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Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 22 Aug 2013, p. 10

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Muuflhllr 5 un » [fibunt - myorkrcgionxom . Thur: town's an first visit ‘ EHe’d be proud people picked up the challenge’ Fred. 15 months older than Terry. knew his younger brother was nmning but didn't think much about it.7 After all. Terry-was always athletic. despite having his right leg amputated beluw the knee. Terry had run 5.300 km to train for the Marathon 0! Hope. people around the world picked up that challenp and are doing what they ran,’ said Fwd Fm. Terry's okiet btother. l-‘redwillbeinfioufivilletokickoflthe town's annual run. SepL15.'Ihis will be his first visit to the community. Cuba '15 the second largest country. behind Canada. in terms of participation with more than 100 million people. accord- ing to Fred. ()n Aptil 12 1980. Terry embarked on hismrwionadaybydippmgmsngmleg into the Atlantic Ocean near St. John's. New foundhnd. When Terry told Fred. 23 at the time. of his cross-country plan “as a brother I said that’s great. good on you”. Fred was unable to take time off work to help with" the crusade. so Terry's friend. Doug Alward. became his driver. cook and all-around helper. until Terry and Fred's younger brother. Darrell. took over. It wasn't until Terry made his way to Toronto was he able to meet up with his hrothcr-lurnod-(Ianadian hero. It was also whvn he first appreciated what his younger brother was doing. BY SANDRA IOLAN sbolana’yrmgrom ()nc dollar per person. [hat is what 'l‘eny Hm hoped In misc dur' ing his Marathon of Hope. SimelSBOJGOOmfllionhasbeenmised in Terry Fox’s honour. Lam year. Whilchutch-Swuffwfle's 38.0w residents raised more than 51501)“). that's roughly 54 per person towards cancer lfispalwaslomiscawamncssofand money for cancer research. ‘In retrospect if you only knew I wish I had. if I'd known. I would have mod to take a leave of absence and pain ferry.” After 143 days and 5,373 km. ferry had to give up on his Marathon of Hope afu-r Ieaming cancer had returned and spread to his lungs. Like the rest of the country. Fred watched 'fcrfy's journey unfold through the media. “liewmxldbe soproud (mladians and ‘In retrospect zfyvu only knew [wish I had, ifl'd Imam! would have med to take a leave of absence and join Terry.’ He died lune 28.198] As a way of attracting new partici- pants. for the second year in a tow. the Stouffville Multicultural Association has. for free. translated the brochure into other languages: French. Korean. Portuguese andTamil. In 1987. the Terry Fox Foundation formed and in 1994 Fred joined the ven- ture, which had and continues to have one goal â€" to find a cure for cancer. “Terry wouldn't want anything else," Fred said. "ferry always asked people to give whattheycouldandweaskthesameand Stouffville has ansWened in a very big way with over 5150.000 raised last year." said Sandy Schell Kennedy. chairperson of the Whitchurch-Stouffville event. Stoufiville has participated in 32 of the 33 annual Terry Fox Runs. The community only missed the first year. During the past three decades. thenum’ ber of participants and amount of money raised has increased. Between the community .run and school event. Whitchurch-Stoufivifle resi- dents wmrlbuled $172.34! to the Terry Fox Foundation last year. ‘ Part of what makes the annual Terry Fox Run so succexeful is that is it not timed. therefore. there are no winners ,_,or losers. them is no entry fee or minimum donation required. “We don't go backwards. we go forâ€" walds.’ Mrs. Scth Kennedy “We want to be known as a welcoming vwm.” Mrs. Schell Kennedy said. Along with people of all ages. ethnicities and physical capabilities. the 2K. 5K and IOK routes will be filled with participants wearing red shirts. They are cancer survi~ vnrs. " l‘hat's a beamith silo hecauxc that gives our participants great hope” in mum of advancement in wsean‘h and finding a cum. Mrs. Schcll Kennedy said. Like tho acroSs (he 1 participated In l977. when Terry had his leg ampu- tated, he was told he had a 20 to 30â€"per- cent chance of survival, Today. according to Fred. osteosarcoma has a survival rate in the law 80 per cent range and amputation may not be needed. This years community run goal is $15511”. The local organizrrs alsor want to attract 100 new families and fill the field south of the Whitchurchfitoulfiille Public Library. [here an: roughly already 70 cancer sur- vivors participating. Tu register as a cam-or survivor. contact Sally Sandifond at 9056406528. anmmmmthemmm.mm m. WMJWWWQWW Three months later. the first-ever Terry Fox run was held. Fred Fox in Stoufl‘ville for Terry Fox Run next month thousands country of other Canadians d and his family brryfmhasbeoommmonaimdacmssuncoumV Mmmwmdsammnmmm «Mngmelenyhcwmgmynwm Banmuchsamnearmmemisawsmmo' hum‘memusbcmneummmm Mamarmmm.wmmmonua- meievaanmunmmasohasmebryFm TERRYS NAME LIVES 0N Mmmuscmotsnamedmnm.m wamdmmmmrsm FmResemmst'mm mammmamdmmm dbnyFamrrm.mmmmePacic 0mm.Wbme:¢asConM. Amuummnmww mWMWFfiMmMIB MMWWM meumlfiape.

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