Family of Cheryl Sheldon hopes memorial bench will further her legacy for good [Video]

A community crowdfunding campaign to memorialize the life of Cheryl Sheldon culminated on Wednesday with the unveiling of a commemorative park bench named in her honour.

Located outside Carling Heights Optimist Community Centre on Elizabeth Street in London, the bench will ensure Sheldon’s life is not forgotten by the community, said Fabienne Haller.

“We cannot forget women who have been murdered. It is important their names are not forgotten, that society realizes that any woman is valuable,” said Haller, formerly with the London Abused Women’s Centre (LAWC).

Haller spearheaded the crowdfunding campaign alongside Megan Walker, LAWC’s former executive director, who is vice chair of the London Police Services Board.

“Cheryl’s life was valuable. She contributed to society for 62 years, and to have a commemorative bench for her, is just a small way for us to acknowledge that.”

Haller and Walker unveiled the bench on Wednesday during a ceremony attended …