Students Take A New Twist on the Terry Fox Run – a Terry Fox Skate
For Immediate Release
(Monday, September 24, 2018)
This Thursday September 27, students from grades 5-12 from Victus Academy, a private hockey academy located at Sportsworld Arena will take part in the second annual Terry Fox Skate, where they lace up their skates instead of shoes in honour of Terry Fox.
Kicking off with a small opening assembly from 8:25am-8:40am, students will then lace up and get on the ice for 8:50am. Students will skate 55 laps of the rink or 5km. It is expected that this should take these student athletes approximately 30 minutes to complete.
The students are hoping to raise $2000 to go towards the Terry Fox Foundation, where donations raised go to fund innovative cancer research in order to achieve Terry’s goal of a world without cancer.
Events like this to be initiated and led by the students, principal Chuck Williams explains that “last year the student body came up with the idea of the Terry Fox Skate, a twist on the well-established Terry Fox Runs and it was a great success and something the entire student body bought into.” Mr. Williams also states the importance of producing strong, confident leaders outside of hockey: “Victus Academy is proud of its tradition of supporting community initiatives and ensuring that our students understand the importance of service to others.”
The Terry Fox Foundation is only one of the charities Victus Academy students’ support, Toasty Toes, and the Food Bank also benefit from the students’ charitable work.
Victus Academy is a private school and hockey academy for male and female student athletes in grades 5-12 located in Kitchener.
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Matthew Schmidt
President
Victus Academy
519-573-3979
mschmidt@victusacademy.com