The Terry Fox Run

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The Terry Fox Run

• Thursday
• September 18
• 2008
• Strakonice

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Who was Terry Fox?

• His full name was Terrance Stanley Fox.
• An active teenager involved in many sports.
• Terry was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed
  with osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer).
• He was forced to have his right leg amputated 15
  centimetres (six inches) above the knee in 1977. 
  

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When was he born?

• He was born on 28th July 1958.

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What did he do?

• He decided to run across Canada to raise money
  for cancer research.
• He would call his journey the Marathon of Hope.
• He ran 42 kilometres (26 miles) a day through
  Canada's Atlantic provinces, Quebec and Ontario.

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Where was he born?

• He was born in Winnipeg.

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What did happen to him?

• On September 1st, after 143 days and 5,373
  kilometres (3,339 miles), Terry was forced to
  stop running outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario
  because cancer had appeared in his lungs.
• 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.

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When did he die?

• He died in 28th June 1981 at the age of 22.

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The Terry Fox Run

• For fifteen years it was The Terry Fox Run, but
  now it is called The Marathon of Hope.
• Since 1993 it has taken place in the Czech
  Republic.
• This run has taken place in more than 50
  countries around the world.

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Our participation in the Marathon of Hope
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Our article about the Run

• Beh nadeje 2008
• Ve ctvrtek 18. zárí 2008 jela trída 7.A a 7.B na
  Beh nadeje, který se koná na více
• ne 100 místech v Ceské republice a navazuje na
  Beh Terryho Foxe. Úcelem behu je
• absolvovat trat, kterou muete jít, beet, jet na
  kole nebo na koleckových bruslích.
• Trat mohou absolvovat i postiení lidé na vozíku
  a je urcena pro vechny vekové
• kategorie. Jde o dobrovolnou akci, jejím úcelem
  je získat peníze na výzkum
• rakoviny. Prispeli jsme také tím, e jsme si
  koupili celenku, propisku nebo klícenku
• s logem akce.
• Do Strakonic jsme vyrazili ráno v 745. Nejdríve
  jsme se podívali na nádvorí
• Strakonického hradu, kde jsme si mohli koupit
  jídlo a propagacní predmety. V 900
• jsme vybíhali. Bylo nás celkem 26 detí a 2
  ucitelé. Na startu bylo pripravených 20
• becu, zbytek se vydal peky a pokusil se celou
  trat zdokumentovat. V cíli jsme za
• odmenu dostali dus a tatranku a mohli jsme se u
  jen teit na prekvapení na konec.
• Tím byl letos Ondrej Ruml.
• Ráno byla trochu zima, ale nakonec svítilo i
  slunícko, take se celý den vydaril.
• Aneta Kaprová, Frederika Slezáková, 7.A, Z TGM