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Terry Fox Run Sunday at Garry Point Park
Each year on the second Sunday following
Labour Day, Richmond gathers at Garry Point Park in an ongoing effort to
eradicate cancer.
The Terry Fox Run, beginning at 10 a.m. Sept.
16, is an annual tradition that is carried out around the globe. It is not a
competition, but rather an opportunity to carry on a legacy began by a heroic
Canadian who was tireless in his belief that “anything’s possible if you try.”
Born in Winnipeg, but growing up in Port
Coquitlam, Fox even as a child was determined and tenacious, qualities that
would later bring him success as a student and athlete.
But in March 1977, Fox learned he had a
malignant tumour in his right leg that required it to be amputated. The night
before he read about an amputee runner and began dreaming of running,
ultimately leading two years later to his training for a Marathon of Hope, a
cross-country run to raise money for cancer research and awareness. During his
training he would run over 5,000 kilometres.
Late in 1979, Fox wrote to the Canadian
Cancer Society to support his run: “I’m not a dreamer, and I’m not saying this
will initiate any kind of definitive answer or cure to cancer, but I believe in
miracles. I have to.” On April 12, 1980, he dipped his artificial leg into the
Atlantic Ocean off St. John’s, Newfoundland and began his odyssey. He would
average 42 kilometres a day through six provinces, before being forced to stop
running outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario on Sept. 1. His primary cancer had
spread to his lungs.
The following day, Isadore Sharp, chair and
chief executive officer of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, sent a telegram to
the Fox family with a commitment to organize a fundraising run each year in
Terry’s name.
“You started it. We will not rest until your
dream to find a cure for cancer is realized,” Sharp wrote.
The first Terry Fox Run was held Sept. 13,
1981 at more than 760 sites in Canada and around the world. The event attracted
300,000 participants and raised $3.5 million. By May 2016, the Terry Fox
Foundation announced that more than $715 million had been raised to support
cancer research in Terry’s name.
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