Terry Fox Run

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The Terry Fox Run is an annual non-competitive charity event held around the world to raise money for cancer research in commemoration of Canadian cancer activist Terry Fox and his Marathon of Hope. The event was founded in 1981 by Isadore Sharp, who had contacted Fox in hospital by telegram and expressed his wishes to hold an annual run in Fox's name to raise funds for cancer research. Sharp had lost his son to cancer in 1979. The event is held every year on the second Sunday following Labour Day. Since its inception, it has raised via the Terry Fox Foundation over $1 billion (CAD). The run is informal which means that the distance often varies, usually between 5–15 km (3.1–9.3 mi); participation is considered to be more important than completing the set distance. There are also runs at schools of every level throughout Canada, often with shorter distances than the community runs. The Terry Fox Run has no corporate sponsorship, in accordance with Terry Fox's original wishes of not seeking...

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