One person can make a difference.
Terry Fox is the embodiment of that statement, and it wasn’t lost on more than 650 runners who turned out for the 31st annual Terry Fox Run at Stanley Park yesterday.
“He was a young individual who had a lot of determination and courage to set out to do this on his own,” runner Eric Sirianni said. “That’s the Canadian spirit. If you want something done, you have to do it yourself and hopefully along the way someone will pick up where you left off. That’s why we’re all here today.”
It was the first run since the death, in June, of Terry’s mother, Betty, who was instrumental in creating the Terry Fox Foundation.
“The run is still about Terry Fox, but I think it’s really important to remember what Betty Fox contributed and the passion she put behind the foundation,” said run organizer Bede Cocks.
Elizabeth Roy was one of many who ran in a team put together by the Jewish Community Centre and knows on a professional level how far cancer research has come.
“I work in cancer rehabilitation, so I see the significant new treatments, new drugs and treatment centres,” she said. “Trying to find a cure for cancer is not just something you do in small wealthy countries anymore. It’s a global goal.”
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