January 3, 2008

Charity wrestlers raise cash for burn camp

Young burn victims will be going to camp this summer because of power bombs, backbreakers and drop kicks thrown by two dozen men in chains, masks and tights.

The wrestlers range in age from 18 to 60 and all have full-time jobs in such fields as nursing, security or firefighting. Only a few have any professional wrestling experience.

The Charity Wrestling Federation has been putting on shows once a month at the Timberlea Fire Hall since November 2006.

All proceeds go to the Nova Scotia burn treatment society, which uses the money to help pay for treatments and allow children with burns to attend a summer camp with doctors and nurses available...More?

source: thechronicleherald.ca

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