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 My name is Dave Murphy and in 2007 I founded a campaign to send coffee to soldiers serving in Afghanistan which quickly went viral.  I encouraged people to send Tim Hortons paper certificates to soldiers with messages of support on the back of them.  I created a Facebook group and it snowballed fast mostly in part to VOCM News in Newfoundland and City News in Toronto doing a story on it.   After sending over $100,000 in free coffee to troops in the first year I decided to take on other missions to show support to our men and women serving and for Veterans as well.  We setup schools as penpals, introduced family members to each other and in 2010 started "The Gratitude Project"  After Gene Simmons and Shannon tweed posted about it and took part on their social media platforms things went to a whole new level. I have also launched several campaigns such as "Operation You Are Not Alone" which encouraged Veterans and First Responders with PTSD that it was ...
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How I Lost over 100lbs in a year

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  I've received a lot of messages asking me how I've managed to lose weight this past year so I figured I'd create a post about it.    My first piece of advice is that this has got to start with your mind before you even think about going to a gym, working out , trying a diet or whatever you are deciding to do. My message to anyone in the same position I was a year ago and afraid to go to the gym.  I was very self-conscious at the time, if I heard anyone laughing I’d think “Oh my God they’re talking about me and laughing about your size”  This is blunt but you need to not give a damn about anyone thinks and realize you are there to better yourself and get healthy.  Food & Diet : First of all I used to eat horribly and a lot.   Before I got married I ate even worse but my wife and I did eat out a lot so we've cut that down to once a month we'll have a treat night.  I used to drink two XL Tim Hortons 3/3s a day and a lot of pop.  At wo...
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How boxing changed my life

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  My name is Dave Murphy I'm 45 years old and I live in Calgary, Alberta however I grew up in many small towns in Newfoundland (Canada) I would to share my boxing story with you and how it has saved my life and what Southpaw Boxing club did for me and my family.   I was raised in a very loving family by two amazing parents who were Salvation Army officers, along with my brother and sister we were fortunate to be around giving our entire lives.  We did however move every 2-4 years as they were stationed in different cities all across the province.  In 1992 my father received the call that he was being transferred to Ottawa and this city was where my life changed forever. In April 1994 I was outside of Bayshore Shopping Mall and got in to a heated argument with three guys (It’s been so long I don’t remember the cause or what started it) I remember one of the guys coming at me to punch me so I attempted to defend myself.  I remember the three of them swarming a...
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 In 2018 our six year old daughter looked at me at a playground, she wanted to race home.  I said "You know dad can't run sweetie" the look of disappointment on her face was enough. This is my story. 
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