Mark your calendars -- the annual Terry Fox Run starts at 11 a.m. (registration at 10 a.m.), from Salt Spring Elementary School, on Rainbow Road, on Sunday, Sept. 13th.
Run, walk, skateboard, rollerblade, alone or with friends, with or without dog...the cause is cancer fundraising, and the event also remembers Terry Fox, a brave Canadian, and one who inspired others.
Terry lost a leg to cancer, and in his rehabilitation, he decided to run across the country, from East to West (he was from Vancouver), to raise money for cancer research. He began with little fanfare at all, and his support camper vehicle was always well behind him, in his race with himself.
I saw Terry running, in the empty wilderness of Northern Ontario, the mid-point in his projected run across Canada, and just the day before he had to give up/return to Vancouver, with a flare-up in his cancer.
An unforgettable sight, the intensity on his face, the lopsided gait, no one else on that stretch of wilderness road, lined with the northern Ontario forest...he was a message of endurance, commitment, and courage.
Be there, on September 13th! Remember Terry, and keep up the funding for research.
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