Number of Participants: 15
Hours Donated: 21
Value of Time Served: $2,662
Event Amount Raised: $700
Event Type: Health & Medicine
Sport: Team
Date: February 4, 2020
Location:
Elwood
NY, USA
About:
Elwood Middle School students in Erica Giordano’s community service club counted piles of pennies, dimes, quarters and nickels as part of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Pennies for Patients campaign on Feb. 4.
The fundraiser is a service-learning program that encourages young students to raise money to fight childhood cancer. This initiative seeks to accelerate treatments so that young cancer patients can not only survive, but thrive for generations to come.
After collecting funds for three weeks, the middle school students easily exceeded their goal of $700, Ms. Giordano said. Depending on the amount of money raised by each of the school’s six teams, students received “hero gear,” including “hero squad” silicone bracelets and rings, keychains and t-shirts.
At the meeting, the students also designed Valentine’s Day cards to be delivered to veterans at the Northport VA Medical Center on Feb. 14.
Photo captions:
- DSC_0005: Nicole Savitsky counts pennies for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
- DSC_0010: Pictured left to right, Sabrina River, Su Ankay and Natalie Portillo.
- DSC_0014: Pictured left to right, Samantha Williamson, Daniela Rehren, Walidaad Malhi and Camila Avila
- DSC_0023: Skylar Weinerman, left, and Victoria Jenkins, right, count pennies for the Pennies for Patients campaign on Feb. 4.
- DSC_0034: Skylar Weinerman designs a Valentine’s Day card for a veteran.
Photos courtesy of Elwood Union Free School District