Notable Event “Terry Fox Run” 2012 @ IIT Chennai

Run For a good cause!

A little background about Terry Fox……

Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg and raised in British Columbia. An active teenager involved in many sports, Terry was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) and forced to have his right leg  six inches above the knee in 1977.

While in 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.
He would call his journey the Marathon of Hope.
After 18 months and running over 5,000 kilometres  to prepare, Terry started his run in St. John’s, Newfoundland on April 12, 1980 with little fanfare. Although it was difficult to gain attention in the beginning, enthusiasm soon grew, and the money collected along his route began to mount. He ran 42 km a day through Canada’s Atlantic Provinces, Quebec and Ontario.
It was a journey that Canadians never forgot.
However, on September 1st, after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres  Terry was forced to stop running outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario because cancer had appeared in his lungs. An entire nation was stunned and saddened. Terry passed away on June 28, 1981 at age 22.
The heroic Canadian was gone, but his legacy was just beginning.
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.

This year Youth health Mela one of our close non-profit associations helped us participate in this great Event. It has always been our great pleasure to be involved with such a worthy cause!

Dr Kannan Pugazhendi with his team @ IIT Campus getting ready for the Run!