B&B Memorial Show & Shine

Oct 20, 2021

It was a cruel coincidence that brought the Green and the Chiddle-Young families together.

Bailey Green and Blake Young were Frontenac County kids who knew each other from high school, and from their shared passion for riding.

They died a few months apart, both as the result of motorcycle collisions in late 2019 and early 2020, leaving grieving families to mourn, just as the COVID pandemic hit.

“Just as we needed our community the most, we were isolated by COVID,” said Debbie Green, Bailey's grandmother.

Early this summer, the two families began to plan the B&B (Bailey and Blake) Memorial Show and Shine event, in order to celebrate the two young men, and to raise money for the fire departments who were first on the scene to try and save them on the days that they died.

“My daughter Trish [Bailey's mother] took on a lot of it. We knew it might not happen because of restrictions, but when it opened up we were ready,” said Debbie.

Many, many friends and family came out to support the families of Bailey Green and Blake Young on August 28. 

The families were overwhelmed with the show of support from the community.

Gilmours Meat and the 38 Special Fries (normally located at South Frontenac Rental Centre), provided food for the over 1,000 attendees, donated their profits to the cause, raffle tables were full of wonderful donations, and the car community came together to put on a wonderful display of Classic and Modern day beauties.

Central Frontenac Fire and Rescue was on hand for the show, with a truck, but South Frontenac's crews could not attend because they were called out to a fire.

“We were overwhelmed by the response,” said Debbie.

This past Sunday, the families met with representatives of both South and Central Fire and Rescue to present cheques to each from the show.

Each Station received $5020.00 from the B&B Memorial. The families are hoping for even more next year.

Save the date for Aug 27th 2022