"Send us a text about this episode!" Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Season 3 opens with two Vancouver Island stories built on showing up for other people, year after year. Darrell Fox was seventeen when he joined his brother Terry on the road for the 1980 Marathon of Hope, and 46 years on he's still carrying that story forward, now through a documentary built from footage nobody knew existed. Marnie Grimes has spent decades behind the Port Alberni Toy Run, one of Canada's largest community-run toy convoys, and she's got the numbers and the stories to prove what a room full of bikers with a shared cause can do. This Episode Features: (22:11) Darrell Fox, who was just 17 when he joined his brother Terry on the road for the final months of the 1980 Marathon of Hope, marks the September 20th Terry Fox Run by looking back at that first day near Saint John, New Brunswick. With more than $1 billion now raised for cancer research in Terry's name, Darrell talks about the volunteers who keep 600 runs going across the country every year with no staff and no budget, and about a new documentary, Run, Terry, Run, built from 93 reels of never-before-seen footage found in storage after four decades, with a musical contribution from Bryan Adams "Run Terry Run". He also shares news of the 20-year agreement placing the Marathon of Hope archive in the care of the Royal BC Museum. Run, Terry, Run opens in Cineplex theatres October 9th. www.terryfox.org (05:16) Marnie Grimes, longtime spokesperson and now chairperson of the Port Alberni Toy Run, opens Season 3. Now in its 42nd year, the Toy Run began with eight riders in 1984 and has grown into one of Canada's largest community-run toy convoys, raising more than $3 million in cash plus a comparable value in toys, hampers, and equipment for the Alberni Valley. Marnie talks about the event's biker-party beginnings, the record-chasing 25th-anniversary run of 1,463 registered bikes, and the $19,000 she signed back to School District 70 for music, culinary, and outdoor-living programs. She also touches on the growing number of women riders, the new Battle of the Bands youth showcase joining Saturday night's dance, and where to set up along the Port Alberni route to watch the procession go by. www.portalbernitoyrun.ca Episode Quotes: "We can set our goals high, each and every one of us. The only thing limiting us is our ability to try." - Darrell Fox, Brother of Terry Fox, Terry Fox Foundation "There is nobody that does it better than Toy Run." - Marnie Grimes, Chairperson, Port Alberni Toy Run The PULSE Community Podcast is a weekly Vancouver Island podcast hosted by Peter McCully and Dave Graham, featuring conversations with musicians, authors, actors, athletes, business leaders and community builders from Vancouver Island, British Columbia and beyond. The PULSE Community Podcast is part of The PULSE Podcast Community. You'll find all episodes of The PULSE Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart, TikTok and YouTube and ThePulseCommunity.ca. Click here to learn how to Support the show. Episode Sponsors: Thrifty Foods Parksville, Tablet Pharmacy & Ian Lindsay & Associates. Check out Skookum Kid's Stories on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart, and YouTube. Sign up for our weekly newsletter and stay up to date on the latest podcasts, guests and contests. Check out the Vancouver Island Podcast Directory: Vancouver Island Podcast Directory is a free public resource curated by The PULSE Community, helping listeners discover podcasts produced on Vancouver Island and the surrounding coastal islands. #DarrellFox #TerryFox #TerryFoxRun #MarnieGrimes #PortAlberniToyRun #VancouverIsland #ThePulseCommunityPodcast #VancouverIslandPodcast #ParksvilleNews #VancouverIslandNews #PortAlberni #MarathonOfHope Support the show
