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43| The IFP -H alton H ills | T hursday,S eptem ber 13,2018 theifp.ca Sunday's the day. The 38th annual Terry Fox Run takes place at the Gellert Centre in George- town and at Acton High School, rain or shine. In Georgetown, the event runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with Mayor Rick Bonnette attending the opening ceremony. Par- ticipants can access a 750- metre fun run or take part in a 5-km loop. There will be free pizza and cookies, a raffle and silent auction. In Acton, participants can arrive any time be- tween 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., with the official opening ceremonies taking place at 8 a.m. with the mayor and the newly-crowned Miss Acton Fall Fair in at- tendance to cut the rib- bon. Commemorative Terry Fox T-shirts will be on sale at both locations. Vis- it the Terry Fox website at www.terryfox.org to reg- ister as a participant, do- nate or sponsor a partici- pant. The Terry Fox Run is held in close to 700 com- munities all across Cana- da, with each individual run completely led and or- ganized by volunteers. The Terry Fox Founda- tion provides all of the necessary promotion and event materials, advice and support directly to each run site. In addition, each year the foundation conducts an organizer workshop, with special guest speak- ers and presentations that aim to inform and inspire those in attendance. This past spring I at- tended the workshop along with Stephen Dame and Sean MacDonald from the Georgetown Ter- ry Fox Run. Among the many great presentations were two that were excep- tional, given their topic. The first was from Dr. John Irish, a surgical on- cologist, who was a 20- year-old first-year medi- cal student in 1980 when Terry was running his Marathon of Hope. Irish is currently the chief of the department of surgical oncology at Prin- cess Margaret Hospital/ University Health Net- work and Mt. Sinai Hospi- tal. In January he and his research team received a Terry Fox grant totalling $6.6 million for research focused on the use of na- noparticles to improve the treatment and visual- ization of tumours, in par- ticular prostate and thy- roid. Irish showed a video which highlighted the new advanced cancer care technologies that have been developed in Canada and are being used around the world. He ended by thanking all in attendance for their fundraising efforts. The last emotional presenta- tion of the day was preced- ed by a video of the an- nouncement of Terry's passing, by nurse Alison Ince, who was the deputy director of nursing at Roy- al Columbia Hospital. She was the situation manager and media spokesperson, helping the Fox family through Ter- ry's final days. She was very close to Terry, and never left the hospital during the last week of his life. With her emotions barely held in check, she slowly and lovingly an- nounced the following: "Terry has completed the last kilometre of his marathon. A short time ago, at approximately 4:35, B.C. time, he died. He died surrounded by love - the love of his family, all of whom were with him, and the love and prayers of the entire nation. He has left us a legacy of hope, which I think will live and be- come part of our nation's heritage." Most organizers in the room were unaware that the final speaker was in fact Alison Ince. She wore a red Terry Fox T-shirt, an indication that she herself is a can- cer survivor. She described the Ter- ry she came to know and love: stubborn, in the best sense of the word; a great sense of humour; an enor- mous appreciation of fam- ily; an incredible pride in the citizenship of Canada; most importantly, an un- shakable belief that any- one who feels strongly about something should go out and do something about it. She told many stories of Terry, some making us laugh, some bringing tears. She concluded by saying that Terry's jour- ney was not a race, it was a relay, with Terry Fox passing the torch to us all. Please join us this Sun- day, as we continue Ter- ry's journey of hope and honour his memory. - Jon Hurst is a mem- ber of the Georgetown and Acton Terry Fox run organizing committee. CONTRIBUTED HONOURING TERRY FOX'S MEMORY FOUNDATION GRANTS GO A LONG WAY TO ADVANCING CANCER RESEARCH, NOTES HURST JON HURST Column SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT THEIFP.CA Sunday,Oct.28,2018 from10AM to3PM 680 Plains RoadWest, BurlingtonON A DIVISION OFFREELOOTBAGSFREELOOTBAGS to thefirst500visitors indoors at theindoors at the ROYALBOTANICAL GARDENS WanttobookaboothattheCityParentFamilyShow? 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