Nearly 10,000 people in Shanghai yesterday completed a
3.8-kilometer run at Century Park for the Shanghai Charity Long Run
for Hope, originally named the Terry Fox Charity Run.
This was the 10th year the event has been held in aid of cancer
research, said the run's co-organizer, Shanghai Charity
Foundation.
Participants were from all walks of life. Duncan Thomson, an
intellectual property lawyer from Australia, said he came to
support the event in memory of his father.
"My father was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2003, and passed
away in 2004," he said. "I wish to call for more concern for cancer
patients and research."
Tiffany Wandy from the United States said she did not really
mind the changed name of the charity run. "I think the new name is
more inclusive," she said. College students also took a big part,
including 100 English students from Shanghai International Studies
University.
"We have taken part in the run for several years, helping
educate students about charity," said Han Fang, an official with
the college.
Yesterday's run collected at least 350,000 yuan (US$47,300).
Since 1998, the run in Shanghai has raised more than 3.6 million
yuan for cancer research foundations.
(Shanghai Daily December 10, 2007)