He Ran For Us

9 September 2014Toby CH, Privett ‘15

Prose is a wonderful instrument to convey a myriad of messages, and a musician of words must remember to carefully select a particular sound to resonate at the appropriate time. In the case of Brentwood College School’s fundraising run commemorating one of Canada’s most influential heroes, Terry Fox, one must be wary not to stray from the true and strong notes and the reason why we ran. Terry Fox is a name that needs no rhetoric to follow it because he is a national symbol of all the qualities that Canadians want to represent. For those unfamiliar with the life of Terry Fox, I will try my best to encapsulate what he did, but I realize that I will fail to emphasize how tremendous his achievements were and are. Before that, I would like to thank Mr. John Garvey for giving such a fantastic speech prior to the Terry Fox Run. For those who had not heard of Terry and his legacy before, they were inspired, and impressively enough, even though I had heard Mr. Garvey speak three times before on the same topic, I still felt moved by his words. In 1980 Terry Fox had his leg amputated due to a malignant form of cancer. It was because of this incident and his determination that he decided to begin his Marathon of Hope, a run that he hoped would take him all the way across Canada and raise $1 from every Canadian citizen. When Fox first pitched this idea to the Canadian Cancer Society they were, understandably, skeptical. Over $600,000,000 has been raised in his name. Unfortunately, this is no Hollywood film and this story does not have a happy ending. Terry Fox died on June 28th, 1981, but with his vision and determination lives through us. With this in mind, members of the Brentwood community took to the tarmac on Sunday as they laced up their Nike Frees and began their five kilometer route along the shores of Mill Bay. They ran in order to commemorate a fallen hero who will forever be raising awareness of what one thoughtful and adamant individual can do. Toby CH, Privett ‘15

Where Students Choose To Be