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More than 1,400 students and teachers at Terry Fox secondary took a break from classes Thursday morning for the annual Terry Fox school run in honour of their Port Coquitlam hero.
The school that bears Fox's name was one of the first in School District 43 to complete the event. Most schools across Canada will be participating next Wednesday on the designated Terry Fox National School Run Day — a fundraiser that typically yields about 60% of the revenues for the Terry Fox Foundation.
Terry Fox secondary has collected about $3,500 this month for the cause and has a target of $10,000, said leadership teacher Dean Whitson.
Kirsten Fox, who co-ordinates the B.C. and Yukon school sites on behalf of the foundation, said about 1,300 schools have signed up. In the last academic year, the income from the B.C. and Yukon school runs totalled $900,000 — money that will be used for cancer research.
