Terry Fox Run- October 17th

Whether you're looking to lace up your trainers, volunteer or cheer on the runners, the Fox family needs you for the 15th annual Terry Fox Run NYC!. It's a 5K family run/walk that raises funds for cancer research at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Last year more than 1000 people participated and raised over $100K.

When Canadian Terry Fox was 18, he learned that he would need to have his right leg amputated above the knee due to bone cancer. During his ordeal, Terry became convinced that a cure for cancer could be found through cancer research but funds were in short supply.

Two years later, Terry began his journey to run across Canada, some 6,000 miles to raise money and awareness for cancer research. On April 12, 1980 at St. Johns, Newfoundland, Terry dipped his artificial leg in the Atlantic Ocean and began what he called the Marathon of Hope. For the next 142 days he ran 26 miles per day, the marathon distance, crossing 3,000 miles until, on September 1, 1980 near Thunder Bay, Ontario, he had to stop his heroic pursuit. The aggressive cancer had reached his lungs. He died on June 28, 1981, a month shy of his 23rd birthday.

For volunteering, contact madden@greenburghny.com

For more information: www.terryfoxrunnyc.org or www.canadianassocationny.org