The Terry Fox Run, a charity event to raise funds for cancer research, is scheduled for Saturday at Breeze Park (微風運河) in New Taipei City’s Lujhou District (蘆洲).
Known as “Run for Courage 2024” this year, people can jog, walk or wheelchair in the 3.5km, 7km or 10km category, organizers told a news conference in Taipei last week.
Organizers are targeting 800 entries this year, with proceeds to be donated to the Formosa Cancer Foundation and the Canada-based Terry Fox Foundation.
Photo: Screen grab from Formosa Cancer Foundation’s Facebook page
Last year’s event drew 600 participants and raised more than NT$500,000.
“The Terry Fox Run is more than just a race, it is a global movement that has united communities worldwide for over four decades in the fight against cancer,” said Grant Sundal, principal of TCS Experimental Education, the event’s main organizer.
The event is cohosted by the Taipei Department of Education, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan and the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei, while sponsors include BeeTouched, BeenJau Corp, Showtime, Beaute J’adore, CloudMile, Inter Fuzi, Air Space, Queen Shop, Roots and Louisa Coffee.
The event on Saturday is to commemorate the legacy of Terry Fox, a Canadian who lost a leg to bone cancer and started a “Marathon of Hope” across Canada in 1980 to raise funds for cancer research.
Fox completed 5,400km of the 8,000km planned distance before a recurrence of the cancer forced him to stop in northern Ontario.
He passed away the following year aged 22.
The Terry Fox Run has been held each year in Canada and elsewhere since Fox died, raising US$850 million worldwide for cancer research.
People can sign up to run at Breeze Park on Saturday between 7:30am and 8:30am.
Each entrant would receive an event T-shirt, a towel, a picnic mat, a reusable shopping bag and a raffle ticket for a prize draw.
Details of the courses and other activities are available online at www.ctrun.com.tw/Activity?EventMain_ID=157.
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