Record numbers for the 37th annual Tecumseh Terry Fox Run at Green Acres Optimist Park.
Fox's historic Marathon of Hope became a fundraising beacon for cancer research when he attempted to run across Canada on a prosthetic leg in 1980.
AM800's Steve Bell emceed the event that drew in 1350 participants and raised just over $100,000 — the highest total for the annual run in Tecumseh.
That's according to organizer Jan Wright. She told AM800 News community involvement makes all the difference.
"With their donations, and teaming up with the businesses around here because 84 cents on every dollar goes to cancer research," says Wright. "The organizing committee can't use one cent of that to organize the event, we rely totally on the generosity of the community to pull this off."
Wright says this year's totals will go a long way towards beating cancer, but the event isn't only about money.
"We always try and do a little bit better each year but at the end of the day it's about building community and supporting each other to try and make a difference through cancer research," she says.
She says things have changed for the better in her 13-years with the run, and it makes it worth all the hard work.
"Childhood leukaemia had a success rate of 80%, which is pretty darn good, now that number's 98.9%," Wright says. "We're getting there one step at a time, one dollar at a time, and that's why these runs are important."
The annual Terry Fox Run has grown to involve millions of participants in more than 700 communities across Canada since 1981.
It's the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research.
— with files from AM800's Steve Bell.