Help Peterborough's Mark Steel Get A New Prosthetic Leg

On October 4th 2017, Peterborough's Mark Steel was diagnosed with Osteogenic Sarcoma, the same type of bone cancer that Terry Fox (his hero) had.

Due to the size, aggression and location of the tumour, Mark, 21, had his right leg amputated and now requires a prosthetic leg. Even though he's getting some help from the government to pay for it, there's still a long way to go to cover that cost.

Mark Steel

So Mark has set up a GoFundMe page to help raise funds for a new leg. His older sister, Jamie, tweeted about it here...

My little brother needs a new leg. Can you help? If you can’t donate, Mark asks that you do what you can to honour #TerryFox, who lived with the same cancer. https://t.co/pB15RZYtIb

— Jamie Steel (@jamiecsteel) February 8, 2018

Mark used to love running in Terry Fox runs as a kid, and now hopes to run across Peterborough some day—and perhaps further—with a new leg and do his part to raise awareness for cancer research.

Watch his heartfelt plea below in a video he posted to YouTube, and please give what you can here... 

Hey! I've been put in a slightly compromising position where I need money to pay for a prosthetic leg. I really only care about getting a functional leg, nothing super special where it's mind controlled or something, but I'm still in need of financial aid. So I decided to make a GoFundMe for it.

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