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Comox MFRC Board Chair Carries Olympic Torch

The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to carry the Olympic Torch has united families, communities, and provinces across Canada in pride and celebration. When the Olympic Torch Relay made its stop in Comox, British Columbia, it also united 19 Wing, bringing 20 volunteers together to represent the local Canadian Forces (CF) community.

Comox Military Family Resource Centre (MFRC) Board of Directors Chair Isabelle Boisvert was honoured to be selected as part of the relay team.

“To be chosen as a part of the military team was an honour,” says Isabelle. “Being part of a military family has been such an important part of my life, and to be chosen to represent military families in this way was just wonderful.”

19 Wing Comox was the first of 10 CF teams selected to carry the Olympic Torch by relay sponsors Royal Bank and Coca-Cola. These CF teams join a total of 12,000 Canadians selected as torchbearers from all walks of life, recognizing achievements in athletics, community involvement and more.

Isabelle was honoured to be selected for her volunteer contributions at the MFRC, and for her dedication to her fellow CF families. “I love what I do at the MFRC,” says Isabelle, “but to be thanked in this way was overwhelming – it was very touching, and very moving.”

As it makes its way across the country and back again, the Olympic Flame will be carried by CF personnel, their families, and Department of National Defence civilian employees. CF teams from Cold Lake, Alert, Goose Bay, Greenwood, Gagetown, Valcartier, Petawawa, Shilo and Moose Jaw will also participate in a leg of the relay, running one kilometre as a group before passing the torch on to the next Canadian community. Esquimalt, Trenton, Borden and Suffield will also participate in the relay by having one member of the base carry the Olympic Flame a distance of 300 metres.
“The relay is a beautiful way to bring people together,” says Isabelle. “The run may have been only one kilometre, but I felt like I could have run 100 kilometres. You just can’t help but get caught up in the energy, and it’s like your feet don’t even touch the ground.”

For more information about the Olympic Torch Relay, visit www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-torch-relay.