Run/Walk 5k on Oct. 6 for Rumshock veteran housing project in Memory of Terry Anderson
AP reporter, veteran and seven-year hostage in Lebanon, Terry Anderson was active in all aspects of Rumshock veteran housing project, his cohorts said.
This fundraiser is in honor of Terry Anderson, who was held hostage by Hezbollah in the Middle East for nearly 7 years. Terry was abducted in Beirut on March 16, 1985, after playing tennis with an AP colleague. Islamist militants held him for more than six years — as part of an operation to negotiate prisoner swaps — an ordeal he survived in part due to “stubbornness.” Terry once remarked, “You wake up every day. You summon up energy from somewhere. I don’t know how,” but you do. Terry was held captive the longest. Terry described being beaten and chained, enduring months of silence and years without sunlight. Terry was released in 1991.
Terry demonstrated resilience, the ability to bounce back in the face of challenges, losses and adversity. The resilient person harnesses inner strengths and rebounds quickly from setbacks such as transitions, illness, trauma, or the death of a loved one. Resilience is also the ability to self-soothe during these difficult times. The ability to successfully adapt to stressors, maintaining psychological well-being in the face of adversity.
First Annual Resilience 5K Run/Walk
Oct. 6, 9 a.m. Heritage Trail
1768 NY 17M
Castle Driving Range Parking Lot
Goshen, NY
Entry Fee $30 includes tee-shirt, day of race $35, between 7:45 and 8:45 a.m., no tee-shirt.
Regjster at WWW.Rumshockvf.org. All poceeds go to Rumshock Foundation.
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