OUR CRANE CEREMONY

Our School program was inspired by the school community at Our Lady of Sorrows, who rallied around Meagan and her family with an outpouring of compassion and support.

The inspiration came from one student, Margaret, who was reading the story of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Japanese legend holds that if a sick person folds a thousand cranes, the gods will grant them a wish and make them healthy again. Margaret set to work quietly folding cranes and it wasn’t long before the entire school community was involved. Having surpassed their goal, on a special spring day, students gathered around Meagan in circles of hope and one by one presented her with their colourful cranes with personal messages of hope and love written upon the wings.

Every April, Meagan’s Walk hosts the Crane Ceremony, marking the launch of our signature Meagan’s Walk and Hug event. The Young People’s Theatre (YPT), a strong Community Partner, is now the home of our ceremony. Dedicated students from partnering schools across Toronto present thousands of handmade origami cranes to the Meagan’s Walk Heroes in a demonstration of hope and support. It reminds those children and their families impacted by a brain tumour that they are not alone.