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Take on the Chain of Life Challenge at mont Cascades!
Support patrol officer Shaun Grenier and inspector Danny Rail, our flag-bearer representing the volunteer police officers for organ transport in the Outaouais region. Donate to the region, form a team or join them for the climb. You'll be showing your support for organ and tissue donation education in schools.
It's a date on Sunday, October 13, 2024
448, chemin du Mont-des-Cascades
Cantley (Québec) J8V 3B2
Flag-bearers
Patrol Officer Shaun Grenier
Hi,
I'm Shaun Grenier, a volunteer patrol officer and a volunteer police officer for organ donation transportation in the Outaouais region. It gives me great pleasure to be the flag-bearer for the Chain of Life Challenge and to represent my region.
I'm pleased to see that the volunteer police officers of the Canadian Organ and Tissue Donors Association (CODA) are in the public eye this year. In fact, we are one of the vital links in the chain of life when it comes to organ donation.
However, this crucial role is little known to the public. I'm proud to represent not only my region but all my colleagues across Quebec who help save lives!
In my career, I've been lucky enough to take part in two organ transports. What's more, I firmly believe that the first link in the chain of life is educating our young people about this important social issue.
Please join me on October 13, which is next Sunday or make a donation to my team : Sureté du Québec - Outaouais.
Thank you!
Shaun Grenier
Inspector Danny Rail
Hello,
I'm Danny Rail, organ transport coordinator for the Outaouais region.
Since 2019, police officers from the Sûreté du Québec in the Outaouais region have been ensuring the quality and safety of the transport of organs and tissues and medical teams.
This essential contribution to the chain of life is carried out with remarkable assiduity by our police officers on a voluntary basis. Only available in Quebec, this service has been offered since 1987 in collaboration with the Canadian Organ and Tissue Donors Association (CODA) and Transplant Quebec.
I would like to extend my warmest thanks to all the police officers in the Outaouais region and throughout Quebec for their exceptional and vital commitment to the cause of organ donation.
It gives me great pleasure to collaborate with the Chain of Life Challenge in order to raise public awareness about this crucial link in the pre-hospital chain of care, as well as to support Chain of Life and its education mission on organ and tissue donation in schools.
Together, we can contribute to saving more 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, you will need warm clothing, a snack and water.
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In case of bad weather, please consult the Facebook event for the Outaouais region for details.
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Door prizes will be drawn on the day of the event.
9:30
Arrival time for participants
10:30
Opening Words
10:30
Start of the climb
11:30
Photo at the top
12:00
End of the event
Isabelle Caron
Team: Pour Thalee
Nathalie Bernard
Team: Pour Thalee
Dominic Chamaillard
Team: Pour Thalee
Marie-Claude Latourelle
Team: Pour Thalee
Ann Grondin
Team: Pour Thalee
Ian Coulombe
Team: Pour Thalee
Justine Larouche
Team: Pour Thalee
Nicolas Morissette
Team: Pour Thalee
Nathalie Laporte
Team: Pour Thalee
Marc Hubert
Team: Pour Thalee
Claudine Rochon
Team: Pour Thalee
Shaun Grenier
Team: Sureté du Québec - Outaouais
Anick Charette
Team: No team
Emilie Legendre
Team: No team
Amélie Lorrain
Team: No team
Maelie Gosselin
Team: No team
Anick Charette
Team: No team
Emilie Legendre
Team: No team
Martin Cousineau
Team: No team
Guy Gosselin
Team: No team
Loralie Gosselin
Team: No team
Véronique Charette
Team: No team
Laura Gosselin
Team: No team
Claudette Charette
Team: No team
Daphnée Demers
Team: No team
Nicole Therriault
Team: No team
Jean-Guy Lorrain
Team: No team
Amélie Lorrain
Team: No team
Vincent Bergeron
Team: No team
Julie Rochon
Team: No team
Céleste Crevier
Team: No team
Urszula Szychowska
Team: No team
Jocelyn Comtois
Team: No team
Chloé Daher
Team: No team
Nicole Gagne
Team: No team
Carole Lalonde
Team: No team
Anick Charette
1 month 4 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Petit rein va loin
Emilie Legendre
1 month 3 weeks agomade a donation of $60 to the region
Alain Legendre
1 month 3 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the region
Julie Rochon
1 month 3 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the region
Guy Gosselin
1 month 3 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the region
Julie Tassé
1 month 3 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the region
« Bonne montée le 13 octobre prochain! »
Isabelle Caron
1 month 3 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Pour Thalee
Véronique Charette
1 month 3 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the region
Nathalie Bernard
1 month 3 weeks agomade a donation of $60 to the team: Pour Thalee
Josee Gaudreau
1 month 3 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Pour Thalee
Valérie Clairoux
1 month 3 weeks agomade a donation of $75 to the region
Laura Gosselin
1 month 3 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the region
Patricia Gendron
1 month 3 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Pour Thalee
« Love you! »
Caroline Gosselin
1 month 3 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the region
« Pour ma belle sœur Anick qui a le plus grand cœur du monde ! »
Martine Rondeau
1 month 3 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the region
Marie-Claude Latourelle
1 month 3 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Pour Thalee
Cécile et Théo Latourelle
1 month 3 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Pour Thalee
Mylène Arsenault
1 month 3 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Pour Thalee
« Bravo Isabelle et Marc... Une autre belle façon de faire briller la trop.courte vie de Thalee.. Je serai à l'extérieur de la région mais j'aurai une pensée pour vous à l'aréna en encourageant les Lynx de Édouard Montpetit... »
Ann Grondin
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $60 to the team: Pour Thalee
Claudette Charette
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the region
Nicole Boudreau
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the region
« Bravo Anick pour ton implication. »
Pierre Lavoie
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the region
Kathleen Baker
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the region
Francine Provencher
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the region
Johanne Le Blanc
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the region
Nathalie Guitard
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Pour Thalee
Justine Larouche
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $60 to the team: Pour Thalee
Nathalie Laporte
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Pour Thalee
André Couët
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Pour Thalee
Sylvain LeBlanc
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the region
Daniel LeBlanc
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $60 to the region
« Go, go, go! Super cause. »
Nicole Therriault
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $60 to the region
Shaun Grenier
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Sureté du Québec - Outaouais
Marc Hubert
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Pour Thalee
Claudine Rochon
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Pour Thalee
Amélie Lorrain
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $60 to the region
Julie Rochon
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $30 to the region
Rachel Malenfant
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $50 to the region
Danny Rail
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Sureté du Québec - Outaouais
Marie Pier Lécuyer
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $25 to the region
Nicole Langlois
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $25 to the region
Shari-Lyn Derowin
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Pour Thalee
Urszula Szychowska
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $60 to the region
Mathieu Monette
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $40 to the team: Pour Thalee
Eric Jomphe
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $200 to the region
« Merci pour votre implication L’exemple en soi Anick Charette »
Helene Sabourin
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $50 to the region
« Pour une belle cause! Merci Anick pour toute ton implication et ton soutien! 13 octobre 2017- xoxo »
Nicole Gagne
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $30 to the region
Carole Lalonde
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $30 to the region
Brad Hicks
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Pour Thalee
Distinguished Climber
Rachel Malenfant et Daniel Soucy
Our Everest was to pedal more than 5,700 km this summer, from Vancouver to Rivière-du-Loup, as part of a fundraiser for Chain of Life that has raised more than $11,000 up to now.
In addition to discovering fantastic places and people during our adventure, we were able to talk about the importance of organ and tissue donation education and to highlight the importance of taking good care of our health by adopting healthy lifestyle habits, values that are very important to us. Since the Chain of Life project began at the Rivière-du-Loup secondary school in 2007 and we are also from this region, it was very symbolic for us to end our long journey in the Lower St. Lawrence region.
Since we live in the Outaouais region, we are very happy to participate in the Chain of Life Challenge at Mont Cascades on October 15 and we invite you to join us for this great event. As a bonus, we will be able to tell you about some of the wonderful stories of living donors and transplant recipients that were shared with us during our journey!
Rachel Malenfant, nurse
Daniel Soucy, truck driver
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!
