Let’s race against cancer!
The Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, Prof Dr. Rosnah with her staff and students participated in the annual Terry Fox Run Kuala Lumpur on the 18th of December 2022 at Kepong Metropolitan Park Kuala Lumpur. The Terry Fox Run KL has been taking place in Malaysia since 1991, this event is held in memory of the late Terry Fox to keep his dream of a Cancer-Free world alive.
The Terry Fox Run Kuala Lumpur welcomed participants of all age, athletic ability or socio-economic standing. This non-competitive, family-oriented fun run event gets its participants either running, jogging, walking, skating or even riding on someone’s shoulders: the race is against cancer. Unlike other fundraising events, the Terry Fox Run has no corporate sponsorship. This is in accordance with Terry Fox’s original wishes of not seeking fame or fortune from his endeavour. During his cross-Canada run, he turned down every endorsement he was offered as he felt that it would detract from his goal of creating public awareness for Cancer Research.
Who is Terry Fox?
Terry Fox was 18 years old in 1977 when he was diagnosed with bone cancer which led to his right leg being amputated above the knee. He was so overcome by the suffering of other cancer patients many of them who are young children, that he decided to run across Canada to raise money for Cancer Research. He called his journey the Marathon of Hope.
Terry ran for 143 days, over 42KM everyday across Canada. He was forced to stop running because Cancer had appeared in his lungs. Terry passed away at the age of 22. The Heroic Canadian was gone, but his legacy and dream lives on with everyone of us who share the same dream. The Marathon of Hope lives on with us. Unlike other fundraising events, the Terry Fox Run has no corporate sponsorship. This is in accordance with Terry Fox’s original wishes of not seeking fame or fortune from his endeavour. During his cross-Canada run, he turned down every endorsement he was offered as he felt that it would detract from his goal of creating public awareness.
The Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, Prof Dr. Rosnah with her staff and students participated in the annual Terry Fox Run Kuala Lumpur on the 18th of December 2022 at Kepong Metropolitan Park Kuala Lumpur. The Terry Fox Run KL has been taking place in Malaysia since 1991, this event is held in memory of the late Terry Fox to keep his dream of a Cancer-Free world alive.
The Terry Fox Run Kuala Lumpur welcomed participants of all age, athletic ability or socio-economic standing. This non-competitive, family-oriented fun run event gets its participants either running, jogging, walking, skating or even riding on someone’s shoulders: the race is against cancer. Unlike other fundraising events, the Terry Fox Run has no corporate sponsorship. This is in accordance with Terry Fox’s original wishes of not seeking fame or fortune from his endeavour. During his cross-Canada run, he turned down every endorsement he was offered as he felt that it would detract from his goal of creating public awareness for Cancer Research.
Who is Terry Fox?
Terry Fox was 18 years old in 1977 when he was diagnosed with bone cancer which led to his right leg being amputated above the knee. He was so overcome by the suffering of other cancer patients many of them who are young children, that he decided to run across Canada to raise money for Cancer Research. He called his journey the Marathon of Hope.
Terry ran for 143 days, over 42KM everyday across Canada. He was forced to stop running because Cancer had appeared in his lungs. Terry passed away at the age of 22. The Heroic Canadian was gone, but his legacy and dream lives on with everyone of us who share the same dream. The Marathon of Hope lives on with us. Unlike other fundraising events, the Terry Fox Run has no corporate sponsorship. This is in accordance with Terry Fox’s original wishes of not seeking fame or fortune from his endeavour. During his cross-Canada run, he turned down every endorsement he was offered as he felt that it would detract from his goal of creating public awareness.
