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Lynn Chasse and her family went through a horrible tragedy in 2000 when her mother was murdered. The family honoured her mother privately for many years, but it got too hard for Lynn’s grandmother. In 2007 Lynn’s daughter was searching on the Internet and came across Lynn’s mother’s name on a list related to the Shoe Memorial in Vancouver. Lynn and her daughter went down for the event and felt it was important to bring back the awareness on violence against women to the Thompson-Okanagan, thus began the Shoe Memorial. “I thought it was a great way to keep my mom’s memory alive along with other women’s,’” says Lynn of the personal endeavor. “We are tired of killer’s names being printed in the media and the victims are being forgotten.” The Kamloops Annual Shoe Memorial is on December 6 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
at St. Andrews on the Square, located at 159 Seymour Street. “This event is a way to honour those women who have been murdered and/or are missing,” comments Lynn about the speeches and shoes that comprise the day of awareness. “The shoes are used to represent each woman in B.C. who has been a victim of violence,” adds Lynn. “We use old or tattered shoes and fix nametags to those shoes to help raise awareness that violence against women should stop.” The shoes that are in better shape are sent to the local women’s shelter where they are handed out to those in need and also given to other organizations to hand out. So not only are you helping to raise awareness on this issue, you are also giving back to the community. Shoes can be dropped off at the North Shore and Downtown YMCA, Runner’s Sole, Classic FX, Lo Boy Market
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