Terry Fox managed to run halfway across Canada before he died of cancer at age 22, but the movement he started has jogged on longer than the years he lived.
The timeless Terry Fox Run hits the pavement in Moose Jaw on Sunday, Sept. 15 for its 39th year of raising funds for the Terry Fox Foundation and its single mission of innovative cancer research. Moose Javians are invited to join thousands of other Canadians in remembering Fox’s audacious effort by participating in the run.
The run takes place in Moose Jaw at Elks Field at 1600 Caribou Street West. Registration starts at 10:30 a.m. while the run begins at 11:30 a.m. There is a post-run barbecue — free for participants — at 12:30 p.m. There will also be bouncy castles and games for families.
There are two pre-event fundraiser barbecues planned to help cover the costs of the event barbecue and entertainment. The barbecues are scheduled for Friday, Aug. 30 and Friday, Sept. 13 at the Co-op grocery store in downtown Moose Jaw. Each event runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Anyone interested in joining the Terry Fox Run in Moose Jaw can register at www.terryfox.org and start taking pledges. For more information you can email TerryFoxRunMJ@gmail.com, or call community organizer Craig Hemingway at 306-513-8980.
To date, the Terry Fox Foundation has raised $750 million and funded 1,314 cancer research projects. The foundation has contributed more than $5.6 million to childhood cancer research projects during the last five years. The five-year survival rate for childhood cancer is 83 per cent, up nearly 20 per cent from 1980.
