Terry Fox Run looks for participants

Melissa Strle
Times Reporter

 

Organizers for the Strathmore Terry Fox Run are looking for participants to help make the event a success.
The Run takes place Sept. 18 starting at 8 a.m. from the Kinsmen Park Amphitheatre. Participants have the option of doing a 5 km or 10 km walk, run, bike or blade, and can register as an individual or as a team.
The Terry Fox Run is a non-competitive event where people get together as individuals, families, and groups to raise money for cancer research in Terry’s name. Runs take place in over 9,000 communities across Canada every year and are accessible to anyone with no entry fee, no minimum pledge and a non-competitive atmosphere.
Participants raise money by getting sponsorships via a paper pledge form, or “through their race web page,” said Aia Clamp, local Terry Fox Run organizer.
“Once they register online, there is an ability for them to send out messages to friends and family to support them through the website. They could also get a paper pledge form from myself,” she said.
The Strathmore Terry Fox Run will also raise money by selling t-shirts. These will be available for sale at Kinsmen Park on the day of the race.
Clamp said she will be “organizing the day and the runners, and ensuring everybody has a good time.”
Light refreshments will be provided after the Run.
Terry Fox was a trailblazer with his Marathon of Hope in 1980. His run across Canada was an amazing athletic feat, and he accomplished this with his artificial leg exposed, talking about cancer and giving hope to those suffering from the disease.
For more information and to register for the Terry Fox Run in Strathmore, visit tier website (terryfox.ca/terryfoxrun/Strathmore).