Manitoba Peace Officer Memorial Foundation

Today was an important day. Today, the concrete was poured for the foundation of the combined Firefighters, Labour Workers and Police and Peace Officers Memorial. In honour of all who is represented by this memorial, I placed a combined Memorial Challenge Coin into the concrete as it was being poured. ... My heartfelt thanks goes out to all who have worked tirelessly to make this event happen, without your support and dedication this monument would not have happened.

Good afternoon everyone! I am pleased to announce that the Combined Memorial Challenge Coins are now available and ready for delivery! Each coin is $20 which includes free shipping and handling within Canada. Also, Raffle tickets are still available for the "One and Done" Raffle. Good luck!

Good afternoon everyone. For those of you who are awaiting delivery of the combined Manitoba Firefighter, Manitoba Labour Workers and Manitoba Police and Peace Officer Memorial Challenge Coin, I have to offer you my sincerest apologies on the delay. I was expecting delivery of the coins last week but they have not yet arrived. ... As soon as they are in my possession I will begin sending them out to everyone who has made purchases. Again, I am sorry for the delay and hope to have this resolved shortly. Thank you.

Alright everyone, time is running out! Get your "One and Done" Raffle tickets before they sell out! Every dollar raised goes DIRECTLY to the combined Manitoba Firefighter, Manitoba Labour Workers and Manitoba Police and Peace Officer Memorial currently under construction! Can't meet in person to buy tickets? No problem! Let me know how many tickets you'd like, send the money by eTransfer, PayPal or mail and I will fill out the tickets for you, scan your ticket stubs and send... them them to your email. PM for information, all I need is your name, address and phone number for the stub and you are good to go! And, if you'd like to sell tickets, PM me and I will get a package of them to you ASAP. Thank you all for your support and good luck!!!

Hello everyone! I am pleased to announce that the Raffle Tickets for the Manitoba Firefighters, Manitoba Labour Workers and Manitoba Police and Peace Officers will be available tomorrow afternoon! I am getting the tickets in the late morning and will available for public purchase by the afternoon.... 100% of the proceeds raised from these tickets will go directly to the Combined Memorial currently under construction. We have to raise just over $27,000 to complete the costs, and this is one of the ways we are going to do it! This memorial is dedicated to EVERY Manitoban who died while on the job. It is for every Manitoban who has lost a mother, father, son, daughter or friend. If you would be interested in helping to sell tickets, or to buy, we would be glad for your support. The prizes are 1st: $500 CASH; 2nd: $250 CASH and 3rd: $100 CASH! Thank you all!

Today was an important day. Today, the concrete was poured for the foundation of the combined Firefighters, Labour Workers and Police and Peace Officers Memorial. In honour of all who is represented by this memorial, I placed a combined Memorial Challenge Coin into the concrete as it was being poured. ... My heartfelt thanks goes out to all who have worked tirelessly to make this event happen, without your support and dedication this monument would not have happened.

Good afternoon everyone, Well, aside from some technical difficulties keeping us from broadcasting our draw in full, here are the results: 1st: Ticket #4775 - Million M. - $500 Winner!... 2nd: Ticket #923 - Cindy K. - $250 Winner! 3rd: Ticket # 4020 - Jan W. - $100 Winner! Congratulations to our winners and thank you to everyone who played!

Good afternoon everyone, I will have the Raffle Tickets in support of the Memorial by mid-week. If you would like to purchase tickets or would be interested in helping to sell them, please drop me a line. Every dollar collected from the sale of these tickets will go directly towards the costs of the Memorial's construction. ... Thank you for your continued support of this worthwhile cause!

Less than half an hour to the draw, good luck!

Good afternoon everyone, Here is the poster for the upcoming Raffle Draw in support of the Combined Memorial. I should have the tickets in hand mid-week and will begin selling them then. If you are able to assist with ticket sales or would like to buy, I will be happy to answer any questions you may have.... Thank you all for your support of this cause!

Hey everyone, it appears I cannot live stream from this location, this I will record the video and upload it once I’m back home. Good luck to all who entered!

Hey everyone, I need your help. Early next week I should have the raffle tickets for the Combined Firefighters, Labour Workers and Police and Peace Officer Memorial. 100% of the proceeds from these ticket sales will go towards the Police and Peace Officers side of the construction costs of the memorial. The draw will take place on August 28th, and features a first prize of $500 cash, second prize of $250 cash and a third prize of $100 cash, with each ticket costing $2.... I desperately need motivated people who would be willing to help me sell the tickets and of course people who would want to buy them. Please message me if you are able to help sell the tickets. I will personally offer a prize of some sort for the person who sells the most tickets. We are almost there with the construction, but need a little push to ensure we cross the finish line. Thank you!

Hello everyone, I am pleased to announce that the "One and Done" Raffle in support of the Manitoba Peace Officer Memorial Foundation will take place at 1300 hours, Friday, August 28th, 2020. The tickets will be drawn at the historic Winnipeg Police Service Museum located at 245 Smith Street in the Winnipeg Police Service Headquarters. ... All are welcome to attend. We will try and livestream the draw on Facebook, and will post the winners shortly after completion of the draw. Good luck to all who entered!

I've been informed by the manufacturer that the Memorial Coins should arrive for me to pick up on August 10th. I will send them out immediately thereafter to all who have ordered. Thank you again for your support of this very worthwhile initiative!

Good morning everyone, the time is almost here when construction will begin on the combined Manitoba Firefighters, Manitoba Labour Workers and Manitoba Police and Peace Officers Memorial located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The journey has been long and fraught with many challenges, but I am proud that the work and dedication is about to come to fruition. The final push to close the gap on the financial costs of this memorial is why I am writing to you today. The Manitoba Police ...and Peace Officers side of the memorial has a financial gap of just over $20,000 to close before construction begins at the end of August. As such, there are two fundraising drives that I wish to bring to your attention. The first is a Commemorative Challenge coin currently in production that will be available in the beginning of August. This 4.45 cm Die Struck Challenge coin is 3mm thick and features a full colour photo of the memorial with a clear epoxy finish. The cost of the Commemorative Challenge Coin is $20, which includes free shipping and handling for orders within Canada and the proceeds from the sales of this coin will go directly to the construction costs of this memorial. For orders and information, please email me at [email protected] and I will get you on a waiting list for when they are available. The second fundraising venture will be a cash raffle draw, for which we are awaiting the permit from Manitoba Gaming. This raffle will feature a cash prize of $500 for first, $250 for second and $100 for third place. The cost will be $2.00 per ticket and all proceeds from the sales of these tickets will go directly to the construction costs of this memorial. If you wish to make a donation to the memorial, please do so via PayPal on our website, http://www.manitobapeaceofficermemorial.ca under the Donations tab. You will be issued a tax receipt if requested. Thank you all for your continued support for this very worthwhile cause. We are so close to completion and with this final push should make our goals. This memorial is dedicated to everyone in the Province of Manitoba. All of our lives have somehow been affected by the loss of someone in the performance of their duties. Please feel free to share this, email me or call me to discuss how you can help to bring this memorial together. Thank you.

Hello everyone, On behalf of the Manitoba Peace Officer Memorial Foundation, I am very pleased to announce that a successful tender has been awarded and it appears that our fundraising goals have been met! As such, construction should begin very soon on the combined Manitoba Firefighters, Labour and Peace and Police Officer Memorial here in Winnipeg. Tentative construction completion should be the Fall of this year. ... I would like to extend a personal thank you to everyone who has been a part of this process over the many years. Thank you to Robert Belanger, President of the Manitoba Peace Officer Memorial Foundation, and Jack Templeman, Treasurer for our foundation, and everyone who has served and contributed to the committee since its inception some twenty odd years ago. Without your help this dream would never have come to fruition. As developments occur, I will provide some updates. Thank you all again, and have a great day!

Hello everyone, After a long wait, I’m happy to say that some very good news will be posted shortly regarding this endeavour. Stay tuned and thank you all for your continued support!

An update on our current progress.

Good evening everyone, please take a moment to accept our invitation to you to join us at the 21st annual MACP Peace and Police Officer Memorial this Sunday, September 29th, 2019.

Good evening everyone. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the combined Manitoba Peace Officer, Firefighter and Labour memorial will not begin construction until at least the spring of 2020. Thank you everyone for your support thus far, please stay tuned for more information as it develops and for fundraising goals to offset the financial deficit incurred by these delays.

A very special Thank You to the Manitoba Moose Hockey Team for their generous donation to the Manitoba Peace Officer Memorial Foundation!

Good morning everyone, As you may be aware, the Memorial is still being developed and it would seem that it will be completed for the Summer of 2019. Thank you to everyone who has helped us along the way of this incredible journey. One of our members has developed a Challenge Coin for the Manitoba Correctional Services branch, and $5 from the sale of the first 200 coins sold will go to the Memorial Fund. ... If you would like to purchase a $15 coin, please feel free to contact William Whyte at [email protected] The coins are currently on order and should arrive mid-August. Order yours today!

Ladies and gentlemen, here are the latest artist renderings for the combined Labour, Fire-fighters and Peace Officers Memorial.

Thank you to everyone who was with us both in person and spirit for today’s sod turning ceremony at Memorial Park. We are now one step closer to to the memorial being completed. To all of our sponsors and supporters, I give you my most heartfelt thanks.

Please share this information with friends and family, thank you!

It is with great pleasure that I make the following announcement! After many long years of development, the Labour, Firefighter and Peace & Police Officer Memorial site is one very big step closer to completion. On Friday, April 27th, a special ground-breaking ceremony will take place at Memorial Park in Winnipeg across from the Legislative Building. This high-profile event will run in cooperation with the National Day of Mourning, a day to pay homage to all workers who have... lost their lives or suffered injury or illness on the job. This event is being put on by the Manitoba Federation of Labour, starting with the SAFE Workers of Tomorrow Leaders walk beginning at Union Centre, 275 Broadway Avenue at 10:30 am. The leaders and anyone who wishes to join in will then walk to the site of the memorial located at Memorial Park with the memorial service and ground-breaking ceremony to begin at 11:00 am. This will mark the beginning of the final push to completion. I cannot say thank you enough to everyone who has been a part of this incredible journey and who has given their moral, spiritual, and financial support over the years. If you are available this Friday, may I cordially invite you to take part in this memorial service and special ceremony. Winnipeg Friday, April 27, 2018 Union Centre, 275 Broadway 10:30 am: SAFE Workers of Tomorrow Leaders Walk Union Centre to Memorial Park 11:00 am: Memorial Service and special ground-breaking ceremony for the new Workers’ Memorial at Memorial Park www.manitobapeaceofficermemorial.ca www.mgeu.ca www.mfl.ca

Good afternoon, We apologize for the last-minute information on this, but sometimes these things happen. This Friday, April 27th, 2018 will mark the official sod-turning event for construction on the combined Firefighter, Labour and Peace & Police Officer Memorial located in downtown Winnipeg. It will coincide with the Day of Mourning, a solemn day set aside to honour all workers who have lost their lives whilst on the job here in Manitoba.... The event is hosted by the Manitoba Federation of Labour, SAFEWorkers of Tomorrow, www.mfl.ca and will start with a solidarity march from Union Centre, 275 Broadway Avenue, at 10:30 am and end at Memorial Park across from the Manitoba Legislature. The memorial ceremony will begin at 11:00 am and include the sod-turning for the memorial. Representatives from the Labour, Firefighters and Peace Officers will be onsite and the event will conclude at noon. Thank you to everyone who has come together to support us all in this endeavour, for without your support none of this would have been possible.

I am proud to present this list of sponsors who have helped us immensely over the years to achieve our goal. Without them we never would have come this far.

My name is William Whyte and I am a Correctional Officer with the Winnipeg Remand Centre, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba where I have proudly worn the uniform and served my community for over 21 years. During my time, I have served in a number of different positions, having operated in the role of Acting Correctional Supervisor at the Winnipeg Remand Centre, and as the Project Manager, Safety and Health Coordinator and Regulatory Compliance for Corrections Divisional Headquart...ers. I also serve proudly as the Captain of the Winnipeg Remand Centre Honour Guard and have helped in the development and deployment of other Honour Guards within the Province. Additionally, I have been an active member in union activity within our organization, currently holding the position of Vice-President for our local area. Helping others is ingrained in me. Early in my career I participated in an organization called the Correctional Officers Care for Kids acting as Vice-President and later President. This not-for-profit group helped to raise funds for the Children’s Wish Foundation of Manitoba, setting and exceeding a goal to raise $100,000 for children who have experienced trauma, tragedy, or are terminally ill. In early 2005, I became a founding member of the Manitoba Peace Officer Memorial Foundation with the simple goal of building and maintaining a permanent memorial to honour fallen Peace and Police Officers within the Province of Manitoba. Currently I hold the position of Vice-President within this organization. I am proud to announce that our goal is nearly complete. This Spring, 2018, will mark the beginning of construction towards the permanent memorial which will be in place for the September Peace and Police Officer Memorial Parade. I would like to extend my deepest thanks to all those who have helped us along the way to achieving this goal and look forward to continuing to serve in this capacity. We shall never forget. William Whyte Vice-President Manitoba Peace Officer Memorial Foundation

Good evening everyone, it is with great pleasure that I announce that it would appear we have met our fundraising goal and the memorial will proceed as planned! I will have more details over the next few days and would like to thank everyone who has been involved in this over the years. Thank you for your support!

These are the men and women of Law Enforcement for whom we dedicate this memorial. We Shall Never Forget.

Hey everyone, I could use your help. As you may know, I have been involved in building a permanent memorial for fallen Peace and Police Officers here in Manitoba. We turn ground in the Spring of 2018 on this project which is where you come in. Between the Women’s Correctional Centre, Headingley Correctional Centre and the Winnipeg Remand Centre, we have raised just over $1,000 towards our goal of $17,000. To those I express my most heartfelt thanks. This is the amount neede...d from the $200,000 the memorial will cost. All of us knows someone connected to law enforcement. If you are a friend or family, please consider donating to this cause. If you are a member of the law enforcement community, I issue you a challenge: Talk to your friends, family, coworkers and loved ones about the role you play in our community. If you can, please donate to our cause. It is the names of our brothers and sisters that appear on this memorial, those of us who have made the ultimate sacrifice serving our communities. This is especially true of the members of the RCMP and WPS whose names appear far too often on the Honour Roll. Spread the word, help us to reach our goal and realize this dream. Donations can be made via PayPal at www.ManitobaPeaceOfficerMemorial.ca or via GoFundMe at www.GoFundMe.com/MPOMF Cheques can be mailed to Manitoba Peace Officer Memorial Foundation, c/o Winnipeg Police Museum P.O. Box 1680, Winnipeg, MB R3C 2Z7 Attention Mr. Jack Templeman. Please like and share this post with fellow officers, family, and friends. If every officer in this province donated the cost of a cup of coffee, we would crush this fundraising drive. Thank you for your time.

Let us give thanks to the women and men on law enforcement who are working to help keep us safe this Thanksgiving and every other day of the year.

Some of you have asked where correspondence could be sent, so here is the address: Manitoba Peace Officer Memorial Foundation c/o Winnipeg Police Museum P.O. Box 1680... Winnipeg, MB R3C 2Z7 Attention: Jack Templeman Cheques can also be made out to the Manitoba Peace Officer Memorial Foundation and sent to the above address. As we get donations, I’ll update our fundraising goal on GoFundMe, in the meantime, please, help spread the word and help us to reach our goal. Thank you again everyone for your interest in our cause, and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

We had a great turnout at the Manitoba Peace Officer Memorial today. I invite any officers and friends to post pictures from the event here. Here are the Members from Manitoba Corrections who were in attendance. Thank you all for coming!

Please share this poster as it has both the Peace Officer Memorial and GoFundMe websites. Thanks!

Here is the MGEU's article on the announcement made today. https://www.mgeu.ca//peace-officers-asking-for-help-to-mak

Here are some artists rendering of what the memorial site will look like. We are almost there!

Here is the press release from today at RCMP "D" Division headquarters.

Our Go Fund Me page is up and running. Please go to www.gofundme.com/MPOMF and help us reach our goal of building a permanent memorial for fallen Peace and Police Officers in Manitoba.

If any of you have pictures that you have taken from any of the Peace Officer Memorials, feel free to share them here!

Hello everyone, this is William Whyte, Vice President of the Manitoba Peace Officer Memorial Foundation. Very soon we will have a Go Fund Me page set up to help raise funds for this very worthwhile venture. As it stands we are nearly at our complete fundraising goal and need only to raise another $17,000 to reach completion. Construction will then begin in the Spring of 2018. Stay tuned!