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Helene Campbell: Campbell

Ontario Legislature Dept: TORONTO - A Torch of Life walk through 71 communities to raise awareness of the need for transplant organs ended Tuesday at the Ontario legislature with a rally and a plea for people to sign donor cards, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "The miracle of receiving the gift of life for me has been outstanding and remarkable," Campbell said and double-lung recipient Helene Campbell of Ottawa leads the final steps of the Torch of Life tour through Ontario in Toronto on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. On her right is Palestinian Khaled Khatib, whose 11-year-old brother was shot dead by an Israeli soldier and whose organs were donated to five Israeli children. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel Double-lung recipient Helene Campbell, of Ottawa, who has attained celebrity status with her spunky campaign urging people to register as donors, carried the torch on the final leg. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.