Terry Fox’s dream was to run across Canada, to raise money for cancer research. His goal was to run
over 8,000 km from the east coast of Canada to the west coast of Canada. He named his run, The
Marathon of Hope and started it on April 12, 1980. He ran for 143 days and was then forced to stop
because the cancer returned. Now every year, more than 8,000 schools across Canada hold a Terry
Fox Run to help Terry’s dream for a world without cancer come true.
Today, we the staff and students of St. William, honoured the memory of Terry Fox.
As a school we raised over $700 for the Terry Fox Foundation.
