{"id":35042,"date":"2024-09-12T17:28:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T21:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=35042"},"modified":"2024-09-19T17:02:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T21:02:07","slug":"local-couple-steps-up-to-help-further-terry-foxs-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/local-couple-steps-up-to-help-further-terry-foxs-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Local couple steps up to help further Terry Fox\u2019s mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Canadians have walked the walk in honouring the life and legacy of Terry Fox and his Marathon of Hope since 1981, raising millions of dollars each year for cancer research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox\u2019s legacy is one that transcends both geography and generation, but when Karen Fulbrook, a long-time supporter of the Terry Fox Foundation, learned an Aurora run might not happen this year beyond a virtual format, she and her husband stepped up to the plate with little over a month to go to make the annual run an in-person reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to their efforts, Aurora\u2019s 2024 Terry Fox Run will take place at the Aurora Community Arboretum on Sunday, September 15, beginning at 8.30 a.m., rain or shine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe certainly value the legacy that Terry Fox has given all Canadians, and we learned very recently that there wasn\u2019t a run for Aurora, so we stepped up,\u201d says Fulbrook, a dedicated volunteer with the Arboretum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fulbrook notes that she\u2019s received a lot of support from organizers of previous Terry Fox Runs in Aurora, as well as from organizers in Newmarket, and they are confident they have everything they need in place to make this year\u2019s event a big success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For them, it is a chance to build upon a legacy that has had a big impact locally, provincially, and nationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI remember hearing about this person who was going to dip his foot in the Atlantic Ocean and make his way across Canada, and that was a novel concept of the time, and it was really interesting to watch that build-up as he travelled across Canada,\u201d she recalls of Fox, when asked on why the Marathon of Hope still captures the public\u2019s imagination after more than 40 years. \u201cI think it\u2019s the fact he was willing to, as the (Foundation\u2019s) slogan says, do it \u2018no matter what.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were, of course, tremendous challenges along the way \u2013 and as Fox\u2019s pain mounted and his cancer returned, he set his goal to get from telephone pole to telephone pole before he ultimately had to end the run near Thunder Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you have a huge challenge in front of you \u2013 we all know we\u2019re supposed to break these challenges down to small pieces and, to me, sharing that with students has always been really important,\u201d says Fulbrook, who recently retired from teaching. \u201cWe talked about Terry Fox every year with our students and did Terry Fox runs  \u2013 it\u2019s always a big story for autumn in schools, but this time we wanted to make sure it was also for the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration for the September 15 event will take place on site beginning at 8.30 a.m. at Petch House, just behind the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre on John West Way, and support and donations can be also be expressed online at terryfox.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Run will set off from Petch House through the Aurora Community Arboretum beginning at 9 a.m., and participants are invited to run, walk, skate, roll or cycle \u2013 and, of course, enjoy the beauty of the Arboretum along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll have an opening of welcome thanking all the volunteers and we\u2019ll have some music and entertainment,\u201d says Fulbrook of the kick-off. \u201cIf people want do to a full 10km they have to do the route twice, but if someone would rather a shorter walk, there\u2019s a 2km option where people can just walk where they want and that\u2019s okay. It\u2019s not supposed to be onerous; it\u2019s supposed to be a community event in support of the Terry Fox Foundation. [The Arboretum] is a stunningly beautiful place. In September, the goldenrod is blooming, the trees are beginning to colour, it\u2019s low insect time and it\u2019s a good wellness experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTerry\u2019s personal experience and research led him to a simple conclusion \u2013 more money was needed for cancer research. And so, in the modest but motivated style that would prove to be his trademark, Terry started training and planning for his cross-Canada run to raise funds for cancer research,\u201d says the Terry Fox Foundation. \u201cHe dipped his artificial leg in the Atlantic Ocean on April 12, 1980 and proceeded to unite Canadians in a way never before, nor since, seen. The only thing that could have stopped Terry from reaching the Pacific Ocean did. Cancer returned in his lungs and he was forced to stop on September 1, 1980 after having run 5,373 kilometres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBefore his death on June 28, 1981, Terry had achieved his once unimaginable goal of $1 from every Canadian. More importantly, he had set in motion the framework for an event, The Terry Fox Run, that would ignite cancer research in Canada, raising more than $850 million since 1980, and bring hope and health to millions of Canadians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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