Brett Nugent

Quadriplegic after hockey accident, Aylmer church hosts fundraiser for accessible truck

 

The Aylmer United Church hosted a used clothing and toy sale, March 11. The proceeds from the table fees and all the donated clothes went to the church. But volunteers were also raising funds for Brett Nugent, a Shawville native who had a accident in which a clean hit during an October 2013 hockey game sent Nugent head-first into the boards and left him paralyzed – with only minor mobility left in his biceps and wrists.

With the fundraising efforts of his friends, family and community, he’ll be purchasing his own accessible truck to help him get around.