Step By Step is a registered Charity dedicated to promote organ & tissue donations. Since 1996, Step By Step has completed 7 high profile campaigns in Canada, USA &Europe Also you can make donations on our website WWW.TORCHOFLIFE.COM 170 Lauder Ave Toronto Canada M6E3H2 [email protected]Tel: 416-651-6154 Invitation to Torch Of Life coming to March 2012 On behalf of Step By Step it gives us great pleasure to invite to our 8 th Campaign Register Now: The Ontario Student Torch Of Life Relay Tour. Our goal is to register over a million Ontarians to the newly created Online Organ & Tissue Registry with Service Ontario and the Bone Marrow Registry with One Match. The Torch Of Life has been a great symbolism for organ & tissue donations, throughout Canada and the world. We strongly believe the students of Ontario will inspire the entire Province by representing the famous Torch of Life Their genuine enthusiasm will infect their community and together infect all Ontarians. We strongly believe that the newly added registry with Service Ontario & Trillium Gift Of Life Network’s Routine Notification System are great tools to work with Please join us and receive the Torch of Life when it comes to In the case that your attendance is difficult , please send a representative, or have a letter prepared to be read by one of our treasured Student Torch Champions. We ask that municipalities consider drafting a Proclamation to continue this noble effort, yearly One day our efforts together can proudly proclaim, that Ontario leads the world In organ & tissue donations A dream that can turn into a reality, and just think how much happiness we can bring to our fellow Ontarians .
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Step By Step is a registered Charity dedicated to promote organ & tissue donations. Since 1996,
Step By Step has completed 7 high profile campaigns in Canada, USA &Europe
Also you can make donations on our website WWW.TORCHOFLIFE.COM
170 Lauder Ave Toronto Canada M6E3H2 [email protected] Tel: 416-651-6154
Invitation to
Torch Of Life coming to
March 2012 On behalf of Step By Step it gives us great pleasure to invite to our 8th Campaign
Register Now: The Ontario Student Torch Of Life Relay Tour. Our goal is to register over a million Ontarians to the newly created
Online Organ & Tissue Registry with Service Ontario and the Bone Marrow Registry with One Match.
The Torch Of Life has been a great symbolism for organ & tissue donations, throughout Canada and the world. We strongly believe the students of Ontario will inspire the entire Province by representing the famous Torch of Life
Their genuine enthusiasm will infect their community and together infect all Ontarians.
We strongly believe that the newly added registry with Service Ontario & Trillium Gift Of Life Network’s Routine Notification System are great tools to work with
Please join us and receive the Torch of Life when it comes to
In the case that your attendance is difficult , please send a representative, or have a letter prepared to be read by one of our treasured Student Torch Champions.
We ask that municipalities consider drafting a Proclamation to continue this noble effort, yearly
One day our efforts together can proudly proclaim, that Ontario leads the world In organ & tissue donations A dream that can turn into a reality, and just think how much happiness we can bring to our fellow Ontarians .
The Torch Of Life mysteriously arrives at Step By Step’s doorstep of their office at 170 Lauder Ave in Toronto. June 20 2000 – 2002 Canada 769 Day Walk
George Marcello, began a 12,000 km walk across Canada, thanking his anonymous donor family, carrying this beautiful Torch. On September 5, 2001, George was invited to bring the Torch to Vatican City, where Pope John Paul ll blessed it. The Pope
proclaimed that Organ & Tissue donations was a genuine act of love and wisely encouraged the kids to carry the Torch. He said the youth would inspire the World. Afterwards thousands turned to millions of Torch Bearers and the legacy grew.
January 2004 – Kristopher’s Wish
George passed the Torch to 13 year old Kristopher Knowles in his hometown of Sarnia. Kris was in need of a liver transplant and carried the Torch across Canada. Like a modern day pied piper, Kris recruited hundreds of thousands of kids as he talked to
them about his wish, to help save over 4,000 people waiting for organs and not worrying about his own life. October 1 2007-2008 SOS4000 Canada Student Torch Relay
Kristopher passed the Torch to his army of students, who relayed the Torch throughout Canada these amazing kids set an example for other countries to follow.
October 23 2009-2010 SOSTHEAMERICAS USA / Canada Student Torch Relay
This time the Torch began in Alaska and went through Canada, entering the USA via Maine. The Torch went through 13 States before finishing in Washington DC at the Pope John Paul ll Cultural Center on April 14 2010.
October 31 2011 – Donor Dads in memory of Nicholas & Ahmed sparks Ontario Tour
2 famous Donor Dads, were brought to Toronto, to carry the Torch in memory of their sons Nicholas & Ahmed. In 1994, Reg Green lost his 7 year old son while vacationing in Italy, due to a botched robbery . He donated Nicholas’s organs to 7 Italian
kids. Ismael Khatib lost his 11 year old boy In Jenin Palestine, due to mistaken shot by an Israeli Soldier. He donated Ahmed’s organs to 5 Israeli kids. Ahmed’s brother Khaled will join Kristopher Knowles throughout the entire 110 day Ontario Tour. They
will urge The students of Ontario to lead way to inspire the public to register as organ donors. Hopefully one day nobody needs to die waiting for an organ/tissue transplant.
Step By Step is a registered Charity dedicated to promote organ & tissue donations. Since 1996,
Step By Step has completed 7 high profile campaigns in Canada, USA &Europe
Also you can make donations on our website WWW.TORCHOFLIFE.COM
170 Lauder Ave Toronto Canada M6E3H2 [email protected] Tel: 416-651-6154
Step By Step is a registered Charity dedicated to promote organ & tissue donations. Since 1996,
Step By Step has completed 7 high profile campaigns in Canada, USA &Europe
Also you can make donations on our website WWW.TORCHOFLIFE.COM
170 Lauder Ave Toronto Canada M6E3H2 [email protected] Tel: 416-651-6154
Fast Facts on Organ & Tissue Donations
• One person can save up to 8 lives. 2 lungs, 2 kidneys, heart, liver, pancreas. & small intestines and restore over 85 lives with tissues
• There is no age barrier regarding the donor
• All major religions support organ and tissue donations
• A live donor can save others with liver, lung, kidney, bone marrow & few cases of pancreas & intestines
• A cadaveric liver can be split in two to save two people
• Cadaveric organs & tissues can be retrieved from both Brain Dead and Heart Dead donors
• Success rates climb over 90% for living organ recipients to enjoy productive lives
• Transplant team determines whether your organs and tissues are suited for recipients
• It is encouraged to discuss your donation wishes with your family and indicate these wishes on a donor card or through registration. Check with your Provincial/ State Organ Agency
• It is important to donate blood, without blood there is no transplants
The First Step August 17 1997 – 11:00 am Steeles & Pickering Townline 1st Campaign Toronto-Ottawa Walk –Aug 17-31 1997 The Thank You Walk 2nd Campaign Ontario Walk – Jun-Sept 1999 Inspired Premier Harris to allocate $120 million 3rd Campaign Canada 769 Day Walk – 2000-2002 Carried the Torch Of Life & met Pope John Paul II 4th Campaign Kristopher’s Wish – Jan-Dec 2004 13 year old needed liver, carried Torch Canada wide 5th Campaign European Tour -2005-2006 Helped change Canada’s Policies 6th Campaign SOS4000 – 2007-2008 Canadian Student Torch Of Life Relay 7th Campaign SOSTHEAMERICAS – 2009-2011 USA/Canada Student Torch Of Life Relay 8th Campaign Torch Of Life – 2011-2016 Ontario Now: Ontario Student Torch of Life Relay International Torch Of Life Relay
8th
Campaign
2011-2016
Worldwide Student Torch Relay
Step By Step is a registered Charity dedicated to promote organ & tissue donations. Since 1996,
Step By Step has completed 7 high profile campaigns in Canada, USA &Europe
Also you can make donations on our website WWW.TORCHOFLIFE.COM
170 Lauder Ave Toronto Canada M6E3H2 [email protected] Tel: 416-651-6154
1999 -Harris allocates
$120 million
2000 -George completes 12,000 km & meets Pope
2004-13 year old Kris finishes 200 city trek across Canada