Reynolds' Star Power Raises Money for Terry Fox

Reynolds wears the Dear Terry shirt he designed for this year

Canadian actor and now football team owner Ryan Reynolds has the magic touch in making businesses successful.

In November 2020 he and American actor and director Rob McElhenney bought Wrexham AFC, a Welsh football club and it's not only helped sell tickets, but also boosted morale of the team.

Fox running in 1981

And most recently he lent his artistic hand in designing a shirt to raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation and already sales have hit C$1 million.

The shirt is called Dear Terry, inspired by the thousands of letters the Canadian athlete whose leg was amputated due to cancer, received during his Marathon of Hope, when he attempted to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. 

He started on April 12, 1980, and after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres, Fox had to stop because the cancer had spread. He died on June 28, 1981 in New Westminster, BC.

Some 28,000 shirts have already been pre-sold, and people are encouraged to write their own #DearTerry messages.

Reynolds shared his own #DearTerry message to coincide with the launch of the shirt:

"I've been taking part in the Terry Fox Run since second grade and can't think of a more enduring and lovely legacy for one person," he said.

The fundraising run is held in Fox's memory 

Since the first Marathon of Hope, the Terry Fox Foundation has raised over C$850 million in support of cancer research. The 43rd annual Terry Fox Run takes place on September 17 this year.