Team Andrax belatedly welcomes Melly!
S21melly, previously unknown to us, joined Andrax on August 31st has has quietly turned in several results. Melly's blog All Kinds of Writing currently has the story of Terry Fox front and center.
Below is part of the Terry Fox post--please visit Melly's site to read it all. Again, welcome aboard Melly! And thanks for introducing yourself--we are very glad to have you on board.
Terry Fox was diagnosed with bone cancer when he was 18-years-old.
Terry's leg was amputated 15 centimetres (six inches) above the knee in 1977, but despite going through his own ordeal, the suffering of other cancer patients touched him and he decided to start running across Canada, yes, with only one leg, to raise money for cancer research.
After practicing for 18 months, Terry started the Marathon of Hope in Newfoundland on April 1980.
He ran 42 kilometres (26 miles) a day and reached Thunder Bay, Ontario, but on September 1st Terry's cancer appeared in his lungs and he was forced to stop after running for 143 days and 5,373 kilometres (3,339 miles).
Terry passed away on June 28, 1981 at age 22. Canada grieved.
More than $360 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.
Terry's quotes:
I'm not a dreamer, and I'm not saying this will initiate any kind of definitive answer or cure to cancer, but I believe in miracles. I have to.
If you've given a dollar, you are part of the Marathon of Hope.
You can find all about Terry Fox here.
8 comments:
Thank you so much, Tree.
A very dear person is trying to collect pledges for his run this Sunday. I'll be running with.
If anyone wishes to pledge... Oh, boy, I suck at this.
Melly, you're doing fine. Interested parties just need visit your blog. Again, welcome aboard Team Andrax. We're glad to have you. :-)
Hi Melly,
Sounds like you are doing well to me, the running and the crunching....
We are very glad to have you on our team. I hope I see you pop in to one of the many forums where the team sometimes posts.
Good luck with the pledges and the run.
-oVo
Terry was a good ole' Canadian boy.... there is a mollument of him in Thunder Bay Ontario...
An incredible story... thanks for posting about him!
Melly, we are honored (honoured) to have you on our Team.
And that is an incredible story of Terry.
Good luck with your run!
JC
Thank you all. I'm glad I joined.
I had no idea there were forums, but I'll definitely be on the look out for them now.
Docs say that today, with all the advancements, chances are Terry Fox would have survived. Definitely wouldn't have lost his leg.
Melly, if you click on the Andrax link on my title bar it will take you to our team page where you will see a link to the grid forums at the top. Our team has a thread in the "member lounge" and also a thread in the "Recruiting" forum. Several of our mates post there on a daily basis. You will have to register with a username and password for the forums.
Hi Melly, welcome aboard !
It's great to have you crunching along
with us. Have a fun run and maybe see you on the boards.
OffRhod
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