The second annual “TJ’s Gift - A Gala Evening” goes this evening at Canad Inns Polo Park, to help kids avoid the horrors of drug abuse.
Floyd and Karen Wiebe experienced that horror five years ago when their son, T.J., was murdered. The 20-year-old Fort Garry resident was lured by a group of drug associates outside the city, injected with a syringe, strangled, stabbed and left to die in a snowbank in January 2003.
The Wiebes have become well-known throughout the city as advocates for justice. They have vowed to do everything they can to spare other children and parents from a similar ordeal.
This evening’s gala includes the band Free Ride performing, and a silent auction.
Last year’s initial fundraiser netted $54,000 for the T.J Wiebe Education and Awareness Fund, which was set up after their son’s death as a means of keeping his memory alive and steering others away from the dangerous lifestyle that reeled him in.
All Winnipeg school divisions will be eligible to provide students access to the fund for peer education and drug awareness projects.
Tickets are available at www.tjsgift.com or by contacting Floyd Wiebe at 229- 9633 or by e-mail at floyd@tjsgift.com.
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