Terry Fox Run still going strong
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This article was published 18/09/2023 (1147 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Around 120 Westman residents took part in Sunday’s local Terry Fox Run, which began and ended at Brandon University campus.
This year marked the first time that the local race was held at BU, with organizers looking to capitalize on the momentum of the school’s fall Homecoming festivities and attract a big crowd.
This strategy largely paid off, with Sunday’s pool of participants featuring BU alumni and members of the BU women’s volleyball team.
Otherwise, Sunday’s event largely fell in line with past Terry Fox Runs in Brandon, where participants were given the option of completing a one-, two-, five- or 10-kilometre route through walking, jogging or riding a bike.
Local Terry Fox coordinator Heather Stewart revealed that this year’s event raised roughly $12,000 for cancer research as of Sunday morning, although she expects that total will rise by a couple thousand dollars once the weekend’s drop-in donations are counted.
Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope originally took place in 1980, where the activist ran 5,373 kilometres in 143 days — from St. John’s, Nfld. to Thunder Bay, Ont. —with his artificial leg to raise money and awareness for cancer research.
Canadians have followed in Fox’s footsteps long after his death by organizing annual community runs that have raised more than $850 million over the past 43 years.
According to the Canadian Cancer Society, around 85,100 Canadians died from the disease last year alone.
» The Brandon Sun
