Thousands of people across the region will join others across Ontario running for hope Sunday.

The annual Terry Fox Run raised 12 million dollars for cancer research last year at 225 community events across Ontario, and another 39-hundred school events.

The Marathon of Hope is in memory of Terry Fox, who bravely set out in 1980 to run across Canada on a prosthetic leg to raise money for cancer.

His run was sadly stopped short after 143 days, outside Thunder Bay, Ontario, when the cancer spread to his lungs.

The Terry Fox Run was started in 1981, the same year he died.

There are runs being held in over a dozen local communities, including;

Badjeros -- 10 AM - 3 PM -- Badjeros Ball Park
Collingwood -- 1 PM - 3 PM -- Harbourview Park
Durham -- 2 PM -- Durham Conservation Park
Feversham -- 11 AM -- Osprey Recreation Centre
Hanover -- 12:30 PM -- Hanover Town Park
Kincardine -- 8:30 AM - 12 PM -- Kincardine Centre Track
Lion's Head -- 1 PM -- Bruce Peninsula District School
Meaford -- 10 AM - 3 PM -- Meaford Harbour Pavillion
Owen Sound -- 9 AM - 11 AM -- Harrison Park Bandshell
Saugeen Shores -- 12:30 PM -- Northshore Rotary Pavillion (Port Elgin)
Terra Nova -- 8:30 AM - 12 PM -- Mulmur Township Office
Tobermory -- 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM -- Tobermory Community Centre
Walkerton -- 9 AM - 2 PM -- Sacred Heart High School
Wasaga Beach -- 9 AM - 11 AM -- Playland Parking Lot at the main beach
Lucknow -- 11 AM -- Lucknow Sports Complex
Wingham -- 11 AM - 2 PM
Clinton -- 1 PM - 3 PM -- at Millenium Park
Exeter -- 10 AM - 2 PM -- at McNaughton Park
Bayfield -- 8 AM - 9 AM -- at MacGregor Square
Seaforth -- 10 AM - 1 PM -- at Community Centre
Goderich -- 1 PM