Pass It On

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OPEN ON A STRETCH OF RURAL ONTARIO ROAD. WE SEE A FEMALE PANAM TORCH BEARER RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD HOLDING THE TORCH WITH PRIDE. THE RUNNER IS ONTARIO MARATHON SWIMMER (AND TORONTO POLICE OFFICER) ZSOFIA BALAZS. SHE REACHES FORWARD TO PASS THE TORCH TO THE NEXT RUNNER.

AS SHE HANDS OVER THE TORCH WE TRANSITION TO THE NEXT TORCH BEARER, BUT AS WE DO, IT’S NOT JUST THE RUNNER WHO CHANGES BUT THE ENTIRE ENVIRONMENT AND THE TORCH ITSELF. IN THIS CASE THE TORCH BECOMES AN IV BAG AND THE RUNNER IS NOW A NURSE MAKING HER WAY DOWN THE HALL WITH A PATIENT IN WOODSTOCK HOSPITAL.

THE NURSE HANDS THE ‘TORCH’ OVER TO THE NEXT RUNNER, A LIBRARIAN IN INNISFIL LIBRARY. THE TORCH IS NOW A BOOK WHICH THE LIBRARIAN TAKES AND CARRIES ACROSS THE LIBRARY.

THE ‘TORCH’ IS NOW PASSED TO THE NEXT RUNNER, A VOLUNTEER IN THE SUDBURY FOOD BANK. THE TORCH IS NOW A HEAVY BOX OF CANNED GOODS. THE VOLUNTEER MAKES HIS WAY THROUGH THE FOOD BANK THEN PASSES THE ‘TORCH’ OFF TO THE NEXT RUNNER.

NOW WE’RE AT WHITE OAKS SKATEPARK AND THE TORCH IS A SKATEBOARD THAT A TEENAGER SMOOTHLY PUTS UNDER HIS FEET AS HE LAUNCHES DOWN OFF A QUARTER-PIPE AND HOPS ONTO A RAIL. HE COMES OFF THE RAIL AND PASSES HIS ‘TORCH’ OFF TO THE NEXT RUNNER.

WE ARE NOW IN THE LEEDS FIRE STATION AND THE ‘TORCH’ HAS BECOME A FIREMAN’S AXE.

THE FIREFIGHTER REACHES TO PASS THE REAL TORCH AGAIN AND WE ARE BACK ON THE ROAD WITH A REAL RUNNER. THIS TIME IT’S RICHMOND HILL TRAMPOLINE STAR ROSIE MacLENNAN AND SHE IS RUNNING TOWARDS THE STADIUM TO THE OPENING CEREMONIES OF THE PAN AM GAMES.

WE TRAVEL WITH HER UNTIL SHE PASSES BY THE YELLOW OLG PIN. THE CAMERA HOLDS WITH THE PIN IN THE FOREGROUND. A CROUD CHEERS ROSIE ON AS SHE RUNS OFF TOWARDS THE DISTANT DOME.

SUPER: ALL FOR HERE.

VO: FOR FORTY YEARS OLG HAS PASSED ON 100% OF OUR PROCEEDS TO THE PEOPLE OF ONTARIO.

ALT 1 VO: FOR FORTY YEARS OLG HAS PASSED ON ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR PROCEEDS TO THE COMMUNITIES OF ONTARIO. FROM HOSPITALS TO SKATEPARKS TO THE 2015 PAN AM GAMES, WE’RE ALL FOR HERE.

ALT 2 VO: ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF OLG PROCEEDS ARE PASSED ON TO THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND EVENTS THAT MAKE ONTARIO BETTER. LIKE THE PAN AM GAMES. WE’RE ONTARIO’S LOTTERY AND GAMING AND WE’RE ALL FOR HERE.

ALT 3 VO: OLG PASSES ON ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR PROCEEDS TO MAKE ONTARIO BETTER. FROM HOSPITALS TO LIBRARIES TO THE 2015 PAN AM GAMES, WE’RE ALL FOR HERE.

ALT 4 VO: OLG PASSES ON ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR PROCEEDS TO MAKE ONTARIO BETTER. FROM HOSPITALS TO LIBRARIES TO THE 2015 PAN AM GAMES, WE’RE ONTARIO’S LOTTERY AND GAMING AND WE’RE ALL FOR HERE.