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West Islip High School Student Raises $1,150 for Cancer Center

July 18, 2016 By Team Up 4 Community

West Islip High School student and cancer survivor Kyle Dorr held a cancer awareness event in May, raising $1,150 in funds for the Cancer Center for Kids at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola.

Dorr, who will start his junior year in September, is a survivor of leukemia and still receives his care at the Cancer Center. Seeking to raise awareness for childhood cancers and donations for the facility, he reached out for support to school and district administrators and teachers. The Dorr family donated silicone bracelets that read, “West Islip Lions Stand Up to Cancer,” that he designed himself.

“Kyle is one of the most determined students I know,” said ​Sharon Kerrigan, the high school’s nurse, who assisted him in the project along with the school’s West Islip Students with HEARTT club.

In addition to the monies raised for the Cancer Center, which he presented to a hospital representative in June, Dorr and the staff at the district’s Beach Street Middle School also raised money for a local student who is just starting his battle with cancer.

Said Dorr, “I am a patient at the Cancer Center for Kids at Winthrop University Hospital, an amazing place for children fighting the hardest fight of their life, cancer. I decided to hold this fundraiser to give back to the wonderful people that saved my life. The center is full of great people: physicians, a clinical psychologist, child life specialists and a music therapist. This is a truly wonderful place for children fighting the battle with cancer.”

IMG_0671: West Islip High School student and cancer survivor Kyle Dorr held a cancer awareness event in May, raising $1,150 in funds for the Cancer Center for Kids at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola.

Photo courtesy of the West Islip School District

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