Senior Torchbearer Lee Turner

Congratulations! You have been selected as a potential winner in Round 2 of the Story Writing Competition in the Coca-Cola Torch Relay Nominations promotion.You have won a chance to become a torchbearer during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay and carry the Olympic Flame in a selected Canadian community as assigned by VANOC and Coca-Cola.

Below is the letter that won her the right to carry the torch!!

ACTIVELY LIVING THE OLYMPIC DREAM
THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW MY JOURNEY WITH BREAST CANCER
PARALLELS THE MESSAGE OF ACTIVE LIVING AND THE CARRYING
OF THE OLYMPIC TORCH. THE SIGNIFICANCE IS THE DETERMINATION
AND COURAGE NEEDED TO SUCCEED.
AS A 62 YEAR OLD WOMAN AND TWO TIME BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR
I HAVE FACED MANY CHALLENGES. FINDING THE STRENGTH TO FIGHT
THIS DEADLY DISEASE WAS A STRUGGLE. COURAGE WAS PARAMOUNT
IN NOT GIVING UP. DETERMINATION HAD ME LOSING 40 POUNDS AND
ADOPTING A DAILY EXERCISE PROGRAM FOCUSING ON STRENGTH
(WEIGHT-TRAINING), FLEXIBILITY (STRETCHING) AND ENDURANCE
(POWER-WALKING AND DEEP WATER RUNNING). EXERCISE AND WEIGHT
CONTROL HAS LOWERED MY RISK OF MANY DISEASES.
I AM NOW CANCER FREE. MY THREE CLOSEST FRIENDS HAVE BEEN
INSPIRED BY ME TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES. OUR FRIENDSHIP WAS
THE CATALYST FOR THEM TO ADOPT A MORE ACTIVE LIFESTYLE, BY
LOSING WEIGHT AND BECOMING MORE MOTIVATED.
I’VE PLEDGED TO PARTICIPATE IN MORE FUNDRAISING EVENTS. I AM
ENDEAVORING TO OFFER SUPPORT, COMPASSION & UNDERSTANDING
AS SEVERAL FRIENDS JOURNEY DOWN THE TROUBLED PATH OF
BREAST CANCER.
WITH HONOUR & PRIDE I WILL TRIUMPHANTLY CARRY THE OLYMPIC
TORCH, A TRUE SYMBOL OF HOPE AND PEACE.
AS I PASS THE TORCH, THE BEACON OF LIGHT WILL SYMBOLIZE RISING
ABOVE ADVERSITY AND NEVER GIVING UP. LIVING ACTIVELY IS MY
SWORD TO DO BATTLE.