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Invitation to Trillium Gift Of Life Network
On behalf of all the members of Step By Step,
we look forward to a working relationship with Trillium Gift Of Life Network.
For the past several months we have been preparing our organization’s 8th Campaign called;
Register Now: Ontario Student Torch Of Life Relay Tour.
We hope that we can arrange a thorough presentation on this important campaign
to the board of directors and the staff.
We are all very excited about this campaign and our goal;
Registering over a million people on the newly created Organ/Tissue Registry.
Since our inception in 1996, we have brought 7 tours to Ontario,
recruiting thousands of people building events in over 100 communities.
The Torch Of Life has been carried into these communities by our youth, building an amazing Legacy.
We called these young ambassadors Student Torch Champions.
As we speak the excitement in this campaign is bigger than ever as we establish working relationships,
with schools, media, churches, 3 levels of Government and other groups & members from 72 cities & towns.
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
Register NOW Become an Organ & Tissue Donor
Ontario Student Torch Of Life Relay Tour
Goal: Register over a million donors 72 Cities /Towns 110 days
Start: Kenora March 2 – Finish: Toronto June 19 2012
Carry The Torch-Save Lives-Make Ontario A Leader
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
Kenora Mar 2 Dryden Mar 5 Ft Frances Mar 7
Thunder Bay Mar 9 Nipigon Mar 12 Geraldton Mar 13 Longlac Mar 14 Hearst Mar 16
Kapuskasing Mar 19 Cochrane Mar 20 Timmins Mar 21 Iroquois Falls Mar 22
Kirkland Lake Mar 23 Sault Ste Marie May 4 Elliot Lake May 3 Espanola May 2
Sturgeon Falls May 1 Sudbury Apr 30 North Bay Mar 26
Wiarton May 7 Owen Sound May 8 Shawanaga Apr 26
Meaford May 9 Parry Sound Apr 25
Collingwood May 9 Huntsville Apr 24 Gravenhurst Apr 23 Mattawa Mar 27
asaga Beach Apr 18 Midland Apr 19 Orillia Apr 20 Petawawa Mar 28
Pembroke Mar 29 Ottawa Mar 30
Perth Apr 2 Smith Falls Apr 3
Barrie Apr 17 Cornwall Apr 4 Brockville Apr 5 Belleville Apr 10 Napanee Apr 9 Kngston Apr 6
Sarnia May 14 Peterborough Apr 16
Cobourg Apr 13 Brighton Apr 12 Quinte West Apr 11
Chatham May 15 Cambridge Jun 6
Windsor May 16 Woodstock May 24 Kitchener Jun 7 Guelph Jun 8
Essex May 17 London May 22 Stratford May 23
Leamington May 18 St Thomas May 21 Tillsonburg May 25
Brampton Jun 13 Vaughan Jun 14 Newmarket Jun 15
Mississauga Jun 12 Oakville Jun 11
Brantford Jun 5 Hamilton Jun 4 Toronto Jun 19 Oshawa Jun 18
St Catharines Jun 1 Niagara Falls May 31
Welland May 30 Fort Erie Mat 29 Port Colborne May 28
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
Press Release
The Torch is coming to Kenora
Kickoff
March 2 2012
Agenda
Press Conference – Kenora City Hall
Student Assembly – Beaver Brae High School
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
Pre Kickoff
Month
Agenda
City/Town
-21
February 10
Queens Park
Official Announcement
Toronto
-5
27
Torch photo op at each Media
Outlet in Toronto
Toronto
-4
28
Depart for Kenora
Toronto
-3
28
1st Stop
Sault Ste Marie
-2
29
2nd Stop
Thunder Bay
-1
March 1
Arrive in Kenora
Kenora
Kickoff
March 2 Lighting the Torch @ Kenora City Hall
Kenora
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
Day Month Agenda City/Town 1
Mar. 2 2012 Kickoff
Kenora
4 5 Dryden
6 7 Ft. Frances
8 9 Thunder Bay
11 12 Nipigon
12 13 Geraldton
13 14 Longlac
15 16 Hearst
18 19 Cochrane
19 20 Kapuskasing
20 21 Timmins
21 22 Iroquois Falls
22 23 Kirkland Lake
25 26 North Bay
26 27 Mattawa
27 28 Petawawa
28 29 Pembroke
29 30 Ottawa
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
Day Month Agenda City/Town
32 April 2 Perth
33 3 Smith Falls
34 4 Cornwall
35 5 Brockville
36 6 Kingston
39 9 Napanee
40 10 Belleville
41 11 Trenton
42 12 Brigton/Colborne
43 13 Cobourg
46 16 Peterborough
47 17 Barrie
48 18 Wasaga Beach
49 19 Midland
50 20 Orillia
53 23 Gravenhurst
54 24 Huntsville
55 25 Parry Sound
56 26 Shawanaga
60 30 Sudbury
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
Day Month Agenda City/Town 61 May 1 Sturgeon Falls
62 2 Espanola
63 3 Elliot Lake
64 4 Sault Ste. Marie
67 7 Ferry to Wiarton Wiarton
68 8 Owen Sound
69 9 Meaford
70 10 Collingwood
74 14 Sarnia
75 15 Chatham
76 16 Windsor
77 17 Essex
78 18 Leamington
81 21 St. Thomas
82 22 London
83 23 Stratford
84 24 Woodstock
85 25 Tillsonburg
88 28 Port Colborne
89 29 Fort Erie
90 30 Welland
91 31 Niagara Falls
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
Day Month Agenda City/Town
92 June 1 St. Catharines
95 4 Hamilton
96 5 Brantford
97 6 Cambridge
98 7 Kitchener
99 8 Guelph
102 11 Oakville
103 12 Mississauga
104 13 Brampton
105 14 Vaughan
106 15 Newmarket
109 18 Oshawa
110 19 Toronto
The Torch Of Life: The Legacy
June 13 2000 -The Torch Of Life Appears
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
Together
We Can And Ontario Will Win
Trillium Gift
Life Network
Join us At our first official Press Conference
February 10 2012 @ Queens Park
(prior to this we will discuss the level of mutual participation)
We can provide
the following
and more
Financial Support
•The Ontario Tour Budget will cost about $50,000
•Any financial support will help us
•Hotel, Restaurant, Equipment sponsorship help
Road Team Volunteers
• Dedicated road tour members
• Or shifts Drivers, Videographers French translators
Special Projects
• At each & every 72 cities/towns •We are challenging students to film their events Best films wins
•We are challenging students for best organ chant/song
•Best chant wins
•TGLN can set up special committee to judge & monitor
We need help
Trillium Gift
Life
Network
We can arrange this tour yearly
We set up a very positive tone for more registration
As Step By Step’s international image grows
Our relationship grows
Trillium Gift
Life Network
Please see a tour of our
Background And how it comes full circle
Trillium Gift
Life Network
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
2009-Students carry torch from
Canada to USA
2011-World famous Donor Dads
Arrives in Toronto
2012 -We will register
Over a million Ontarians
We have & we will
http://www.ontario.ca/en/services_for_residents/ONT05_039074.html
Our Goal
Register
Over 1,000,000
People
Students of Ontario
Multi Faiths
&
Religious
Groups
Media
Municipalities
Various Groups
Cultural
&
Ethnic
Communities
Online Organ and Tissue Donor
Registration
Ontario Student Torch of Life Tour
Budget
Based on 110 Day Journey-4 people
$48,650
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
To our Sponsors &Supporters:
Since the inception of Step By Step in 1996, the founder & the inspiration, George Marcello has literally
devoted every minute of his life trying to help people that are in desperate need of organ & tissue
donations. As it has been said, he didn’t know how to sing or dance, and after receiving his life saving
liver transplant in 1995, he wanted to thank his anonymous donor by walking across Canada. As a result
of 7 more campaigns & 50 million steps later, George has guided Step By Step to receive international
attention. His passion & actions speak louder than words. Step By Step & the Torch Of Life have become
a brand. As a result of 15 years, of boots on the ground activities, Step By Step has amassed supporters
worldwide. The famous Torch Of Life has become our cherished symbol and the kids that carry it have
become our ambassadors. After blessing the Torch, Pope John Paul 2, and many other distinguished
people have all echoed that our children can change the world. In our latest campaign, Register Now Ontario
Student Torch Relay, we are determined to reach an ambitious goal; register over a million Ontarians.
Many times over the years, George has set his sights high. When he said he was going to convince
Premier Harris to allocate over million dollars, he did it. When he said he was going to walk across
Canada and meet the Pope, he did it. When he said, he was going to bring a 13 year old boy who
needed a liver transplant across Canada, he did it. When he said he was going to organize thousands
of kids to relay the Torch from Canada To USA he did it. When he said he was going to bring 2 of
the world’s most famous organ dads to Toronto, he did it. So now he says that Step By Step’s
army of kids in Ontario will inspire the Province to register over a million people, they will do it. He
always worked with barely no budget, and completed things. Lets make it a little more comfortable
for him this time around. Join us by contributing at the beginning. We all know George deserves it.
Lets get behind him and let him do what he does best organize & save lives.