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Dear SSIS Community,
The 15th Annual Ho Chi Minh City Terry Fox Run is quickly approaching. This year’s run will be held on Sunday, 27 November at 8 a.m. at The Crescent. For those of you who are new to HCMC or the Terry Fox Run, the Terry Fox Run commemorates the Marathon of Hope that a young, Canadian cancer patient, Terry Fox, ran in 1980.  Despite having had his leg amputated due to bone cancer three years earlier, Terry decided he would run across Canada to raise money for cancer research.  His run began on 12 April, 1980. For five months he ran 26 miles each day, as he made his way across Canada.

Unfortunately, Terry was forced to stop his Marathon of Hope when his cancer returned in September 1980. Nine months later, Terry Fox passed away at the age of 22.  To keep Terry’s dream of raising money for cancer research alive, thousands of Terry Fox runs are held annually around the world; the Ho Chi Minh City Terry Fox Run is the third largest outside of Canada. It is anticipated that this year’s run will see 10, 000 runners/walkers/cyclists raising money for cancer research in Vietnam.  All money raised by the HCMC run, will be donated to cancer research in Vietnam.

The legacy of Terry Fox’s dream is inspiring. If Terry were to have been diagnosed with the same cancer today, he would have had a very different prognosis.  This is due largely to the advancements in science and medicine over the past three decades. Advancements that have, in part, been funded by money raised from Terry Fox Runs.

If you would like to participate in this year’s HCMC Terry Fox Run, registration will take place at SSIS during the week of 21 – 25 November.  You can register, buy a t-shirt or hat or simply make a donation in the plaza before and after school during that week.

Please consider being a part of the HCMC Terry Fox Run and helping to raise money for cancer research in Vietnam.