Posted by pakdi on October 29, 2007 – 4:01 am
Well, do you know about Terry Fox Marathon of Hope?
Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, a community near Vancouver on Canada’s west coast. An active teenager involved in many sports, Terry was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) and forced to have his right leg amputated 15 centimetres (six inches) above the knee in 1977.
While in hospital, Terry was so overcome by the suffering of other cancer patients, many of them young children, that he decided to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research.
He would call his journey the Marathon of Hope.
After 18 months and running over 5,000 kilometres (3,107 miles) to prepare, Terry started his run in St. John’s, Newfoundland on April 12, 1980 with little fanfare. Although it was difficult to garner attention in the beginning, enthusiasm soon grew, and the money collected along his route began to mount. He ran 42 kilometres (26 miles) a day through Canada’s Atlantic provinces, Quebec and Ontario.
It was a journey that Canadians never forgot.
However, 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. An entire nation was stunned and saddened. Terry passed away on June 28, 1981 at age 22.
The heroic Canadian was gone, but his legacy was just beginning.
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.
Having some money means you should give more too. Join us on that day will you?
Terry Fox Marathon of Hope is about an effort started by a cancer patient name Terry Fox to raise money for cancer research in Canada.
Here is the official website: Terry Fox Run KL 2007
See you there!
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Posted by pakdi on August 31, 2007 – 11:33 pm
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p.s. to Dikmal, Shuth & Enaku , am sorry for not taking part in the tagging game. Reason? Hmm … No need to know lah 
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Posted by pakdi on August 11, 2007 – 3:44 am
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Posted by pakdi on July 16, 2007 – 2:46 pm
Adakah ia berita gembira?
Timbalan Presiden FAM letak jawatan
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Posted by pakdi on July 13, 2007 – 2:56 pm
Ini namanya saya sedang mempromosi blog orang lain. Agak-agaknya, anda mahu bayar saya tak kalau saya promo blog anda sebegini?
Terus-terang aku nyatakan di sini, walaupun bila ditanya, aku nyatakan sedang running untuk memulakan bisnes sendiri, tetapi, yang sebetulnya, aku sedang cuba lari daripada kepompong sirkulasi stereotype amalan kami secara amnya, dan kamu-kamu yang baru tamat belajar daripada mana-mana IPT secara globalnya.
Emak kita selalu cakap, belajar rajin-rajin. Nanti pandai masuk universiti. Dapat kerja elok. Duit banyak. Senang. Paradigma pembentuk kepompong sirkulasi stereotype. Niatnya sungguh murni, sungguh suci. Mau kita senang. Mau tumpang senang. Betullah tu. Selaku anak yang mendengar kata, ikut garis panduan mereka.
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