Friday declared Hélène Campbell Day as Torch of Life Relay hits Ottawa

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Friday will be Hélène Campbell Day in the capital, as Councillor Doug Thompson launches the Ottawa leg of the Torch of Life Relay by honouring the 20-year-old Barrhaven woman whose battle with idiopathic lung fibrosis has inspired thousands of people to volunteer to become organ donors. The proclamation, signed by Mayor Jim Watson, will be read by Thompson on Friday at a 10:45 a.m. ceremony in the council chambers at City Hall. Campbell, who’s been in Toronto since early January awaiting a double-lung transplant, will appear via Skype. At 11:30, the torch will be lit and carried by area high school students to Parliament Hill, where a 12:15 ceremony will take place.

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