Brother Of Terry Fox - Fred Fox To Attend Wakamow Farmers Market

With the Terry Fox Run now into its 42nd year there are some special activities planned for Moose Jaw.

Top of the list is Fred Fox, brother of the late Terry Fox, will be in Moose Jaw Wakamow Farmer’s Market at the Terry Fox booth on Saturday morning from 9 am to 1pm.

The public is invited to come and meet Fred and purchase their Terry Fox 2023 t-shirt.

Additionally there is a barbecue at the Moose Jaw Co-op today - Friday September 8th - running from 11 am to 1 pm.

The Terry Fox Run this year will be held Sunday September 17th at Vanier Collegiate with registration at 10:30 am and the run happening from 11 am to 1 pm.

The event will feature short track and long run options, Bounce-A-Lot inflatables, lawn games, face painting and a hot dog BBQ (by donation).

For $5 come and have either a hamburger or hot dog plus a drink.

All proceeds from the barbecue go to the Terry Fox Run.

In 1980 Terry Fox set out on a journey to run across Canada to raise awareness of cancer research with a financial goal of raising $22 million - one dollar from every Canadian at the time.

Fox, who lost a leg to cancer, would run a daily marathon as far as from Newfoundland to just outside of Thunder Bay where he at the time postponed his run for medical reasons.

Sadly Fox would never finish his Marathon Of Hope as the cancer had returned and was in his lungs. Fox would pass away June 28, 1981.

While in hospital Isadore Sharp contacted Terry by telegram expressing his wishes to hold an annual run. Sharp had lost his son to cancer in 1979.

The Terry Fox Run has been held annually since 1981 and is now held in 30 countries with the Terry Fox Foundation raising over $800 million for cancer research since its inception.