Thought I'd share. For FAITHFULNESS.

Tell the story and watch the video about Terry Fox’s faithfulness to run and raise money for cancer research.

Terry Fox was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed with bone cancer and forced to have his right leg amputated six inches above the knee. While he was in the hospital, Terry was so overcome by the suffering of other cancer patients (many of them young children) that he decided to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research.

Terry ran 3,339 miles across Canada at almost 26 miles a day with a prosthesis. When asked how he managed to keep going in his cross country run, he answered, “I just kept running to the next telephone pole.” After 143 days, Terry was forced to stop running outside of Ontario because cancer had appeared in his lungs. Terry passed away on June 28, 1981 at age 22.

To date, more than $400 million has been raised worldwide for cancer research in Terry's name through the annual Terry Fox Run, held across Canada and around the world.

If you want to watch a five minute video commemorating Terry Fox's cross Canada run go to: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF8k8hpyp_A

How can a person remain faithful? Focus on a small goal and stay with it (run to the next telephone pole).


Staci