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Spring is such a hopeful time – it’s the perfect setting for Safety and Health Week. Seeing the focus that companies and workers place on awareness and training during this time does make all of us at Threads of Life feel hopeful for the future. We want to ensure no other families have to experience the tragedy we live with, and Safety and Health Week is one step towards that vision.

Behind the scenes: Where we find hope

Working every day with people who’ve experienced tragedy might seem like a dark job, and some days it is – those days when you see news of another death or injury caused by the same old hazards. But there are also a lot of bright spots in our work – every time we see one of our members reach out to a new family, every time a speaker volunteer tells us how much it meant to share their story, every time a participant learns a new way to cope. We captured some of these hopeful moments in the stories of hope on our web site. The hopeful moments include Donna, an injured nurse, who strives to help people know they’re not alone, and Geraldine, who acts as a voice for workplace safety, and many others. So many of our family members become volunteers for Threads of Life, and Threads of Life wouldn’t exist without them. TIP for SAFETY MEETING PLANNERS: Our family members are committed to sharing their stories to prevent further tragedies. If you’re in charge of planning safety meetings, feel free to incorporate one of our stories. They help to put a face to workplace tragedy and make the hazard real to employees. Looking for a story about a particular hazard? Contact us – we’ll do our best to help!

Partners for a purpose

The strongest partnerships are built on shared values. Threads of Life is incredibly lucky to have relationships with partners both old and new, who share our commitment to safety. We are honoured to have 14 national sponsors for our Steps for Life -Walking for Families of Workplace Tragedy events this year, along with close to 200 community sponsors. Not only have these organizations sponsored Steps for Life, but many are also busy fundraising, forming teams and spreading the word among their clients. You can see the national sponsors at the bottom of the main Steps for Life web page, and check out the local sponsors on each community’s page. And let’s not forget the corporate and program partners who are behind us every day of the year. If you’d like to see your name on one of those lists, learn how partnership makes it possible.

Wow!

We’re a little bit speechless, a little bit humbled, and a whole lot grateful for the amazing support so far, for Steps for Life-Walking for Families of Workplace Tragedy. We didn’t really know what to hope for this year, but you’ve smashed through our initial fundraising goal and made us incredibly proud. We can’t wait to see where the red thermometer will finish up! Every dollar represented on that Steps for Life thermometer will be used to help ease the journey for someone who has experienced a workplace tragedy – and we all know that tragedies continue to happen every single day. Over the two years of the pandemic, more than 300 new family members came to Threads of Life for support – that’s on top of the thousands we were already serving. So don’t stop now, Steps for Life teams, walkers and fundraisers! You can continue to fundraise and donate to Steps for Life right up until Tuesday, May 31.

ICYMI: On the blog

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