Kakabeka Falls Legion D-Day to Canada Day Challenge (Virtual Challenge)
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Come join us for the FIFTH annual D-DAY to Canada Challenge - put on by the Kakabeka Falls Legion Half Marathon and 8K - (Royal Canadian Legion)
Juno Beach was the Allied code name for a 10 km stretch of French coastline assaulted by Canadian soldiers on D-Day, 6 June 1944, during the Second World War. The Canadian Army’s 3rd Infantry Division and 2nd Armoured Brigade seized the beach and its seaside villages while under intense fire from German defenders — an extraordinary example of military skill, reinforced by countless acts of personal courage. The 3rd Infantry Division took heavy casualties in its first wave of attack but took control of the beach by the end of the day. More than 14,000 Canadian soldiers landed or parachuted into France on D-Day. The Royal Canadian Navy contributed 110 warships and 10,000 sailors and the RCAF contributed 15 fighter and fighter-bomber squadrons to the assault. There were 1,074 Canadian casualties, including 359 killed.
There is NO cost to join in an participate in this virtual event-- and once the Challenge starts, we will post on Friday each week all of the participants' totals
For those interested, and it is completely voluntary, we are accepting donations for our 2294 18 (Thunder Bay) Service Battalion Royal Canadian Army Cadets, and for our "No Stone Left Alone Project"
This " No Stone LEft Alone" project honours Veteran's graves in local cementers with the cleaning of their headstones at least once per year and during the week of Remembrance Day - students from 4 different schools will be painting poppies on to stones we create to place at each veterans headstone.. Currently we are working on Mountain View Cemetery, St Andrews Cemetery, Riverside Cemetery and Stanley Cemetery
We will be at Stanley Cemetery on June 12 with Valley Central Public Schoot and at Mountainview/ St Patrick's on June 20 with Westmount Public School -- we are still working on a date for Riverside with Woodcrest Public School
For those who choose to donate any donation of $20 or more - a participant or finisher certificate (depending on whether or not you complete the challenge or if you choose to participate only) with your total will be produced for you -- this year - every one participating will get a certificate whether they participate or complete the challenge
For any donation of $35 or more - the participant will get both the certificate and a tax deduction good for your 2023 Income Tax.
People can donate on line when they register (though we cannot give a tax receipt for the nominal fees charged by the platform)
The CHALLENGE we have THREE Challenges that are available for you to undertake
It is the 79th anniversary of D - DAY - there are TWO parts to meet the Challenge
It is a challenge -- so not only is there a TOTAL distance requirement (for the 26 days between D-Day and Canada Day) there is also a DAILY distance requirements as well -
Category 1
Runners / Walkers / Hikers Challenge-- for the 26 day challenge the three levels are - Gold - Silver and Challenge Level -- with the requirement being -
for Gold - a total distance over those 26 days of 237 Kilometers
For Silver the total distance requirement over those 26 days is 158 kilometers
the Challenge level -- (one kilometer for each of the 79 years)-- being 79 kilometers over the 26 days
You must ALSO reach the DAILY minimum for all levels which is ONE KM - every single day of the challenge -- so you MUST do a minimu of 1 Km each day of the 26 days to be eligible to complete the Challenge
Category 2
The Bicycle Challenge -- we also will be working off the 79th anniversary of D- DAY -- and will have three levels as well --
For the Gold it will be 790 kms over the 26 days
For the Silver it will be 553 kms over the 26 days
Challenge level it will be 395 Kms over the 26 days
-- YOUR DAILY minimum is FIVE KM - every single day of the 26 day Challenge - you must do a minimum of 5K on the bike every single one of those 26 days
Our newest Category 3
The Trooper Challenge -- This category is for anyone who wants to participate but just is not able to fully participate in the other two categories. Like the other two challenges -- this category has a daily minimum and a total Challenge requirement
The Daily Minimum -- keeping with the 79th anniversary of D-DAY, - that daily minimum will be 790 seconds of physical activity -- ANY physical activity over and above what you would normally do each day - so that is 13 minutes 10 seconds for a daily minimum.
In addition to the daily minimum you as well have a total challenge target over the entire 26 day total - that being a total goal of 7.9 hours (which is 474 minutes)
For those who elect to make a donation - your certificate will include your name and the total distance traveled - including what level you attained -- if you COMPLETE the Challenge -(both the daily and total kilometers)
If you don't meet the daily or total mileage minimums - all is not lost - your certificate will say that you PARTICIPATED in the Challenge and will list your total distance achieved
Follow our new Facebook ( KB Legion D-Day to Canada Day Challenge) page for updates and registration