Margaret pictured with 2 RCMP Officers at the Rocky Mountaineer Train for Heroes Event Sept 2014. Pretty excited about what is happening right now - besides final formatting we have engaged a dynamic and very entertaining speaker for our launch event! I met Margaret over 10 years ago when I was her rowing coach for the World Transplant Games. Her energy and zest for life continues to inspire everyone she meets!
About Margaret Benson
Margaret Benson received her “Gift of Life,” a double lung transplant, Dec. 1999. Since then she has promoted organ donation and transplantation through many programs endorsed by BC Transplant (BCT) and the Canadian Transplant Association. (CTA) Through the BCT’s school committee, she draws on her skills as a teacher and has spoken to thousands of students, administrators and counselors about the significance of organ donation.
Margaret is actively involved in athletics to help promote the importance of fitness to transplant recipients and to honour her donor. She’s participated successfully in five World Transplant Games and especially enjoyed the most recent games in Durban, South Africa, where she was honoured to be the flag bearer for Canada. Since her transplant, Margaret has discovered many new athletic passions such as; race walking, running, dragon boating, rowing, snowshoeing and her favourite, Zumba. She became a Zumba instructor in 2012 and loves sharing her passion of dancing combined with exercising, with others. In 2012 and 2013, Margaret and the Vancouver group of BC CTA hosted the Transplant Trot. Both events were extremely successful with over 400 people in attendance in 2013. The BC CTA hopes to have the event grow bigger every year,
Teaching is her life and her true joy. Margaret returned to her dream job of teaching a few years ago, but after careful consideration she decided last year to take a year or two off to explore other options. She still volunteers at her elementary school teaching Zumba. Margaret suggests to everyone, that if you love what you do, then you will be happy.
Margaret remains on the CTA board as the BC representative, a position she has held since 2005. Margaret continues to encourage people from all across Canada to join forces to promote organ donation, to honour donors and donor families and to prove Organ Donation Works.
About Margaret Benson
Margaret Benson received her “Gift of Life,” a double lung transplant, Dec. 1999. Since then she has promoted organ donation and transplantation through many programs endorsed by BC Transplant (BCT) and the Canadian Transplant Association. (CTA) Through the BCT’s school committee, she draws on her skills as a teacher and has spoken to thousands of students, administrators and counselors about the significance of organ donation.
Margaret is actively involved in athletics to help promote the importance of fitness to transplant recipients and to honour her donor. She’s participated successfully in five World Transplant Games and especially enjoyed the most recent games in Durban, South Africa, where she was honoured to be the flag bearer for Canada. Since her transplant, Margaret has discovered many new athletic passions such as; race walking, running, dragon boating, rowing, snowshoeing and her favourite, Zumba. She became a Zumba instructor in 2012 and loves sharing her passion of dancing combined with exercising, with others. In 2012 and 2013, Margaret and the Vancouver group of BC CTA hosted the Transplant Trot. Both events were extremely successful with over 400 people in attendance in 2013. The BC CTA hopes to have the event grow bigger every year,
Teaching is her life and her true joy. Margaret returned to her dream job of teaching a few years ago, but after careful consideration she decided last year to take a year or two off to explore other options. She still volunteers at her elementary school teaching Zumba. Margaret suggests to everyone, that if you love what you do, then you will be happy.
Margaret remains on the CTA board as the BC representative, a position she has held since 2005. Margaret continues to encourage people from all across Canada to join forces to promote organ donation, to honour donors and donor families and to prove Organ Donation Works.
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