Terry Fox Run

Yesterday the students at school ran the Terry Fox Run to help raise money for Cancer research and to continue the Marathon of Hope. The kinder students ran around the field at school. the Grade 1 and 2 students did a short run through the green belt near the school, and the grade 3 to 7 students did a longer run through some of the streets around the school.

I do recall hearing about his courageous run and fight with cancer back in 1980. He and I were the same age.

In 2004, Terry Fox was voted 2nd in a vote of the Greatest Canadians of all time.

There are statues of him across the country and many schools, libraries, roads and parks have been named after him, as well as a mountain in the Canadian Rockies. For a list check here.