{"id":3585,"date":"2023-10-24T16:08:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T23:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/?p=3585"},"modified":"2023-10-24T16:08:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T23:08:17","slug":"maple-ridge-pitt-meadows-schools-raise-tens-of-thousands-during-terry-fox-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/maple-ridge-pitt-meadows-schools-raise-tens-of-thousands-during-terry-fox-runs\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows schools raise tens of thousands during Terry Fox Runs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FNFFzdhUTLE?si=4_CK6Fj2e6ZFN58e\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Whether it was throwing a pie in a teacher&#8217;s face or participating in a school run, students in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows found different ways to raise money for cancer research.<\/p>\n<p>At least 18 schools in the district put on their Terry Fox Runs during the months of September and October, raising more than $25,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that the kids take away the understanding of what Terry did,\u201d said Chad Raible, principal of Kanaka Creek Elementary. \u201cThe fact that he gave to something that was more than himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kanaka Creek Elementary held its run through their neighbourhood, with help from staff and RCMP. Six hundred students from grades 1 to 7 ran out from the gym doors, through the school yard, across the street, around the Kanaka Creek Regional Park, and back.<\/p>\n<p>It was important to participate, according to Grade 2 and 3 students Ella and Will.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Terry Fox ran with one leg to raise money for cancer research,\u201d Ella explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause we want to finish what Terry Fox started,\u201d Will added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, students at c\u0313\u0259sq\u0259nel\u0259 Elementary heard from a school ambassador with the Terry Fox Foundation before their run.<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador, Kayje Nogue, explained who Terry was and why he ran the Marathon of Hope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTerry Fox set goals for himself and I want the kids to set goals for themselves,\u201d said Nogue. \u201cHe trained 14 months before he started his Marathon of Hope. He knew to take his time and to start small. I want kids to think about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Terry\u2019s story shows the power of \u201cyet,\u201d which is an important lesson at c\u0313\u0259sq\u0259nel\u0259 Elementary, according to Wes Reamsbottom, the school\u2019s principal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It] means if you can\u2019t do something yet, it doesn\u2019t mean that you won\u2019t be able to do it eventually,\u201d he explained. \u201cTerry Fox was kind of an inspiration for <em>yet. <\/em>You know, he took it one step at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>c\u0313\u0259sq\u0259nel\u0259 Elemetary raised more than $5,000 for the foundation. Students who raised more than $50 had their names entered in a draw to pie a staff member in the face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKids really like to put pies in the faces of their teachers, vice-principals and principals,\u201d Reamsbottom said, laughing. \u201cBut it was just an incentive\u2026 to honour the people that worked really hard to raise money for cancer research.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sd42.ca\/assets\/media\/TeryFoxRun-1.jpg\" alt=\"A teacher gets pied in the face to raise money for cancer research during the Terry Fox Run.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether it was throwing a pie in a teacher&#8217;s face or participating in a school run, students in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows found different ways to raise money for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":3586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3587,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3585\/revisions\/3587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}