我们都穿着黑色 Terry Fox Run 2009 衣服一同跑步/散步
老老少少 & 小小可爱Babies
都一同参与这项活动
起初我不懂 不懂他的来源
后来从网页上读到
才得知这是一项很有意义的活动
是有故事的...
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Terry Fox was 18 years old when he was diagnosed with bone cancer. His right leg was amputated above the knee. Whilst in hospital, Terry was moved by the suffering of cancer patients, particularly children. So much so that he resolved to run across Canada (a distance of 8,500 kilometers) to raise money for cancer research. He called his journey the “Marathon of Hope”. Terry Fox, an amputee, ran a marathon (42 kilometers) a day for 143 consecutive days - a total distance of 5,373 kilometers. At that stage, Terry was forced to abandon his run as the cancer spread to his lungs. Terry Fox died at the tender age of 21. Before he died, he knew that a fund-raising event would be held each year, with the same objectives as the Marathon of Hope - to help find a cure for cancer.
Since 1981, the Terry Fox Run has raised more than RM1.3 billion in aid of cancer research around the world. You would be interested to note the Terry Fox Foundation requires that the funds raised be used for cancer research in the country where the Run is held. The Terry Fox Run in Malaysia has since 2001 raised more than RM500,000/-.
The t-shirts will be sold at RM25 per piece and all funds collected goes to CARIF - Cancer Research Initiative Foundation of Malaysia (http://www.carif.com.my) This is an annual event held worldwide every year to raise funds for cancer research.
He wouldn't have run 3,000 miles and raised millions for cancer research if he had said, "Let someone else do it"
