Registration is now open for the 2017 Terry Fox Run in Weyburn. This year marks the 37th anniversary for the Terry Fox Run in Canada. The local Terry Fox Run committee has a great event planned for Weyburn, which will be held in River Park on Sunday, September 17.
“We hope to have runners, walkers and rollers participate in this year’s Terry Fox Run. The Run will take place at River Park. Registration starts at noon and the run itself will get underway at 1 p.m. and we’ve planned some fun entertainment along the run route. We’ll have some Terry Fox information posted under the gazebo at River Park and a nutrition break set up for participants after the run is complete. It will be an enjoyable and rewarding afternoon for all who participate,” said Verna O’Neill, a representative of the Weyburn Terry Fox Run committee.
Cancer survivors are encouraged to get involved early and become part of ‘Terry’s Team’.
Every cancer survivor that contacts the Regina Terry Fox office and participates in the Weyburn Run will receive a red Terry’s Team shirt. These red shirts can be worn at the run on September 17 to show their brave battle with cancer.
“The Terry Fox Foundation will provide a free Terry’s Team t-shirt to cancer survivors so they can wear them on the Run day. It would be great to see red t-shirts on the Run route that day,” says O’Neill.
Participants can run or walk a three, six or 10-kilometre distance. The event will be held rain or shine. To get involved, O’Neill encourages people to visit the Terry Fox Run website at www.terryfoxrun.org. Once on the website, it’s a simple click to register for the Weyburn event, download a pledge sheet and start collecting donations.
Alternatively, people can fundraise online or get a pledge sheet by contacting Faye Billington at 306-891-6662 or Verna O’Neill at 306-861-1666.
