The Terry Fox Run kicks off from the Alfred Jenkins Centre. (Image Credit: paNOW Staff/Nick Nielsen)

By Nick Nielsen

Over $37,000 raised

Terry Fox Run celebrating one of the most successful fundraising years

Sep 22, 2026 | 12:14 PM

This year’s Terry Fox Run in Prince Albert is going down as one of the most successful they’ve ever had. In total, 190 runners and walkers came out and raised a total of $37,651.38 that will go towards cancer research.

“It was by far our biggest run, biggest turnout, so I’m expecting to beat last year’s goal,” said co-chair Chelsea Mitchell before the run had ended and totals had been figured out.

“It’s awesome. It’s a lot of work to get the word out there. When my mom and I got involved, we had six people show up. So seeing this many people here compared to six people is incredible. We worked hard to get the word out and community to know the Terry Fox Run still exists because a lot of the people would be like, ‘Oh, I didn’t know the Terry Fox Run was still around.’ We’ve been here for 46 years, we’re still going.”

The online portion of the fundraiser brought in a total of $17,664 which was over $10,000 more than the goal they had set to raise. The rest came in through physical donations dropped off during the day, a few big cheques that came in from donors, and a silent auction filled with items donated from around the community.

Mitchell believes that the run was able to reach a ton of new people this year, and she hopes that they stay supporters of the Terry Fox Run in the long term.

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“When I was sick originally, that’s why we got involved… is the community came together to support me. If we can do a little bit and support any other people that are currently fighting cancer, or ones that might end up diagnosed in the future, that’s what our goal is to try and get better treatments, hopefully one day a cure, because side effects from chemo and radiation are not fun, and unfortunately that’s something most, if not all, survivors live with, so new treatments and research to get those new treatments, it will help a lot.”

Mitchell had her own battle with cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia which affects a person’s bone marrow and blood, that started when she was 12, and has been cancer free since 2016. During her battle, Mitchell found out that she would need a transplant to keep her alive, and that members of her family were not compatible with her. That meant searching for a donor outside of the country.

Even then, Mitchell didn’t take to the transplant right away. So she knows first hand just how important the money raised through the Terry Fox Run is, because she wouldn’t still be alive today if it wasn’t for money

“I rejected the transplant so 16 weeks of anti-rejection medications later they could say that I had no cancer in my body and then in 2016 I was officially cancer free so this will be March would have been 10 years cancer free and then 2023 I actually flew to Poland and I was able to meet the woman who saved my life.”

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nick.nielsen@pattisonmedia.com

by Nick Nielsen

Terry Fox Run celebrating one of the most successful fundraising years

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