The Rotary Club of Aigle takes its turn to pass the baton

The 2003 year’s end event of the Rotary Club of Aigle took place in Villeneuve, Aigle, Noveille and Bex. As usual, it took the shape of a public sales of bibers prepared with love by Rot. Jean-Michel Heiz, confectioner in Villars-sur-Ollon.

During these four meetings with the population, an amount of 8,000 Francs was collected, thanks to the generosity of the latter. This sum was remitted on Friday 12^th March, 2004 to the Montreux based foundation Pass The Baton which works at creating an electronic register of organs donors in Switzerland, and more globally at promoting organs donation. Its founder, Mrs. Pascale Lilla received the precious cheque from the hands of Paul A. J. Waals, president of the RC of Aigle, and Bertrand Chesaux, president of the commission Action of Public Interest. It will finance the edition of 60,000 information flyers.

Remise de chèque ! 12.03.2004

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Our evening of November 18 th 2003, devoted on the very important problem of organ donation, has been attended by 60 people at the Salle de la Fleur de Lys in Porsel. Our thanks to Mrs. Lilla and Ogay, who have talked about de subject with conviction and sensibility. They have shown that a small card can help, but can also create problems for the immediate family that will have to take the final decision. The two ladies have convinced us, that a computerized file would be a better solution for all, and we hope that de Foundation “Pass the Baton” will be able to realise it in the near future. We wish them lots of success for the future.

On 7th July 2003 in Blonay the Foundation received a check from the Ladies’ Circle N° 1 Club of Vevey further to the day’s journey of last 18th May, families’ day.
The sum of CHF 4’000 was given to the Foundation in order to create the brochure presented on the photograph. This brochure is distributed in all the pharmacies of the French- speaking part of Switzerland and can also be ordered on our site.
We very sincerely thank these ladies for their social action, which will enable us to achieve our goals, let us open the dialogue on the organs’ donation, our choice has to be respected.

Ils ont pris le Relais ensemble

06.11.03 au Lausanne Palace

270 CONVIVES ONT PARTICIPE A CET SOIREE Madame Line Renaud a été la Marraine de ce repas Gala et nous a convaincu par son message unique et très important qu'il est temps de nous mobiliser pour soutenir le don d'organes. Comme elle l'a expliqué, elle s'est engagée envers le SIDA sans compromis et souhaite apporte la même énergie pour la mission que c'est donné la Fondation Passez le Relais Aux nom des personnes présentes et des travailleurs de l'ombre de la Fondation , Chère Line Merci de votre soutien et de toute votre tendre amitié, Merci aussi à Hervé, votre assistant si généreux

Line Renaud en plein discours de soutien Marraine officielle de la Fondation

Gregory Pototsky , sculpteur russe reconnu internationalement, nous fait l'immense plaisir d'offrir à la Fondation comme 1er prix de la tombola, sa sculpture en bronze "Fortune". Celle-ci est estimée aux Etats-Unis à une valeur de US$ 30'000.-.

L'artiste, ainsi que sa femme, ont fait le déplacement depuis Moscou afin d'être présents lors du repas de soutien du 6 novembre à Lausanne.

Nous les remercions vivement pour le très beau geste et de la parole donnée lors de la conférence de presse . L'heureux gagnant est Valaisan il s'agit de Monsieur Grégory Martinetti un sportif de renom. Bravo à lui et à sa compagne.

Tous les chefs de table et leurs invités ont été guidé par les bénévoles de la soirée. Ils ont apprécié ce tendre moment d'échange et de vérité. Le thème de ce repas de soutien Relais n°2 était "Latino" et mis en valeur par les champions Suisse 2003 de danse sportive latine Mlle Esther Tise et Alain Juvet. Tous deux, nous ont flaté les yeux par des danses envoutées et sensuelles. Nous les remercions très chaleureusement. Un Clin d'oeil est fait nos bénévoles du soir qui sont toujours aussi joyeux et performants. Merci à cette grande équipe. Le Lausanne Palace nous a permis de réaliser ce grand événement avec un professionnalisme remarquable, merci à tous.

Et voici quelques quelques photos souvenirs dont certains vont se reconnaître et rendez-vous l'an prochain pour une date qui reste à définir.

A très bientôt, avec d'autres vedettes et personnalités ainsi que chefs de table, et n'oubliez pas faites Passez le Relais auprès de vos amis et connaissances, nous sommes tous indispensables !. Pascale & Guy Lilla Fondateurs photos par Georges Antoniadis clin d'oeil d'un soir Merci

Toutes les photos de cette magnifique soirée

	The Ladies’ on the day of the event From the left to the right Mrs. Guex Elisabeth, Mrs. Lanz Katia, Mrs. Siegler Patricia, Mrs. Ersan Berdoz Zeynep, Mrs. Geng Martina, Mrs. Boran Martine, Mrs. Guillod Brigitte, Mrs. Cardinaux-Pot Josiane, Mrs. Carpenter Lesley, Mrs. Gross Martine, President
	From the left to the right: Mrs. Elisabeth Guex- Social Action, Mrs. Pascale Lilla – Foundation Pass the Baton and Mrs. Martine Gross – President of the Ladies’ Circle Vevey
	From the left to the right : Mrs. Nathalie Blanc, volunteers foundation, Mrs. Jacqueline de Quattro, Ladies, Mrs Siegler Patricia, Ladies, Mrs. Guex Elisabeth, Ladies and Social Action, Mrs. Françoise Bavaud, volunteers foundation, Mrs. Catherine Lob, volunteers foundation, Mrs. Pascale Lilla, founder of the Foundation Pass the Baton, Mrs. Gross Martine, President of the Ladies’ Circle N° 1 Vevey, Mrs. Ersan Berdoz Zeynep, Ladies, Mrs. Guillod Brigitte, Ladies.

On 18th May 2003 at the “Ancien Stand” in Blonay (VD) took place the families’ meal in order to sustain the Foundation Pass the Baton.
Excellent meal, organised by the Ladies’ Circle No. 1 of Vevey.
A nice day’s journey crowned by a know-how of these ladies and above all a very great conviviality.
We have answered the numerous questions of the participants and we were very pleased to be sponsored by this club, discreet service but very efficient.
We very sincerely thank Mrs Martine Gross, President, as well as all the members.
We wish much success to this service club, which merits to be known through its sympathetic atmosphere!

Picture of Mike Horn taken at the 2001 edition.

Created in 1990 by the University Sports Service and the Lausanne City Sports Service, the Swiss Life International Beach Volley Tournament has become a classical stage of the FIVB calendar. Grouping each year male pairs of world level, as well as young promising Swiss, this tournament is remarked for its ambiance, its will to stay close to the public as well as to the players, and its desire to give the possibility to the youngsters to stand by a sports elite. The 2003 edition, which will take place from 15th to 17th August on the sands of Vidy – Lausanne, further reinforces this festive image through multiple animations and the parallel organisation of a popular tournament of Park Volley. The tournament is supporting the foundation “Pass The Baton” in organising an exhibition match with celebrities from the political, cultural and sports worlds.
More information under: http://www.beachvolleylausanne.ch

Public debate of writer Marlyse Tschui at the “Salon International du Livre” (International Book Fair) in Geneva on Thursday 1st May at 2 p.m. on the booth of newspaper "Le Matin" with the participation of Prof. Gilles Mentha, Responsible for the transplantation unit at Geneva Cantonal Hospital.

Marlyse Tschui will dedicate her book on Saturday 3rd May, 2003 on the booth of Diffulivres from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m..

March 16th, 2003: publication of the book
”LE DON D'ORGANES” (Organs Donation)
“Donneurs, greffés et soignants témoignent”
(Donors, grafted people and medical staff are witnessing)
by Marlyse Tschui
Publisher: Editions Anne Carrière (only available in French)
The book will be available in bookshops as from 16th March, 2003.
Because organs grafting is the fruit of a strange marriage between life and death, numerous people hesitate to sign a donor card. This book, the first of its kind destined to a broad public, is lifting the taboo from all the questions everybody wonders about.

What’s the difference between coma and cerebral death? How to imagine I will be dead without being it entirely ? What does it mean for the grafted person to carry in oneself somebody else’s organ? Why does the receiver not have the right to know the identity of the donor ? How to improve the reception of the near relations in the hospitals? What happens in case of rejection of the grafted organ ? What is the position of the various religions regarding organs donation ?

Thanks to the testimonies of patients, of doctors, of families having donated organs from a near relation, and of living donors, the backstage of transplantation appears as a place vibrating with humanity where joys, hopes and tragedies coast along.

Excerpts:
Vincent Roos, priest :
" Life is like a big cake from which we would gladly take another slice again. "
Philippe Morel, surgeon specialised in grafts :
" My donor card? Here it is. I donate all my organs, except my eyes, at my wifes’s request ".
A Web forum surfer :
" In fact, I’m afraid to die because of this card, as if death were waiting for this moment to reap me. It’s stupid, I know it, but I can’t do anything against it. "

A nurse at the bed-head of a patient whose brain was destroyed :
" I know he’s dead. And yet, I talk to him ".
Didier Houssin, director of the French Institution for Grafts :
" Transplantation doesn’t go by itself, for very profound reasons which belong to the sacred character of corporal space ".

Cathie, about her grand-son, deceased and organs donor :
" A part of David continues to live down here. "
Monique, who received a kidney from her mother :
" My mother was thinking my behaviour was causing harm to " her " kidney. I was obsessed by the idea of keeping it at any price, in order not to be shouted up. "

Akila, transplanted :
" My new liver, I call him " my friend ". He and me have learnt to cohabit. "
Andrea Arz de Falco, ethician :
" I have a donor card, which I never filled in. It often occurs to me to watch it with perplexity. I told my family I agreed to donate my organs, but the final decision was theirs. "

Letter from a receiver to the family of his donor :
" You became dear to me, without my being able to give you a face. From survival, I passed into life and, day by day, I thank the Sky for what I feel as a miracle. "

Two brothers who love each other dearly, one a banker in Geneva and the other an Egyptologist, their mother brilliantly loopy, and the wife of the banker the conformist, his parents, children, the son's friend… Miracle Transplant is first and foremost a painting of the values of a fine Geneva family at the dawn of the 21 st century. Behind the smooth conservative facade of the Paccard-Doutremont family lies great cultural and religious diversity and adherences. And yet they are a family, as the coalition that is Geneva makes for a city that ends up deciding by a large majority to vote for Switzerland to join the United Nations, and in-so-doing reconciling its left and right shores. Miracle Transplant is also the story of a medical transplant, therefore a reflection on life, death and the journey into the hereafter. In this Switzerland where we think we are insured against all manner of risk, there is still room for the unforeseeable glitch, and likewise for a miracle. Modern medicine proposes and the Gods decide… and, when the Osiris court decides, even the Sphinx is overtaken.

And finally, there is The Miraculous Peach , the admirable altarpiece from Konrad Witz who painted Jesus walking on the waters of Lac Léman. Léman, with its pearly mists and pale fog, from where the people of this country are born, and its wonderful blazing colour when the setting sun sets the lake on fire.

After heading the political section of the Journal de Genève and the Gazette de Lausanne , followed by a stint as a columnist for the Tribune de Genève , Françoise Buffat made a remarkable début into literature in 1998. Miracle Transplant is her third novel.

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