Adam Green, 44, survived a battle with lymphoma when he was 15. He says the annual Terry Fox Run helped advance research that saved his life, and it continues to inspire people fighting their own battles with the disease.
The annual charity run for cancer research is in its 44th year. The foundation has raised over $900 million since Fox’s original Marathon of Hope in 1980.Posted: Sep 15, 2024 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 21 minutes agoFrom the CBC Archives, July 11, 1980: Terry Fox makes stops in Scarborough and Toronto on his Marathon of Hope.
The Terry Fox Run is now in its 44th year. It was put on a brief hiatus during the pandemic, though Martha McClew, vice-president of community and school fundraising for the Terry Fox Foundation, says the charity raised more money the year the event went virtual than ever before. That momentum has carried on since the run returned to its normal format in 2022, she says, with Torontonians raising about $1 million last year, not counting school fundraisers.
"We want to have a run close enough so that if you fall out of bed on Sunday morning and want to do something great, then you can come out to Terry Fox Run," McClew said.Those runs have raised over $900 million since the inaugural event in 1981, when Fox died, one year after his Marathon of Hope. Terry Fox ran his Marathon of Hope from St. John's to Thunder Bay in 1980. He died the following year, when the Terry Fox Run began in his name. Since then, the annual Canada-wide event has raised over $900M for cancer research.
"To have others go out and do that on your behalf is nothing short of miraculous when you're in that state," Green said. "These are really, really simple acts of kindness that have an incredible impact on people across the country and around the world.""No other organization could have done that as effectively as the Terry Fox Research Institute and the Terry Fox Foundation, with really building on the legacy of Terry and his Marathon of Hope," she said.
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