Highway to Heroes car show taking a year off as air show returns
After their most successful Highway to Heroes car show to date, the 15 Wing Fellowship group announced they were taking a year off from the event.
The reason, however, is a good one: the Saskatchewan Air Show will return this coming summer on July 6-7, 2019.
“(15 Wing Commander Col. Denis O’Reilly) and his wonderful team have been a driving force behind that. We’re so excited to see it come back. I know it’s going to be absolutely amazing,” said Fellowship chairman Aaron Ruston. “So, what does this mean for Highway to Heroes 6? We’re going to move our next car show to 2020... we’re going to plug-in helping. We want to be an integral part of the Air Show going forward. We want the name 15 Wing Fellowship to be out there. We want to continue to raise funds, so we can help where we can.”
The fifth Highway to Heroes car show was held on July 15th, 2018. The event drew approximately 8,500 people and 540 vehicles. Proceeds from the event have already been distributed to organizations like STARS Air Ambulance, Parkinson’s research and went to help purchase a vehicle for the Military Family Resource Centre.
“The funds that come in…we work very hard to put it back out to support military families, veterans, community,” Ruston said.
The Fellowship held the Highway to Heroes appreciation social Wednesday night. They presented Snowbird lithographs to Moose Jaw Ford, Moose Jaw EMS, Vaughn Taylor and Rawlco Radio. The event’s platinum, gold, silver and bronze supporters were also acknowledged, as were friends and in-kind supporters and volunteers. 15 Wing Commander Col. Denis O’Reilly presented each with a certificate. Moose Jaw Express was pleased to be the recipient of a platinum sponsorship award. Photos of some of the honourees are presented, but unfortunately there were too many photos to publish them all; our apologies.
The evening concluded with a tour of the Snowbirds’ Hangar 6.