The Terry Fox Run.
Really you don’t need to say anymore than that but cancer has not been beaten and the story must be re-told.
It’s been 29 years since Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope in Newfoundland, with the thought of running across Canada raising money for cancer research.
Terry had to end his run just outside Thunder Bay, when cancer had spread into his lungs.
He died a short time later.
Since then over 900 communities have kept the Terry Fox legacy alive with community runs and fund-raisers for cancer research.
Terry’s brother Fred says his brother is still very much alive in every community that takes time out to be part of the research solution.
Fred says he’s humbled by the fact that so many schools do their own thing with children who weren’t even born when the Marathon of Hope was going on.
Fred says brother Terry would be very proud.
Fred says it’s important to his family that people remember Terry although Terry was the type of person who would say, it wasn’t about him.
He would say the run was for that person in your family that’s been touched by cancer.
Saugeen Shores Terry Fox coordinator Holly Vanderzwet says they’re hoping to increase their participation this year and raise more than the 10 thousand dollars realized last year.
She says the event begins just after noon at the North Shore Park Rotary Pavilion with entertainment and then the run/walk followed by more entertainment at the end.
Meanwhile, in Kincardine, coordinator Mike Eadie says their event in a morning one, starting at 9 AM at the Davidson Centre track with routes throughout the town as well.
A free BBQ and a free swim wraps up the day around 1 PM.
Eadie says last year they raised 12 thousand dollars and hope to better that, this year.
There are also events on Sunday in Owen Sound; Lion’s Head; Tobermory, Wiarton and Walkerton to name a few.