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Big Catch for T2B

am800-news-fly-fishing-film-tour-t2b-1.6267403 am800-news-fly-fishing-film-tour-t2b (Frank Harshaw (L) and members of Ed Polewski's family, August 20, 2018. (Photo by AM800's Rob Hindi))

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It was a big catch for Transition 2 Betterness.

A unique fundraiser last month, in memor of the late Ed Polewski, helped to raise $22,895 for the charity that helps patients and their families going through serious health issues in the hospital.

The Fly Fishing Film Tour was a fundraiser that showed eight short films on fly fishing at the Capitol Theatre in Windsor.

Polewski's brother-in-law Frank Harshaw says Ed would have approved.

"He was a big supporter of T2B so we decided, all of his fishing buddies and I, decided to put together this fundraiser."

Harshaw the money is going to a worthy caus saying, "they are there for people and their families that are going through some serious health issues so he thought that was a good charity and the whole family has been a big supporter of it."

He says "we were hoping to raise about $10,000 and we did a little bit better than that so it was exciting for us this year and hopefully we will carry on and do it next year and make it a yearly event."

The money from the event will be used to purchase 'Comfort Care Totes' to help cancer patients in Windsor-Essex.

The totes contain comfort items such as a journal, blanket, socks, lip balm, moisturizer, ginger chews and herbal teas to help people with side effects of different treatments.

— with files from AM800's Rob Hindi