A Lion Does 100 at 100
"Chuck's Challenge"
*** Update on Chuck's Birthday Party - August 9, 2020 - Click Here***
Charles "Chuck" Page, still young and approaching his 100th birthday on August 9th, 2020 has challenged himself to walk 100 laps around his townhouse complex by his 100th birhday. We will be publishing a more in depth profile of Chuck's military career in a few days but will start with this letter we recently received from his daughter, Retired Principal, Nancy DeVuono.
My father, Charles Richard Page, is a RCAF Veteran and POW of WW2. He will turn 100 on August 9th and has embarked on a Fund Raising Campaign for a local Rehabilitation Center in his hometown of St. Catharines, Ontario. He has challenged himself to walk 100 laps around his townhouse complex by his 100th birthday! He has already raised over $10,000! They are calling it "Chuck's Challenge”.
Dad receives the ROAR newsletter and I thought this might be an item you could share with your readers, either in print or on social media. We have been reaching out to friends, family, organizations and businesses to help spread the word of Dad's campaign and to ask people to donate wherever possible.
As a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force Bomber Command, Dad was shot down over Holland in 1943 and captured by the Nazis. He was held as a POW for two years before he was finally able to escape his captors during a long march (ed:see below) through Germany near the end of the war. Even as he nears his 100th birthday, my father remembers every detail of his wartime experiences as I'm sure most of your veterans do. We are so fortunate that Dad is still with us, living in his own townhouse with our 89 year old mom and remaining remarkably healthy and happy.
If I can give you more information or if you can help us in any way please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. Below is a link to his fundraiser.
Sincerely, Nancy DeVuono (daughter of Charles Page)
https://www.foundation.hoteldieushaver.org/site/news-updates/2020/06/15/celebrating-chucks-100th-birthday
Goto Chuck Page's Wartime Story
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Report on a POW Long March WW II