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Take on the Chain of Life Challenge at mont Royal!
Support Lieutenant Jean Girard and Vincent Dubuc, our flag-bearers representing volunteer police officers for organ transport in the Montréal 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 Saturday, October 19, 2024
2000, chemin Remembrance
Montréal
Flag-bearers
Lieutenant Jean Girard
I've been a police officer for over 25 years with the Service de police de la ville de Montréal (SPVM), and I'm a lieutenant at neighbourhood Station 44 in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie.
I became a police officer to save lives and make a difference in my community. I've done this in many ways, but rarely as tangibly as when I'm transporting organs or medical teams.
Inspired by a colleague who volunteered his time to do these transports, I became a volunteer police officer with CODA in 2003. This involvement led me to become the organ transport coordinator for the SPVM in 2015. I also support various organizations involved in organ donation and regularly take part in many of their activities.
I often mention that volunteer police officers are the “link” between the organ donor and the recipient. Our goal is to transport each gift of life quickly and safely in order to give the medical team as much time as possible and the best chance to complete the procedure successfully and restore the patient's health. I know I'm helping to save a life with every transport! Organ donation brings hope. It brings people back to life, it brings relief to families and it has a positive impact on the community.
I've known about Chain of Life for 10 years now, and I know the very important role it plays in raising awareness among young people, and eventually those around them, and of the importance of organ donation, which remains misunderstood and known too little. The values of altruism, selflessness and compassion are conveyed through the education provided by this organization, which ultimately helps save lives.
Vincent Dubuc
My name is Vincent Dubuc and I work for Montréal's Sûreté Airport Patrol (Sûreté aéroportuaire des Aéroports de Montréal) as a sector manager. I'm a member of a team in charge of law enforcement.
I've been transporting organs and medical teams for the Canadian Organ and Tissue Donors Association (CODA) for over two years now.
At Aéroports de Montréal, some fifteen volunteers are involved in the transport of organs and medical teams. It's thanks to them that I became aware of this essential cause and decided to join.
I was immediately drawn to the cause and didn't hesitate to volunteer to do transports. For me, this means I can make a concrete contribution to improving the health of my fellow citizens, as well as helping save the lives of many others.
I'm very proud to volunteer my time to CODA and be able to make a difference in our community.
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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The climb up Mount Royal is easy and accessible for wheelchairs, strollers and dogs. It culminates in a magnificent view of Montreal from the esplanade. Feel free to bring your lunch for a picnic at the summit or enjoy something at the Café des amis in the Pavillon du Lac-aux-Castors.
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It is accessible by public transportation and paid parking is available near the Pavillon du Lac-aux-Castors
- For the Challenge, you will need warm clothing, a snack and water.
- In case of bad weather, please consult the Facebook event for the Montréal region for details.
9:30
Arrival time for participants
10:00
Opening Words
10:30
Start of the climb
11:30
Photo at the top
12:00
End of the event
Ludi Chicoine-Geoffrion
Team: Aephi2024
Lucie Dumont
Team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Cyrielle Deschaud
Team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Jerome Rocipon
Team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Anna Rocipon
Team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Michel Carpentier
Team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Danielle Lafrance
Team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Marie-Claire Dumont
Team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Martine Larrivee
Team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Edouard Vezina
Team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Christelle Larrivée
Team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Hinamo Pelletier
Team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Benoit Dumont
Team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Christopher Barten
Team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Lory Barten
Team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Audrée-Ann Blyth
Team: Il était une foie
Olivia Blyth
Team: Il était une foie
Fabienne Seguin
Team: Il était une foie
Wendy Sherry
Team: Il était une foie
Jacynthe Bourgeois
Team: Il était une foie
David Blyth
Team: Il était une foie
Jean Girard
Team: Le coeur des Bleus
Vincent Dubuc
Team: Le coeur des Bleus
Dominique Larivière
Team: Le coeur des Bleus
Yvon Gamache
Team: Les GauGuy
Nadine Pelletier
Team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Alexandra Descheneaux
Team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Frédérick Descheneaux
Team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Richard Lyonnais
Team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Arielle Hachey-Brunet
Team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Pierre Pelletier
Team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Micheline Léger
Team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Melanie Blais
Team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Benoit Pelletier
Team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Olivier Pelletier
Team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Annabelle Pelletier
Team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Jeanne Lamontagne
Team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Rémi Morneau
Team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Arielle Hachey
Team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Gérard Genest
Team: No team
Johanne Jolicoeur
Team: No team
Linda Paradis
Team: No team
Liette Nadeau
Team: No team
Vincent Berthiaume
Team: No team
Yves Berthiaume
Team: No team
Sylvie Martel
Team: No team
Sophie Allard
Team: No team
Marlène Grenier
Team: No team
Valerie Costanzo
Team: No team
Nadine Pelletier
8 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $160 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Richard Lyonnais
7 months 4 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Pierre Pelletier
7 months 4 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Micheline Léger
7 months 4 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Melanie Blais
7 months 4 weeks agomade a donation of $150 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Gabrielle Descheneaux
7 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Daniel Comtois
7 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Le-An Tran
7 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Mario Comtois
7 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Lucie Dumont
7 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Gérard Genest
7 months 1 week agomade a donation of $60 to the region
Hugo Cantin
7 months 1 week agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Jean Girard
7 months agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Le coeur des Bleus
Chantal Sciotto
7 months agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Le coeur des Bleus
Cyrielle Deschaud
7 months agomade a donation of $60 to the team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
gilles bernier
7 months agomade a donation of $25 to the region
« Bravo aux confrères du SPVM, merci à tous les bénévoles! »
Mélanie Dupont
7 months agomade a donation of $25 to the region
bryan cunningham
7 months agomade a donation of $10 to the team: Le coeur des Bleus
Yvon Gamache
7 months agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les GauGuy
Linda Paradis
7 months agomade a donation of $100 to the region
Anita Gauthier
7 months agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les GauGuy
Frédéric Lord
7 months agomade a donation of $250 to the team: Les GauGuy
Claudianne Lord
7 months agomade a donation of $75 to the team: Les GauGuy
Christos Fetichanopoulos
6 months 4 weeks agomade a donation of $200 to the region
Monique Lord
6 months 4 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les GauGuy
Ludovick Morneau
6 months 4 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les GauGuy
Liette Nadeau
6 months 4 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the region
Fabienne Seguin
6 months 4 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Il était une foie
Vincent Berthiaume
6 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the region
Michel Carpentier
6 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $200 to the team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Chantal Lamarre
6 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the region
« Je ne pourrai être présente au défi de cette année mais je penserai à vous. Bravo à toute l'équipe et au super travail de Lucie Dumont. Une femme de coeur. »
Marie-Claire Dumont
6 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Martine Larrivee
6 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Andrew Chan
6 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Il était une foie
Wendy Sherry
6 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Il était une foie
Jacynthe Bourgeois
6 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Il était une foie
Marc Tessier
6 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Le coeur des Bleus
Marc Charbonneau
6 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Le coeur des Bleus
Sylvie Lord
6 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les GauGuy
Ninon Lalonde
6 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Le coeur des Bleus
Julie Lebel
6 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Le coeur des Bleus
Sophie Allard
6 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the region
Johanne Lord
6 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les GauGuy
Vincent Dubuc
6 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Le coeur des Bleus
YVES PAQUET
6 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
« Bravo à notre formidable Lucie Nationale. »
Benoit Dumont
6 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Christopher Barten
6 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Ensemble pour célébrer la Vie !
Marlène Grenier
6 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the region
Dominique Larivière
6 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $65 to the team: Le coeur des Bleus
Valerie Costanzo
6 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the region
Francis Dubuc
6 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $31 to the team: Le coeur des Bleus
Tricia Murray
6 months 1 week agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les GauGuy
Petits dons Montreal
5 months 1 week agomade a donation of $20 to the region
« Petits dons jour du DÉFI, Montréal. Transfert interac d'Audrée Descheneaux le 22 novembre »
Distinguished Climber
Gabriel Filippi
My interest in the cause of organ donation dates back several years. In 2003, I had the chance to be the expedition leader of the Cordée du cœur. With a multidisciplinary team, we achieved an important world first: guiding Sylvain Bédard, a heart transplant recipient, to the top of Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps at 4,810 m. This expedition was followed by millions of Canadians and thus, will have promoted organ donation and given hope to thousands of people waiting for a transplant, not only in Quebec, but also across Canada.
In 2015, I agreed to become the distinguished climber and ambassador for the Chain of Life Challenge in the Montreal region because I believe that organ donation education is the best way to reach the general public about this important social issue.
In May 2019, I paid tribute to Serge Dessureault, who was also a distinguished climber and ambassador for Chain of Life, by carrying the Chain of Life flag to the top of Mount Everest and then, a month later, there I was, on the summit of the highest mountain in North America, Mount Denali in Alaska, again with the Chain of Life flag.
For me, every mountain represents a wonderful opportunity to support a cause, and organ donation is one that is very dear to my heart.
Gabriel Filippi
Speaker and mountaineer
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!
