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Running to Follow Terry's Legacy
Running to Follow Terry's Legacy
Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent
Sixty three people from infants to seniors participated in the 45th Annual Terry Fox Run hosted by Kinette Club of Vegreville on September 14 where the Vegreville Aquatic and Fitness Centre was the starting and ending point of the 5 km route.
Participants could run, walk, bike, or roll. Some runners actually did the route twice, and ran 10 km.
The theme this year was Finish It, and the run raised approximately $13,460 for the Terry Fox Foundation.
Participant Heather Kokotyn was running for all the people she lost to cancer, especially her father who she lost to lung cancer in 2018. “My hope is for us to have a better future with more research and fundraising, and hopefully an absolute cure someday.”
Tammy Andrews was running for her daughter, who had to have her leg amputated due to cancer. “My hope is that there are better treatments and a cure for cancer, so people do not have to go through with this. She has been battling this since she was in Grade Five, and is now 19. It has been a long road.”
Coordinator Brandy Stefan’s address stated that they are grateful and humbled by our great community, which has raised $248,307.70 and counting since 1983. There is nothing like an anniversary to get us thinking about the past and the future of the Terry Fox Foundation. The past 44 years, there has been great Canadian moments in great Canadian communities, supporting great Canadian research, resulting in great advances against cancer. “Our future is to finish what Terry started. When Terry was forced to end his run in 1980, he left us with these words, “All I can say, if there was any way I could get out there and finish it, I will. He can’t finish what he started, but we can.”
