Imagine yourself in this worker's position

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Whew! How has your fall been so far? At Threads of Life, it’s been a bit of a whirlwind. We’ve had family events, partner events, speaker events and fundraisers, all while laying the groundwork for Steps for Life 2020. Read some of our highlights below. When the days are busy, we try to stay focused on what’s most important: safety, health and family. We hope you’re able to do the same.

Imagining

the worst and the best

One of the things that haunts grieving families is imagining their loved one’s last moments. Virginia Campeau knows her husband Paul somehow became entangled in an auger in the back of his sandtruck. He was working alone, so she’ll never know exactly how long he was there, or whether his death was caused by the shock, loss of blood, the cold, or some combination. Imagining what went wrong is a horror for families. For safety people, imagining what could go wrong is one way to make sure it doesn’t. Hindsight is easy -- when you read Paul’s story , you’ll likely see several ways the tragedy could have been prevented. Now put your imagination to work in your own workplace, or your shop or camp.

Read what happened to Paul

Thank you for the healing

As you read this, more than 80 family members have just arrived home from a weekend of tears, laughter and learning at the Prairie-Western Family Forum. And many more are gearing up to attend the Central forum in a few weeks. These two events, along with our Atlantic forum held in June, can only happen because of the support you offer as a donor or funder of Threads of Life. A number of organizations earmark sponsorships specifically for our three family forums. Thank you to those supporters and to everyone who donates and fundraises to make these wonderful events happen for our families.

See our 2019 forum sponsors

What’s YOUR why?

Little kids ask the big “why” questions all the time: why is the sky blue? Why is grandma’s skin wrinkly? Why do people get sick? As we get older, we don’t think so much about “why”, but deep down it’s still there – the thing that motivates us; our reason for doing the things we do. Our “why”.

Steps for Life – Walking for Families of Workplace Tragedy sets a lot of peoples’ “whys” into motion. Some people get involved in Steps for Life because of a personal experience with workplace tragedy – a loved one’s death or injury, or their own injury or illness. Others are motivated by a commitment to safety or want to support their community. Many appreciate the camaraderie of being part of a team or group of volunteers.

Whatever your reasons for being part of Steps for Life, we’ll be asking you to think about them personally, and consider naming them publicly, as we ramp up to Steps for Life 2020. Watch for our hashtag #mywhy.

Here’s OUR ‘why’

On our blog:

Threads of Life Family Forum: What to expect

Attending your first family forum can be very emotional. Hang in there, you are not alone. You may have anticipatory feelings bubbling up, and maybe even wondering what you've signed yourself up for. You may ask yourself what am I doing here?

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Above and Beyond: With gratitude for our incredible...

One specific scenario that really registered with me recently was when one of our speakers travelled to another province for a presentation. It happened to be a new city that she had never been to and she jumped at the opportunity to share her...

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