by Kimberly Bondame | Oct 17, 2017 | Steps for Life, Volunteers
Volunteers and participants prepare to set out on the 2017 Steps for Life walk in Toronto Ontario Threads of Life staff feel we are very fortunate to work with such generous family members, passionate volunteers and committed partners. Kimberly Bondame joined...
by Susan Haldane | Sep 14, 2017 | Steps for Life
“You don’t pay love back; you pay it forward.” – Lily Hardy Hammond, In the Garden of Delight, 1916 Isn’t it true, sometimes, that the people who’ve faced the most hardship and tragedy in their lives show the most kindness and generosity?...
by Eleanor Westwood | Jul 11, 2017 | Steps for Life
6250: that’s the number of steps on average an adult would take in a five-km walk. My granddaughter who is two, takes about three steps to every one of my strides – she is a very busy little girl and ‘walking’ involves lots of running and side-steps....
by Susan Haldane | Jun 20, 2017 | Steps for Life, Volunteers
Just a couple of weeks after this year’s Steps for Life walk in Sarnia, a worker at a local business was killed on the job. For Mark Roehler, chairman of the Sarnia walk committee, it was a sad reminder of why the walk – and the work of the volunteers – is so...
by Susan Haldane | May 9, 2017 | Steps for Life, Volunteers
All year we’ve been saying that ‘one’ can make a difference: one volunteer, one walker, one fundraiser, one sponsor. Of course everyone knows that when we put a whole bunch of ‘ones’ together, that impact grows by huge steps. You could call those “Steps for Life”!...
by Susan Haldane | Apr 4, 2017 | Steps for Life
(And a bonus reason!) But here’s why you should wait no longer – today’s the day to go online and make it official! Steps for Life – Walking for Families of Workplace Tragedy is the top public, national health and safety event in the country. It draws together not...