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Take on the Chain of Life Challenge at mont Royal!
Support the Gauthier family, our flag bearers representing donor families in the Montréal region. Donate to the region, form a team or join them for the climb as a gesture of solidarity in support of organ and tissue donation education in schools.
It's a date on Saturday, October 14, 2023
2000, chemin Remembrance
Montréal
Flag bearer
Gauthier family
We've been participating in the Chain of Life Challenge since the very beginning, to honour the memory of Guylaine Gauthier, our sister-in-law. Suffering from scleroderma, an autoimmune disease that attacks the lungs and causes excessive pressure on the blood vessels, Guylaine waited over four years for a lung transplant to give her a second chance at life. As a nurse who was always optimistic in the face of difficulties, she hoped to return to a normal life after her transplant. Unfortunately for her, the long-awaited call never came. Our consolation is knowing that, when she passed away, she was able to donate her organs so that others might go on and regain their health.
Every year, the Chain of Life Challenge is a chance for us to get involved. We take the opportunity to invite family and friends to climb with us and spend a day together promoting this beautiful cause of the gift of life. In 2016, we took up the Chain of Life Challenge on Mount Royal with Guylaine to send a message of hope to people waiting for a transplant. Since her departure, we're continuing the tradition as a donor family to pay tribute to her.
We invite you to join us in supporting organ and tissue donation education so that no life is lost for want of a donor.
Yvon Gamache and his family
Guylaine Gauthier’s family
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
10:15
Opening Words
10:30
Start of the climb
11:30
Photo at the top
12:00
End of the event
Audrée Descheneaux
Team: 20 ans ensemble!
Ann Blyth
Team: 20 ans ensemble!
Sara Blyth
Team: 20 ans ensemble!
Olivia Blyth
Team: 20 ans ensemble!
Doris Rainha
Team: Doris et ses merveilleux élèves
Patricia Aubertin
Team: Doris et ses merveilleux élèves
Livia Bernier
Team: Doris et ses merveilleux élèves
Loïk Faucher
Team: Doris et ses merveilleux élèves
Rafaël Champoux
Team: Doris et ses merveilleux élèves
Zachary Drouin
Team: Doris et ses merveilleux élèves
Gaël Champoux
Team: Doris et ses merveilleux élèves
Thomas Comeau
Team: Doris et ses merveilleux élèves
William Couto
Team: Doris et ses merveilleux élèves
Florence Morin
Team: Doris et ses merveilleux élèves
Larissa Shular
Team: Doris et ses merveilleux élèves
Lycia Deschamps
Team: Doris et ses merveilleux élèves
Mégane Dalcourt
Team: Doris et ses merveilleux élèves
Marc Delage
Team: Friends
Simon Delage
Team: Friends
GSD Climatisation Inc
Team: Friends
Isabelle Lalonde
Team: Friends
Françoise Arsenault
Team: Friends
Kathy Soares
Team: Friends
Francine Poudrier
Team: Friends
Thierry Houillon
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Laura Marechal Houillon
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Audrey Marechal Houillon
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Meagan Simon
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Frances Chambers
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
France Lapierre
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Patrice Ouellet
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Isabelle Marechal
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Gilbert Boucher
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Lucie Forest
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Sarah Bahreini
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Daniel Ruiz
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Chloe Hughes-Légaré
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Joel Beaulieu
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Gabrielle Ecuyer
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Julia Maman
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Niv Feiguelman
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Benedict T.Boyle
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Jonathan Cohen
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Nicolas Houillon
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Lara MaLara
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Anne de Shalla
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Matthew Henriques-Duplessis
Team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Yvon Gamache
Team: Les GauGuy
Monique Lord
Team: Les GauGuy
Claudianne Lord
Team: Les GauGuy
Chantal Gauthier
Team: Les GauGuy
Isabelle Gauthier
Team: Les GauGuy
Carole Gauthier
Team: Les GauGuy
Anita Gauthier
Team: Les GauGuy
Stéphane Bacon
Team: Les GauGuy
DOMINIQUE LORD
Team: Les GauGuy
Johanne Lord
Team: Les GauGuy
Anita Gauthier
Team: Les GauGuy
Hélène Gagné
Team: Les GauGuy
Vincent Labelle
Team: Les GauGuy
Sabrina Lord
Team: Les GauGuy
Ludovick Morneau
Team: Les GauGuy
Joanie Métivier
Team: Les GauGuy
Vincent Gagnon
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
Mario Comtois
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
Veronique Danis
Team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Mya Marcouiller
Team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Jacynthe Bourgeois
Team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Sophie Allard
Team: Les randocoeurs
William Trudel
Team: Les randocoeurs
James Trudel
Team: Les randocoeurs
Sophie Allard
Team: Les randocoeurs
Lucie Dumont
Team: Lucie Dumont et amis
Chantal Lamarre
Team: Lucie Dumont et amis
Marie-Claire Dumont
Team: Lucie Dumont et amis
Nadia Kichou
Team: Lucie Dumont et amis
Danièle Tourillon
Team: Lucie Dumont et amis
Yves Paquet
Team: Lucie Dumont et amis
francine metcalfe
Team: Lucie Dumont et amis
Diane Bouchard
Team: Lucie Dumont et amis
Pierre Marsolais
Team: Mission du Dr Marsolais
Nancy Tapp
Team: Mission du Dr Marsolais
Audrey Marechal
Team: No team
Samantha Habbal
Team: No team
Hussein Khanafer
Team: No team
Diane Therrien
Team: No team
laura susoi
Team: No team
Andrew Chan
Team: No team
Jade Wilkie
Team: No team
Amy Chan
Team: No team
Joanie Métivier
Team: No team
Zoé Boucher
Team: No team
Lemuel Campbell
Team: No team
Sabrina Mercier Laplante
Team: No team
Jimmi Asselin
Team: No team
Éliam Asselin
Team: No team
Maélie Asselin
Team: No team
Héloïse Picard
Team: No team
Alexandre Loiselle
Team: No team
Sophie Allard
Team: No team
Yvon Gamache
6 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les GauGuy
Monique Lord
6 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les GauGuy
Claudianne Lord
6 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les GauGuy
Chantal Gauthier
6 months 1 week agomade a donation of $120 to the team: Les GauGuy
Stéphane Bacon
6 months agomade a donation of $130 to the team: Les GauGuy
Françoise Larochelle
6 months agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les GauGuy
Plastiques Gagnon inc.
6 months agomade a donation of $500 to the team: Les GauGuy
Marie-Noelle Pelletier
6 months agomade a donation of $5 to the team: Les GauGuy
Patricia Empsall
6 months agomade a donation of $50 to the region
DOMINIQUE LORD
6 months agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les GauGuy
DOMINIQUE LORD
6 months agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les GauGuy
GSD Climatisation Inc
6 months agomade a donation of $300 to the team: Friends
Johanne Lord
5 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $75 to the team: Les GauGuy
Anita Gauthier
5 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les GauGuy
Doris Tite
5 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $10 to the team: Les GauGuy
Pierre Marsolais
5 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Mission du Dr Marsolais
Robert Beasse
5 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Friends
Isabelle Lalonde
5 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Friends
Françoise Arsenault
5 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Friends
Audrée Descheneaux
5 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: 20 ans ensemble!
Nicole Fortin
5 months 1 week agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Friends
Lucie Dumont
5 months 1 week agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Lucie Dumont et amis
Sylvie Lord
5 months 1 week agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les GauGuy
Chantal Lamarre
5 months 1 week agomade a donation of $125 to the team: Lucie Dumont et amis
Marie-Claire Dumont
5 months 1 week agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Lucie Dumont et amis
Nadine Pelletier
5 months 1 week agomade a donation of $200 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Chantal Belisle
5 months agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Friends
Richard Lyonnais
5 months agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Mario Comtois
5 months agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Hélène Gagné
5 months agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les GauGuy
Sabrina Lord
5 months agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les GauGuy
Pierre Pelletier
5 months agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Patricia Aubertin
5 months agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Doris et ses merveilleux élèves
Melanie Blais
5 months agomade a donation of $160 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Nadia Kichou
5 months agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Lucie Dumont et amis
Ludovick Morneau
5 months agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les GauGuy
Daniel Comtois
5 months agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Gabrielle Descheneaux
5 months agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
YVES PAQUET
5 months agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Lucie Dumont et amis
« Ma chère Lucie, Bravo pour toute tes réussites, un modèle à suivre, je t'admire. Ce sera un privilège de te voir le 14 octobre. xx »
Veronique Danis
4 months 4 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Tricia Murray
4 months 4 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les GauGuy
Danièle Tourillon
4 months 4 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Lucie Dumont et amis
Sophie Allard
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les randocoeurs
Diane Therrien
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the region
Jacynthe Bourgeois
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
laura susoi
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the region
Micheline Allard
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les randocoeurs
Simon Chartier
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $80 to the team: Lucie Dumont et amis
« De tout coeur avec toi Lucie ! »
Louis-Phillippe Trudel
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les randocoeurs
Francine Poudrier
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Friends
Joanie Métivier
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les GauGuy
Vetoquinol NA inc
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $1000 to the team: Les GauGuy
Andrew Chan
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $60 to the region
Marjorie Dufresne
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $10 to the team: Doris et ses merveilleux élèves
Thierry Houillon
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
France Lapierre
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $60 to the team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Isabelle Marechal
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Carole Guilbault
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Nancy Tapp
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Mission du Dr Marsolais
Gilbert Boucher
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $60 to the team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Daniel Ruiz
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Nathalie Bruneau
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Joel Beaulieu
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Nicolas Houillon
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Lara MaLara
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Vincent Gagnon
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les GauGuy
Zoé Boucher
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the region
Jeanne-Aimée Gauthier
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les GauGuy
Rodolphe Husny
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les randocoeurs
francine metcalfe
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Lucie Dumont et amis
Sarah Ouimet
4 months 3 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les GauGuy
Anne de Shalla
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Chloe Hughes
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Matthew Henriques-Duplessis
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Sabrina Mercier Laplante
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the region
Diane Bouchard
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Lucie Dumont et amis
Deolinda Henriques
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Joanie Blouin
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Adrien Morneau
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the region
« Bravo pour votre belle implication ! »
Nathalie Boucher
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the region
« Merci pour ce beau geste, cette organisation »
Helene Brousseau
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les randocoeurs
VIRGINIE BERTA
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Isabelle & Thierry : Donner c'est recevoir.
Lucille Leblanc
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les randocoeurs
« J’aimerais que mon don aille pour la région de la Gaspésie et des Îles de la Madeleine. »
Héloïse Picard
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $60 to the region
Sophie Allard
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the region
Doreen Assaad
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les randocoeurs
« Bravo à Sophie Allard, ainsi qu’à toute l’organisation Chaîne de vie! »
Patrick Langlois
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les randocoeurs
« Bravo Sophie! »
Ginette Giard
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les randocoeurs
marie josée raboisson
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the region
Johanne Richard
4 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Lucie Dumont et amis
Denise Delcourt
4 months 1 week agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les randocoeurs
Stéphanie Descheneaux
4 months 1 week agomade a donation of $35 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
Patrick Descheneaux
4 months 1 week agomade a donation of $35 to the team: Les petits poissons Descheneaux
don de jumelage d'un employeur Mont Royal
3 months 2 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the region
« Don de jumelage d'un employeur - chèque de $25 d'une fondation encaissé le 1er novembre 2023 »
Hugo Lamontagne
3 months agomade a donation of $35 to the region
« Transfert interac de $235 de Sophie Allard »
Vente items et petits dons Montréal
3 months agomade a donation of $105 to the region
« Inclus dans le transfert interac de $235 reçu de Sophie Allard pour le Mont Royal (Montréal) »
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!
