Chain of Life Challenge
Mauricie
Take on the Chain of Life Challenge at Vallée du Parc!
Support our student flag-bearers, Élissa Nadeau and Marilie Dupont representing the very first link in the chain of life: education. Make a donation to your region, create a team, or join your flag-bearers’ team. You can also register individually. Through this act of solidarity, you are directly helping to advance organ and tissue donation education in our schools.
It's a date on Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 9:30 a.m.
10000, ch de la Vallée-du-Parc
Shawinigan (Québec) G9T 0N1
Flag-bearer
Élissa Nadeau and Marilie Dupont
Hello,
We are two students who had the opportunity to take part in the Chain of Life program as part of our enriched English class in Secondary 5. Its content had a profound impact on us. Without this program, we probably would never have really learned about organ and tissue donation. The only time the subject had ever been mentioned was when we were 14, when we received our health insurance cards, but without any real explanation. We therefore had no idea how important that little piece of paper we attach to our card could be. And yet, that same little piece of paper can help change the course of many lives.
By getting involved in this cause, we hope to raise greater awareness in society and help make organ and tissue donation a subject that people can talk about more openly. We want to encourage people to reflect on it, discuss it with their loved ones, and recognize the importance of this gesture. We also want to pay tribute to everyone touched by donation: donors, their loved ones, transplant recipients and those waiting for a transplant, as well as those who, unfortunately, were unable to receive an organ in time.
Being the flag bearers for the Mauricie region gives us the opportunity to raise awareness of a cause that has now become very important to us. We ourselves realized just how little we knew before discovering Chain of Life. That is why we want to get involved with the organization, so that we can share what we have learned and encourage other young people and families to become informed and, above all, to talk about it.
We invite the people of Mauricie to take part in the Chain of Life Challenge and join us in supporting youth education, encouraging family discussions, and strengthening the sense of solidarity that can change lives.
Élissa and Marilie
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 Mauricie region for details.
9:30 a.m.
Arrival time for participants
10:00 a.m.
Welcome remarks and speeches by special guests
10:30 a.m.
Start of the climb
11:30 a.m.
Photo at the top
12:00 p.m.
End at the top
Maryse Baillargeon
Team: Les frères Gauthier
Johnny Gauthier
Team: Les frères Gauthier
Mathyce Gauthier
Team: Les frères Gauthier
Trystan Gauthier
Team: Les frères Gauthier
Claudia Boissonneault
Team: Les frères Gauthier
Jean François Picard
Team: Les frères Gauthier
Élissa Nadeau
Team: No team
Marilie Dupont
Team: No team
Maryse Baillargeon
1 day 8 hours agomade a donation of $120 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
Sylviane Rochon
1 day 7 hours agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
Bryan Dubois Bourque
1 day 7 hours agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
« Bravo Maryse pour cette implication! »
Isabelle Cossette
1 day 7 hours agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
Karine Trudel
1 day 6 hours agomade a donation of $10 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
Nathalie Boisvert
1 day 6 hours agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
Penelope Toupin
1 day 6 hours agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
Katia Gauthier
1 day 5 hours agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
Line Crete
1 day 5 hours agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
« Pour toi Maryse, Johnny et particulièrement à Mathyce et Trystan 🥰 »
Patrick Gauthier
1 day 5 hours agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
Helene Naud
1 day 4 hours agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
Stéphane Veillette
1 day 4 hours agomade a donation of $10 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
« Longue vie aux garçons Gauthier »
Famille Jacob
1 day 3 hours agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
« Carol, Isa, Frédérik et Marie-Maxime »
Line Rodrigue
1 day 3 hours agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
Genevieve Francoeur
23 hours 25 minutes agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
Karine Boucher
23 hours 5 minutes agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
Christiane Tardif
21 hours 43 minutes agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
Anne-marie Richard
16 hours 52 minutes agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
Claudia Boissonneault
16 hours 20 minutes agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
Sindy Hinse
5 hours 51 minutes agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
Guylaine Tellier
29 minutes 13 seconds agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les frères Gauthier
Thank you to our partners!
