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Group of Ontarians relay 1600km for organ transplant program donations
A 1,600 km relay is coming to an end on Saturday with the Move for Life team who have been travelling across the province to help raise funds for an organ transplant program in London, Ont.
CTV News - August 6, 2022
London transplant survivor who conquered Lake Ontario notches another milestone
Jillian Best, a transplant survivor who swam across Lake Ontario last year to raise money for the organ transplant program in London, has just completed an overland fundraising odyssey with other volunteers - and she has her eyes set on other Great Lakes, too.
London Free Press - August 6, 2022
Mini-doc on Lake Ontario Swim
The journey to swim 52km across Lake Ontario was captured on film. Click below to watch the 30 minute video of Jillian Best’s incredible marathon swim across one of our great lakes!
Move for Life in “The Lake Report”
Jillian Best celebrates having her name on the SOLO Swims of Ontario plaque in Niagara-on-the-Lake and has an interview with the NOTL press.
Check out the interview in the November 18th, 2021 issue!
Jillian Best on the “Be Bold” Podcast
Be Bold: Jillian Best speaks with podcast host Stephanie Connell about her life before and after her life saving transplant.
-Apple Podcasts
Jillian Best relives her swim across Lake Ontario
Swimming into history on Wednesday, the first organ transplant survivor to conquer Lake Ontario. Londoner Jillian Best, 34, a liver transplant recipient, reflected on her epic 18-hour, 52-km swim across the lake in an interview August 5th.
-The London Free Press.
Transplant recipient raising funds for a good cause
Jillian Best swam 18+ hours across Lake Ontario to shorten the waitlist for an organ transplant.
-Toronto Star
Jillian Best completes 52km swim across Lake Ontario
Jillian Best of London, Ont. looks to 2022 after fundraising swim across Lake Ontario
-Global News
World Transplant Games Federation Talks With Jill Best
— Transplant Hub Conversations (Podcast)
First Transplant Recipient to Swim Lake Ontario
— CTV News (Toronto)
London, Ont., transplant recipient trains to swim across Lake Ontario to fundraise, raise awareness
— Global News
Londoner Jillian Best to swim 52 km across Lake Ontario to raise funds for LHSC
— London Live - With Mike Stubbs
Liver transplant recipient trains for fundraising swim across Lake Ontario
— CBC News & Radio
London transplant recipient to swim Lake Ontario in give-back fundraiser
— London Free Press
'I feel bad for the lake honestly,' liver transplant athlete trains for swim across Lake Ontario
— CTV News