There was the threat of rain in the southern Ontario area for the event. Some areas did get wet but it didn’t seem to dampen the spirits of the participants.
“I’ve been doing it for over 20 years at the Guelph site,” said Picard. “We’ve got it down to a routine formula. Having said that, there are always things that come up but we were pretty bug-free this time.” This was the 42nd annual Terry Fox Run, with events being held in close to 600 communities across Canada. In a news release from the Terry Fox Foundation, more than $850 million has been raised to date.
“I remember meeting Derek Fox, Terry’s brother, at one of the workshops we had 10 years ago,” Picard recalled. “He said if Terry had developed cancer now, he would not have lost his leg because detection and treatment of cancer has advanced so much.”