\u201cI thought it\u2019s going to affect our numbers. It was going to deter a lot of people,\u201d said Saucier. \u201cThen I thought about what Terry endured. So, I put that message on Facebook and said come on out anyways.\u201d<\/p>\n
Saucier\u2019s motivational message did the trick. Around 200 people gathered at Mother Teresa school for the annual Terry Fox Run in Russell. Adults, kids, walkers, runners, bikers and roller-bladers, individuals and teams set out to commemorate Terry Fox\u2019s remarkable attempt to cross Canada on foot and raise money for cancer research.<\/p>\n
The weather did not deter people from opening up their wallets either. Heading into the event, Saucier and her team of 25 volunteers helped raise more than $15,000 thanks to the generosity of her community. On race day, the amount raised reached over $17,000, well above their $10,000 goal. This being the 34th<\/sup> time organizing the event, Saucier expects this to be a banner year.<\/p>\n \u201cThe schools still have their runs next week,\u201d said Saucier. \u201cSo, we\u2019re hoping that we\u2019re going to break 20,000. If we do, it will be our best year ever.\u201d<\/p>\n Beyond the money raised, Saucier was excited to once again see the community come together for a good cause. Businesses, families and individuals pitched in to make the event one to remember.<\/p>\n \u201cThe firemen, paramedics and bylaw were all out making sure people got across the road safely, and that nothing happened along the trail route. It was truly a community effort all the way around,\u201d said Saucier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The night before the Embrun and Russell Terry Fox fundraising run, organizer Cindy Saucier put out a message to participants anticipating their trepidation as they examined the weather forecast for Sunday morning calling for extreme rain and thunderstorms. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":25210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-loisirs"],"acf":[],"featured_media_global":[],"yoast_head":"\n