Dear Editor: I've never actually had a parcel go missing in transit before, certainly not such an important one as this.
Every year those of us involved in the organization of the West Vancouver Terry Fox Run wait enthusiastically for the T-shirts and advertising material to be delivered. Then we head to the coffee shops, malls, community centres, just anywhere that has an advertising board. We distribute the posters and hope that while people drink their lattes they will also glance at the community board. Things have not worked out so well this year!
Purolator say that they delivered the run supplies to my home on Aug. 1 (no signature required) and they stand by that. I live on a quiet Lynn Valley street and doubt that anybody would steal a box clearly marked "The Terry Fox Foundation" with a graphic showing Terry on his long journey across Canada. That couldn't happen, could it? Was it delivered to the wrong address? But then why wouldn't that person notify us! It really makes no sense.
But what we do know is that the 33rd Terry Fox Run will go ahead on Sept. 15 at Ambleside Park no matter what. We'll make sure of that! We can't let this stop us from continuing Terry's legacy of hope for a world free from cancer.
Carol Beattie
North Vancouver
