It was a day that would have made Terry Fox proud.
Runs were held in five communities across Chatham-Kent with thousands of dollars raised to help fight cancer.
Final numbers are still being tallied but the Wallaceburg event has over $19,195, Chatham came in with $5145, and Dresden, which is consistently one of the top fundraising runs in Canada per capita, raised over $35,780. Tilbury raised $20,200.
At this point, no numbers have been released from the Blenheim or Tilbury events.
Meantime in nearby Alvinston, a huge crowd gathered raising whopping $44,370.
