Take Action / Chain of Life Challenge
Take on the Chain of Life Challenge at mont Adstock with students from Polyvalente de Thetford!
Support Guillaume Turmel, our flag-bearer representing volunteer police officers for organ transport in the Chaudière-Appalaches Sud region. Donate to the region, form a team or join him for the climb. You'll be showing your support for organ and tissue donation education in schools.
It's a date on Thursday, October 17, 2024
120, route du mont Adstock
Adstock (Québec) G0N 1S0
Flag-bearer
Guillaume Turmel
When I returned to Beauce in 2019, I decided to become a volunteer for CODA. My motivation was then, and still is, to be part of a chain whose mission is to offer a new chance at life to someone who desperately needs it. Knowing that a significant change has been made in someone's life fills me with happiness.
In this chain, we all have the same goal in mind: to improve someone's quality of life. Every organ transport is a race against time. The coordinators at the various levels ensure that we meet the deadlines required so that organ donation, delivery and transplantation are completed in optimum time.
I recall a transport that took place last winter in freezing rain. I had to pick up the medical team landing at the airport in Québec City and take them and the organs to be transplanted to the CHUM. Air transport was not possible due to weather conditions. The only way was by land.
The conditions were difficult, but by exercising caution, we arrived safely and on time, and the medical team was able to perform the transplant. On the way back from Montréal, I realized just how far I'd gone to improve someone's quality of life. Each time I receive a transport, I'm grateful for the chance to be part of this chain of life.
Perhaps one day a member of my family will need such an intervention. Then I'll appreciate even more the vital role CODA can play in our daily lives!
The Key Links in the Chain of Life
The key links in the chain of life are doctors, nurses, transplant recipients, donor families, teachers, students, distinguished climbers, public figures and many others... who join forces to create a movement uniting all those touched directly or indirectly by organ and tissue donation.
The day of the event:
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For the Challenge, make sure you have warm clothing, a snack and water.
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In case of bad weather, please consult the Facebook event of the region for details.
13:00
Arrival time for participants
13:15
Opening Words
13:30
Start of the climb
14:30
Photo at the top
15:15
End of the event
Distinguished Climber
À venir
Mountain Climbing and Waiting for a Transplant: What a Parallel!
Participants in the Chain of Life Challenge carry the flag to the top of a mountain in their region.
Waiting for a transplant is a bit like climbing a mountain. Both require preparation, fortitude, determination, perseverance and, most of all, support — the climber needs strong climbing partners and the person waiting for an organ needs a reliable support network. Both are real challenges. This is why the mountain has become one of the symbols associated with Chain of Life.
By planting the Chain of Life flag at the top of a mountain, we are not only showing our solidarity for organ and tissue donation, but we are also helping send a message of hope to all those waiting for a transplant in Quebec and elsewhere.
Thank you to our partners!
