Vicki Samara, Belleville Terry Fox Run organizer at registration table for Sunday’s run. (Photo: Quinte News)
Plans are underway for the annual Terry Fox run in Belleville on Sunday.
Run organizer Vicki Samaras says about 30 volunteers are ready to help with getting the day underway.
Samaras has organized it since 2013. Her father died from cancer in August the year before.
Participants in the 2017 Terry Fox Run at Belleville’s Zwick’s Park. (File photo: John Spitters / Quinte News)
She says businesses donate food and drink for the run which starts at the Lions Pavilion in Zwick’s Park.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and runs to 12:30 p.m.
For more information you can go to the website www.terryfox.org
DETAILS ON OTHER TERRY FOX RUNS IN OUR REGION ARE BELOW
TRENTON
8 a.m.: registration
9:15 a.m.: One start time
NEW Location: Trenton Recplex – CFB Trenton
Parking is available
Bottled water will be provided
TWEED
Registration Opens; 8:00 a.m.
Start: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Location: Tweed Park on Stoco Lack Eastern Ontario Trail
Parking is available
Bottled water will be provided
MARMORA
Registration Opens: 9:30 a.m.
Open Start: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Marmora Memorial Park
Main intersection: Highway 7 and Highway 14
Free parking is available
Refreshments will be provided
BANCROFT
Registration Opens: 8:00 a.m.
Open Start: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Bancroft Millennium Park
Pledge sheets are available at the Bancroft District Chamber of Commerce, Bancroft Fitness Centre, Trips and Trails and Vance Motors.
The 2018 Bancroft Terry Fox Run has a new green twist to the Cancer Research fundraiser.
All participants who bring their own reusable water container to the run will be given a 2018 Terry Fox “t” shirt (value $20).
The “t” shirts are being purchased and donated by a local long time Terry Foxer. There will be water available at Millennium Park to fill up your container compliments of Bancroft’s The Clear Water Shop.
Limited bottled water will still be available
