The Stuffed Animal House
Ever wonder where we get our Canadian mascots?
While searching the internet for a mascot that appropriately represented Canada we came across a company called Stuffed Animal House in Langley, British Columbia.
They were a wholesaler only but i contacted them to find out where their products were sold because they had the perfect mascot.
When they learned that we were a troop morale campaign, they offered to send us a dozen of their RCMP Moose stuffed animals at no charge.
"Reggie T. Shertz" was our first Canadian mascot. Reggie was named by Sarnia Paramedic John Surins and Reggie is short for Regiment. Reggie spent a year travelling around visiting First Responders and collecting Department pins everywhere he visited.
He has now taken up permament residence at the Wolseley Barracks in London, Ontario at the London Military Family Resource Centre (LMFRC).
Reggie was presented to the Executive Director of the LMFRC at our Red Friday Rally in Sarnia in June 2008 as a thank you for their support of the Hero To Hero Troop Morale Campaign.
Our second mascot has been named "Langley T-Shertz" in honour of his hometown. When he is retired it will be with one of our First Responder organizations.
We would like to thank all the great folks at Stuffed Animal House for supporting our troops.
KM
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