Organizers of the Drayton Terry Fox Run are hard at work getting ready for the annual run/walk/bike on Sept. 20.
To date, Mapleton residents have raised over one third of a million dollars for the Terry Fox Foundation, earning and maintaining Mapleton a spot in the top 10 per capita in Ontario for fundraising efforts.
Officials are encouraging local residents to keep up their efforts.
“The Terry Fox Foundation has one of the lowest administration-to-funds ratios (meaning they put the dollars to work for cancer research, not office buildings,” officials state.
“Cancer survival rates are growing – research is proving to be the answer … the young Terry Fox was right!”
Pledge forms for the 2015 event are available at the Royal Bank and at Bloomingdales in Drayton.
This year Blooming Dale’s has custom, limited-edition Terry Fox 2015 T-shirts available, with 100% of the shirt proceeds being donated to the Terry Fox Foundation. T-shirt prices are $20 for adults and $15 for youths.
This year’s Terry Fox Run on Sept. 20 kicks off with registration and a light barbecue at the Drayton Agricultural Hall (old arena) at 12:30 to 1:25pm. The run/walk/bike starts at 1:30pm sharp, with 10km and 2km routes available.
The Mapleton Terry Fox Run organizing team asks locals to be generous when approached by an event participant
For more information or to make a pledge directly contact Louise Ellis at 519-638-2120 (loularellis@yahoo.ca).
“Our Terry Fox dream team is an awesome group,” officials state, noting it includes Linda Dickieson, Theresa Scholten, Dale Franklin, Kristyn Franklin, Marilyn Riff and Robyn Runstedler – plus others pitching in on the day of the event.
A quote from Terry Fox’s desk, as he initially appealed for help in his Marathon of Hope: “There were the faces with the brave smiles, and the ones who had given up smiling. There were the feelings of hopeful denial, and the feelings of despair…I could not leave, knowing these faces and feelings would still exist, even though I’d be set free of mine. Somewhere the hurting must stop.”
