Editing Terry Fox (section)

===Terry Fox Run===
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[[File:Terry Fox Run (1506100972).jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|A runner's tag for a Terry Fox Run in Milan, Italy in 2007]]

During Fox's marathon, Sharp proposed an annual fundraising run in Fox's name; Fox agreed, but insisted that the runs be non-competitive and include any who wanted to participate.<ref name="Scrivener187">Scrivener, 2000, p. 187.</ref> Sharp faced opposition to the project: the Cancer Society feared that a fall run would detract from its traditional April campaigns, while other charities believed that an additional fundraiser would leave less money for their causes.<ref name="Millionaire">{{cite news |last=Scrivener |first=Terry |title=A millionaire keeps Terry's memory alive |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=September 13, 1987 |page=D1}}</ref> Sharp persisted, and he, the Four Seasons Hotels and the Fox family organized the first Terry Fox Run on September 13, 1981.<ref name="Scrivener187" />

Over 300,000 people took part and raised $3.5&nbsp;million in the first Terry Fox Run.<ref name="Marathon">{{cite web |last=Scrivener |first=Leslie |url=http://www.terryfox.org/Foundation/The_Marathon_of_Hope.html |title=Marathon of Hope |publisher=The Terry Fox Foundation |accessdate=March 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420042012/http://www.terryfox.org/Foundation/The_Marathon_of_Hope.html |archivedate=April 20, 2010 }}</ref> Schools across Canada were urged to join the second run, held on September 19, 1982.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EQowAAAAIBAJ&pg=1975,3873773 |title=Join Fox run, schools urged |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |date=August 17, 1982 |accessdate=March 1, 2010 |page=A11}}</ref> School participation has continued since, evolving into the National School Run Day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opsba.org/index.php?q=news/terry_fox_run_largest_event_in_canadian_history |title=Terry Fox Run – Largest event in Canadian history |publisher=Ontario Public School Boards Association |date=March 1, 2005 |accessdate=March 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629171408/http://www.opsba.org/index.php?q=news%2Fterry_fox_run_largest_event_in_canadian_history |archivedate=June 29, 2010 }}</ref> The runs, which raised over $20&nbsp;million in their first six years,<ref name="Millionaire" /> grew into an international event as over one million people in 60 countries took part in 1999, raising $15&nbsp;million that year alone.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/terry-fox-s-memory-goal-live-on-1.169557 |title=Terry Fox's memory, goal live on |publisher=CBC |date=September 19, 1999 |access-date=March 1, 2010}}</ref> By the Terry Fox Run's 25th anniversary, more than three million people were taking part annually. Grants from the Terry Fox Foundation, which organizes the runs, have helped Canadian scientists make numerous advances in cancer research.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadians-celebrate-the-life-of-terry-fox-1.540950 |title=Canadians celebrate the life of Terry Fox |publisher=CBC |date=September 17, 2005 |accessdate=September 6, 2015}}</ref> The Terry Fox Run is the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research,<ref>{{cite news |last=El Shammaa |first=Dina |url=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/health/terry-fox-never-gave-up-and-had-positive-attitude-1.584178 |title=Terry Fox 'never gave up and had positive attitude' |newspaper=Gulf News |date=February 17, 2010 |accessdate=March 7, 2010}}</ref> and over $850&nbsp;million has been raised in his name {{as of|2022|May|lc=y}}.<ref name="Terry's Story">{{cite web |url=http://www.terryfox.org/terrys-story/ |title=Terry's Story |publisher=The Terry Fox Foundation |accessdate=January 29, 2018}}</ref>