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As I'm sure many have heard, this past week Braden Pettinger, a 20 year old from Souris, suffered a life altering injury while playing hockey with the Portage Terriers. After falling awkwardly headfirst into the boards, Pettinger is left paralyzed from the chest down. Many different supports have been set up to help Braden and his family, including a benefit social on December 26 in Souris and donations from the Bantam Cougars and the Virden Oil Caps. There is also a GoFundMe set up to help cover medical costs for Braden and his family. The original goal was to raise $1000, and since yesterday $46000 has already been raised! Please find it in your heart to donate to Pettsy's road to recovery. You can donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/77ag2dq4. Please keep Braden in your thoughts & prayers and help out if you can!

Here is the link from the Brandon Sun explaining more: http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/communities-rallying-around-injured-pettinger-351336941.html?utm_content=buffer6b488&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Sounds like one of those "one in a million" injuries. I so hope his recovery is better than anticipated - and hope the family has insurance to cover some of the bills.  
 
Edited by foxtrot11, 2015-11-18 14:50:31

alissaswany said "As I'm sure many have heard, this past week Braden Pettinger, a 20 year old from Souris, suffered a life altering injury while playing hockey with the Portage Terriers. After falling awkwardly headfirst into the boards, Pettinger is left paralyzed from the chest down. Many different supports have been set up to help Braden and his family, including a benefit social on December 26 in Souris and donations from the Bantam Cougars and the Virden Oil Caps. There is also a GoFundMe set up to help cover medical costs for Braden and his family. The original goal was to raise $1000, and since yesterday $46000 has already been raised! Please find it in your heart to donate to Pettsy's road to recovery. You can donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/77ag2dq4. Please keep Braden in your thoughts & prayers and help out if you can! "

We donated on Monday and our thoughts continue to be with him and his family

The GoFundMe is now just shy of $70 000 with a new goal of $100 000! Please help us achieve this goal for Braden!