Signs are already up around the city noting this year’s Terry Fox Run will take place at Bud Miller All Seasons Park on Sept 17. Last year’s run took place under sunny skies. Source File Photo
The first step in this year’s Terry Fox run has already been taken with the posting of a few event signs around the city.
The run itself will take place at Bud Miller All Seasons Park on Sept. 17 with registration at 9 a.m. and a 10 a.m. start.
Anyone can register to walk, run or bike the 2.5 or 5 km route and donate money at the Terry Fox Foundation website at https://run.terryfox.ca/29209 in support of cancer research.
Local run director, Heather Klages, will fill in more of the blanks soon when she returns from holidays.
Meanwhile, perennial run volunteer Jim McArdle reports the Lloyd run has raised $255 towards the local target of $10,000 as of Tuesday.
He is also encouraging teams of at least two persons to run to “do something meaningful together,” as he noted on the Terry Fox Run Lloydminster Facebook page.
Fox lost his right leg to cancer in 1977 and embarked on his cross-country Marathon of Hope in 1980 to fund a cure for cancer.
He was forced to stop his run outside of Thunder Bay, Ont. because cancer had appeared in his lungs. Fox died on June 28 1981 at the age of 22.
The theme of this year’s run is #Dear Terry, meaning when Fox stopped running, letters of support and inspiration began to pour in from all corners of the world.
“This Sept. 17, we continue the annual Terry Fox Run surrounded by messages of love, hope and inspiration from Canadians everywhere,” states the foundation.
Notes can be written at the https://terryfox.org website.
McArdle added his own #Dear Terry note following a recent trip to St. John’s Newfoundland and Mile Zero of Fox’s Marathon of Hope in 1980.
“A cement walkway featuring a landscaped wave design now leads up to the lit sculpture backed by a quotation from Terry: ‘I just wish people would realize that anything’s possible if you try; dreams are made if people try,’” he wrote.
McArdle also says #Dear Terry T-shirts are now available for delivery in Lloydminster with a $25 purchase.
“Contact us on our Facebook page,” he said for details.
