Running For The Cure
George Maratos is excited to organize the annual Terry Fox Run and hopes to see an increase in participants this year.
Terry Fox Run
A Terry Fox story – how a Canadian hero was a common thread in my life
I remember it like it was yesterday–sweaty palms, standing in front of a huge crowd (that was likely only about 50 people) at the Unicity Mall in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I was 10, in grade four, and I had entered a speech contest through my elementary school. The topic of our speeches? Inspirational Canadians. I had …
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We can be heroes
I almost met Terry Fox once. I was working on the Napanee Beaver, in 1980, when the editor came into the newsroom and asked who wanted to cover a service group’s lunch that was organized on behalf “of a kid who is running across Canada on one leg”. Napanee is 200 kilometres east of Toronto …
Goal for Terry Fox Run: lots of participants
This is one event that doesn’t spend a lot of time looking for volunteers. George Maratos, Whitehorse organizer of the Terry Fox Run, says most of the crew from last year is returning because it was so much fun. “We all get along; we all understand the reason for the event,” says Maratos. “[Cancer] touches …
Play Makers: Keeping the Hope Alive
BY GEORGE MARATOS In March 1977, a young 18-year-old from Port Coquitlam, B.C. had his right leg amputated six inches above the knee after being diagnosed with a malignant osteoscarcoma. During his chemotherapy treatments, Terry Fox experienced the harsh realities of cancer: endless vomiting, crying families, people of all ages stripped of hope, liveliness and …
