Sundre’s community Terry Fox Run on Sept. 16 raised around $900 to further cancer research.
Hundreds more were raised through online pledges.
Participation was down a bit this year, probably due to the weather, said Debra Leslie, who along with husband Terry and daughter Annalise Fricker, helped organize this year’s event again.
They staked the five- and 10-kilometre course the day prior at the run’s new location at Snake Hill.
On the morning of the run, snow blanketed the ground.
Peggy Stockwell was among the 11 participants that made it out.
Terry called the 90-year-old “a remarkable woman” who comes every year. She walked with family and brought hundreds of dollars in pledges.
Leslie said others who were unable to make it out showed their support for the cause in other ways.
“My mother who usually comes to the event was unable to so she walked the halls of her condo unit in Calgary wearing her Terry Fox shirt.”
This was the 36th year Sundre has hosted a community run.
Participation in the community events has changed over the years, said Terry.
In 2005, a national school run was initiated to mark the 25th anniversary of the Terry Fox Run.
The event has carried on over the years, with Sundre schools participating this year on Sept. 27.
“And so what’s taken place in some communities is people say, 'hey, I’m going to go with my kids.'"
More than $750 million has been raised for the Terry Fox Foundation since communities around the world rallied to carry on Fox’s Marathon of Hope.
Every year Terry Fox runs are held in over 9,000 communities across Canada with the goal of raising funds for cancer research.
The Terry Fox Foundation funds research on many different types of cancer. Current multi-year studies include those on lung, ovarian, colorectal, pancreatic, oral, and liver cancers, oncolytic viruses and many more.
