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NORTHUMBERLAND TODAY.COM / ERIDAY, APRIL 5, 2013 PAGE 6 ¢ t COIN: Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial Fund, Mili Â¥ M o en 4 A es sc â€" â€"~ S spcoar Highway of Heroes coin sales support two military causes +s Cc3 uk4 ~Al V * it engs ; P . mss h | 4 f iled i ton on directors, said after the ceremony fl?.e Mint v_,‘_,_‘.__.fl.;: wC m 4 ) * w . PETE FISHER ooran;rf ;l‘)};;l was unveiled in Trenton 0 made 50,000 Highway of Heroes coins and %4&{1‘ ~ m o hogeree n o uB y W QMI Agency CI% Teatned an overpass along the Highâ€" _ are virtually sold out. Previously, the Mint LW SA !‘ â€" P 4 C > uy <ifac. TRENTON â€" On a cold April day way of Heraes as viewed from the perspecâ€" _ has always stated 25,000 coins were proâ€" 4 y fa i ) _ +4 mment Wednesday, just outside the gates of CFB tive of the families passing in the procesâ€" duced for sale. ids |~ W \‘; 2 8 e e Trenton, members of the Royal Canadian sion, along with the Memorial Cross comâ€" "It‘s basically so 01111- s cinan ":‘ e ‘ Mint announced the sale of Highway of missioned after the First World War by _ "If somebody really nee i evoss <llip . 4 8 Heroes coins raised $200,000 for two King eccice v for the presentation to the m‘gik: take one rugnilmcd‘;fiold P M /d 3. + causes. he fall idiers. ; we Keep a couple, bu ‘ f # ¢ \ } The money will be divided fr‘?_l:g}g mv-:fieocr:lue'smcvf:as f?::::le until Dec. 31, 2012. _ out. That‘s why we had the ceremony 9 B f j between the Afghanistan Repatri i Twenty dollars from the sale of each coin _ today, now that it‘sall done. A | fek . 00 00 - Memorial Fund and the Military Families was split between the two organizations. The Mint‘s website as of AIlJunl Ch3 sra:sg Â¥ ra $ 2 (QU;YYM .\ : Fund. j int! 200,280 had been raised, which wo tk | > mt hy tmet ol uf[lhe Highway of Heroes silver commem:â€" James Love, chair of the Mint‘s board of $ t ire ®; ut * y j h & PETE FISHER Nesphotos.ca (From left) Commodore Mark Watson, director general, personnel family support services, Royal Canadian Mint board of directors chair James Love, Northumberland â€" Quinte West MP Rick Norlock and Quinte West Mayor John Williams pose by the Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial in Bain Park just outside CFB Trenton on Wednesday after announcing $200,000 was raised for two deserving causes through the sale of Highway of Heroes silver commemorative coins. mean there were 10,019 coins sold, far _ Pundso that the communities surrounding from being sold out. the starting point of the Highway of Heroes : ! "Thousands of ordinary Canadians _ could build a permanent and exceptional : ( became extraordinary Canadians by lining â€" memorial," the route of the Highway of Heroes, from The presentation was made at the Trenton to Toronto to voluntarily salute Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial which _ > our fallen soldiers coming home from the was unveiled on Nov, 10, 2012 and honours war in Afghanistan," Quinte West Mayor _ the men and women who have sacrificed s & John Williams said Wednesday, their lives in the Afghanistan mission. "We are delighted that the Royal Canaâ€" { dian Mint has joined the many donors to peterfisher@sunmedia.ca the Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial fwitter.com/NT_pfisher ‘_hâ€"fi