Outreach 4 Apr 2017

CIS raises over $79,000 for Terry

By Thomas Hansen, Community Service Coordinator
Photograph by CIS Communications

Terrance “Terry” Stanley Fox was a Canadian hero, known for his unbreakable spirit and the action he took over 30 years ago to fight a disease he was battling himself. With one leg amputated due to cancer, Terry embarked on a cross-country run of Canada to raise money and awareness for this devastating disease. In Terry’s words he believed that, “Somewhere, the hurting must stop...and I was determined to take myself to the limit for those causes.” While Terry Fox was unable to complete the run in its entirety, nobody can say that he failed to achieve his goal, which was to raise $1 million. In fact to this date, the Terry Fox Foundation has raised over $650 million worldwide for cancer research.

In the lead up to the CIS Terry Fox Run in February 2017, students were first asked to collect donation pledges from family and friends around the world. They set individual and group goals to raise funds, and there was some friendly competition to raise the stakes. Students then embarked on a journey themselves, running in the tropical and often intense heat of Singapore, just as Terry persevered during extreme weather. In the end, the generosity of our community shone brightly as we raised an astounding $79,520 for the Singapore Cancer Society!

CIS is a large supporter of the Singapore Terry Fox Run which is held annually at East Coast Park. As usual, our community was well represented at this event with many students, teachers, and parents participating. In order to help make this non-competitive run a success, a large number of our secondary students volunteered their time to keep runners hydrated at the drinks stations along the route. They also cheered and encouraged the participants as they ran by. At the end of the run, spirits and emotions ran high.

Every year as our fundraising campaign comes to a close and another Terry Fox Run is completed, we’re reminded of just how important this tradition is to us at CIS. As Terry once said, “Even if I don’t finish, we need others to continue. It’s got to keep going.”

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