican youth.
