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Motorcyclists raising funds, awareness for PTSD stop in Okanagan

Rolling Barrage stops in Princeton, on its last night of the tour
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Scott Casey, (left) founder of the Rolling Barrage and from Merritt, with friends outside the Princeton Legion on the last night of the cross-Canada trip.

A group of Canadian heroes rolled down Highway 3 Friday, August 16 on their motorbikes, impressing onlookers in Keremeos and stopping in Princeton for the night while enjoying dinner at the Legion.

The Rolling Barrage is the brain child of Scott Casey, from Merritt, who founded the organization in 2017.

Casey is a former member of the Canadian Armed Forces who served in Yugoslavia.

He wanted to do something to promote and fund services for military personnel, veterans and first responders who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Fifteen members of Caseysa国际传媒檚 tour of 200 soldiers have committed suicide.

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The annual Rolling Barrage ride started July 14 in St. Johnsa国际传媒檚 Newfoundland, and ended August 17 in Aldergrove.

The group welcomes donations wherever it stops across the country, sells t-shirts and merchandise, and promotes its website where donations can also be made.

All funds are directed to vetted services to battle PTSD, said Casey, and all riders pay their own expenses.

Forty riders made the cross Canada journey, while others joined up for different legs of the trip.

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In addition to raising money, the Rolling Barrage provides education about PTSD.

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With this yearsa国际传媒檚 ride in the books, Casey will be heading directly to Jasper to volunteer on the front lines of the wildfire.

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Andrea DeMeer

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