Terry Fox Virtual Run Held in Vegreville

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent

September 20 marked the 40th Anniversary of Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope. This year’s theme was ‘One Day, Your Way’. The Kinette Club of Vegreville decided to host a Virtual Terry Fox Run in honour of the young man who planned to run across the country to raise money for cancer research.

Brandy Stefan, who is a member of the club was the coordinator of the virtual run.

Stefan said the Terry Fox Run was different this year because it was a virtual run. “All our participants had to register on-line. Once they registered on-line, they started a page for themselves for fundraising. But not everyone set-up a page for this because some people just did it with a personal donation.

The run went well overall. We had 42 participants and the amount we raised so far was $5,371.50 but the Provincial Director for the Terry Fox Run said that amount might still go up a bit as there might be still some donations coming in.”

Stefan said she felt it was important to continue this tradition, even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, because cancer doesn’t stop for COVID-19. Also, cancer affects everyone. We all know someone who has been affected by cancer.