Dan Donohue is the co-organizer of Renfrew's Terry Fox Run. (Sherry Haaima photo)
Cancer remains the number one cause of death in Canada and you can do something about that by supporting the 44th annual Terry Fox Run, coming up this Sunday, Sept. 15 in Renfrew.
Dan Donohue, who organizes the local run, alongside Patti Leclaire, says Renfrew has a long history of tremendous support for the run.
He helped organize Renfrew’s first Terry Fox Run in 1981 and even then, the support was amazing, with more than $11,000 raised at the inaugural event.
Why does Donohue think there’s such strong local support? Well, Renfrew’s a very supportive community, for one, but not only that.
In fact, the Canadian Cancer Society estimates half of all Canadians will be diagnosed with some form of cancer over their lifetimes, meaning fundraising for research remains vitally important.
The theme for this year’s run is ‘No Matter What.’
This year’s event starts at the myFM Centre at Ma-te-Way Park. Registration gets underway at 10 a.m. with the run starting at 11 a.m. Participants are invited to walk, run or roll 2, 5 or 10 kilometres along the Millennium Trail, a Renfrew treasure.
In support of the run, people can make donations, register, buy t-shirts or get participant seals prior to the run. Or you can make donations or register online by going to https://run.terryfox.ca/renfrew
(Written by Sherry Haaima)