Registered charity name Friends of Veterans Canada.
Randy Young, President, Harry Watts (85 yr. old WW2 veteran dispatch rider) Vice President 
519 679-8190. 
Charity Office105 Hamilton Road London Ontario N6B-1N2
Web Site fovcanada.ca
Subject National Video-A-Veteran Contest and the “Veterans Video Awareness Tour” 

Stated goal, to video tape our World War 2, Korea War and peace keeping mission veterans for the “Online Veterans Video Library” so that future generations of Canadians will have a place to go for the true story, from a Canadian veteran's perspective.
 

We have been touring eastern Canada since April 26, 2008 and currently on the Western portion tour including the national Highway of Heroes Salute Ride. Tour stops have included every province in Canada. We have gathered many veterans stories with over 300 hours of gripping veteran's biography's in the can. The  western tour started in May of 2009 from Barrie Ontario to Vancouver to gather additional veterans biographies. Veteran's biographies will be made available to school libraries for FREE.

We have been covered by CBC, CTV and Global for national news broadcasts. We have been on CBC Radio and CTV news in Ottawa, Fredericton (Radio), Saint John (Radio), Moncton (Radio), Charlottetown (TV News and Radio) , Halifax (“Live at Five” and nationally on Canada AM + Radio). Media coverage in many formats have recorded our mission from London to Halifax and Ottawa to Vancouver.

We are available for interviews starting at 6am daily with a 24 hr. notice.

The “Harry Watts veterans Video Library” is holding the “National Video-A-Veteran Contest”. This contest is open to student's, in co-operation with their teacher's, across Canada. We are inviting Canadian youth to, “Video-A-Veteran” subject and make a history friend, in their local area during the veteran's Remembrance Day address to their classroom. Then send the veteran's video biography for judging to fovcanada.ca. Video's must be submitted by December 4, 2009. The 2009 winner's of the student contest will be awarded a luxury trip to Holland in 2010. The “National Video-A-Veteran Contest” will be awarding one trip to Holland for each province for the provincial veteran winner's of the 2009 contest. Please download the entry form from our web site will be making a documentary about the winning veteran's trip to Holland for the 2010, 65th anniversary of the liberation of Holland by Canadian veteran's. We will be giving each of the veteran winner's on the trip, a video camera for the trip to video tape their point of view for the documentary. The finished documentary will be entered in the 2011 Toronto Film Festival. The benefit is twofold, firstly the student will learn about their local veteran's history and secondly, the student will learn about video production. The contest is open to all Canadians with students from grade five to grade twelve. The end goal is to gather additional biographies for the “Harry Watts veterans Video Library”.
Remembering our veterans should last for more than one day a year. When my 23 year old son goes to Afghanistan, which he will, I want him to know that we, as Canadians, will remember our veteran's service to our country.

Our slogan is “Video-A-Veteran today for the youth of tomorrow” 

Thank You, Friends of Veterans Canada co Randy Young President.

Friends of Veterans Canada.

Call, 1-519-679-8190 for more information.

Act Today, we are a registered Canadian charity and need your help (we can issue income tax receipts).

Thanks so much,