The Accessory Dream Guide Issue 4

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CAMERON GILMAR RED DEER, AB

It started simply enough. Although Cameron Gilmar had been in the truck community for many years, it wasn’t until he and his wife Liz bought their first truck and one of his lifelong best friends, Darcy Gudmundson, added him to True North Rams that “it really took off for me”. “I thought, what is this, after just a few short days I jumped in and was posting and commenting like crazy.” Now, Cam is in deep. He is on the “Admin Team for True North Rams and Red Deer Rides. He also belongs to Truck Enthusiasts, Trucks of Canada, Berta Rams and Badlands Rams Facebook Groups, just to name a few. I believe I frequent close to 12 groups, posting and commenting as an active member.” When he was asked to help by joining the Admin Team for True North Rams, Cam never hesitated: “I was excited about the opportunity to really start to showcase what our area had going. I can tell you I have never looked back.” It became personal: “I wear my heart on my sleeve, so when a

member needs something and I feel I can provide some help, I will gladly give what I can. I believe that the more you give and show kindness and support to others, the better we can all become. I have al- ways believed in pay it forward. I struggle from some fairly serious health issues and have been helped before in ways I could never repay for, because of that I vowed to myself that selfishness would not be part of my vocabulary. The most reward- ing part of what I have tried to help build in the truck community is friendships, both personal and professional.”

“The personal rewards greatly outweigh anything I could have ever hoped for. My family has grown so large, I have new brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews because we are not just about the trucks, we’re about the people. This extends both my life and laugh lines.” “I would like to thank my soon-to-be-wife, Elizabeth Gallant, our beautiful children Shellden and Kimberley and my mother-in-law, Christine, Tammy, Scott and Brianna Dolliver, Darcy Gudumndson, The Found Clan, Sven and Jen Macrae and Brad Magee, truly my TNR Family, our local RDR Family, Truck Enthusiasts (Team Raven) and Scott’s 180 Collision in Red Deer for the beauty work on my truck.”

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