Take Action / Chain of Life Challenge
Take on the Chain of Life Challenge at mont Lauzon!
Support Anthony Paul Joseph, our flag bearer and dedicated Chain of Life teacher, representing the very first link in the chain of life: education. Make a donation to your region, form a team, or join your flag bearer’s team. You can also register as an individual. Through this act of solidarity, you are making a tangible contribution to advancing education on organ and tissue donation in our schools.
It's a date on Saturday, October 18, 2025
65, rue Monseigneur-Bourget
Lévis, QC G6V 8R7
Flag-bearer
Anthony Paul Joseph
Hello!
My name is Anthony Paul Joseph and I am privileged to be an English teacher for the Juvénat Notre Dame private high school in St Romuald in the Chaudière-Appalaches region. My mother suffers from a genetic disorder known as polycystic kidney disease. My efforts to understand her condition and to help her in any way I could eventually led to my meeting with the amazing team behind the Chain of Life Program. Thanks to their incredible unit on organ and tissue donation, I’ve been teaching my secondary 5 students about the gift of life since 2016. In 2017 I was able to become a living donor and help my mom by giving her one of my kidneys. Since those early years I’ve seen generation after generation of my senior students take up the challenge of metaphorically (and physically!) climbing mountains to bring more awareness to this cause. They’ve done this with the conviction that education is a fundamental step towards the summits that enable people like my mom to live renewed lives.
Education about something as important as organ and tissue donation means more than just knowing information. It’s an appeal for action! It cultivates a conviction that as a community we can make our tomorrows better than our today. It’s this conviction that drives teachers as we work with our students. It’s this conviction that drives students as they take up their leadership roles in society. It’s this conviction that makes me both proud and humbled to be the flag-bearer for my region this year.
I invite you to join my family, my friends, my students, and me for the ascent of Mt. Lauzon in Lévis on Saturday, October 18, in support of Chain of Life.
And why climb a mountain?
To reach what lies beyond.
See you soon!
Anthony Paul Joseph
Proud Chain of Life teacher
Flag bearer – Chaudière-Appalaches Nord region
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
- For the Challenge, you will need warm clothing, a snack and water.
- In case of bad weather, please consult the Facebook event for the Chaudière-Appalaches region for details.
9:30
Arrival time for participants
10:00
Opening Words
10 h 30
Start of the climb
11:30
Photo at the top
12:00
End of the event
Annie Bilodeau
Team: C♥️N
Jean-Philippe Nadeau
Team: C♥️N
Louis-Antoine Nadeau
Team: C♥️N
Josée Garant
Team: C♥️N
Daniel St-Pierre
Team: C♥️N
Johannie Gingras
Team: En coeur avec Mimi
Léa-Rose Gingras
Team: En coeur avec Mimi
Caroline Garvie
Team: En coeur avec Mimi
Cheryl Crenn
Team: En coeur avec Mimi
Lennie Crenn-Garvie
Team: En coeur avec Mimi
Charly Crenn-Garvie
Team: En coeur avec Mimi
Emilie Leconte
Team: En coeur avec Mimi
Micheline LeBlanc
Team: En coeur avec Mimi
Michel Bourget
Team: À Coeur Ouvert
Sylvie Bourget
Team: À Coeur Ouvert
Alain Ruel
Team: À Coeur Ouvert
Raymond Bourget
Team: No team
Annie Bilodeau
1 week 1 day agomade a donation of $90 to the team: C♥️N
Jean-Philippe Nadeau
1 week 1 day agomade a donation of $100 to the team: C♥️N
Johannie Gingras
1 week 1 day agomade a donation of $100 to the team: En coeur avec Mimi
Louis-Antoine Nadeau
1 week 1 day agomade a donation of $75 to the team: C♥️N
Caroline Garvie
1 week agomade a donation of $60 to the team: En coeur avec Mimi
Yves LeBlanc
1 week agomade a donation of $25 to the team: En coeur avec Mimi
Micheline LeBlanc
1 week agomade a donation of $100 to the team: En coeur avec Mimi
Lorraine Dubois
1 week agomade a donation of $25 to the team: En coeur avec Mimi
Emilie Leconte
1 week agomade a donation of $25 to the team: En coeur avec Mimi
Francine Pelletier
1 week agomade a donation of $25 to the team: En coeur avec Mimi
Michel Bourget
6 days 14 hours agomade a donation of $100 to the team: À Coeur Ouvert
Raymond Bourget
5 days 21 hours agomade a donation of $30 to the region
Louisette Giguère
5 days 1 hour agomade a donation of $50 to the team: En coeur avec Mimi
Josée Garant
4 days 21 hours agomade a donation of $60 to the team: C♥️N
Sylvie Bourget
3 days 16 hours agomade a donation of $180 to the team: À Coeur Ouvert
Distinguished Climber
Coming soon
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!
