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Pupils pitch in pennies to help teen
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer
Park Avenue Elementary School pupils (l-r) Candace Patrick, Julissa Cuautle, Jennifer Cuatlatl and Keegan Roche collected pennies to help a teenager who is battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
JEFF GRANIT staff FREEHOLD — Youngsters in Reina Calise’s second-grade class at the Park Avenue Elementary School were crafting piggy banks to help them learn about money and how to save it.
But when the children heard that someone needed the money more than they did, they decided to donate their coins to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s School and Youth Pennies for Patients campaign.
The program incorporates service learning into a program that helps to fight blood cancers.
Kelly Korz, a guidance counselor and the student council adviser at the school, said the program involves collecting spare change from students for two weeks. Funds are collected in honor of a local student survivor and current patient.
The schoolwide fundraising effort netted $1,505, according to Korz.
Korz said Jessica Orr of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society reached out to her to see if the school wanted to participate. Korz said she thought it would be a great project for the student council and enlisted the help of the children who participate in that activity.
“They sent us a packet of information along with the bins, posters and a parent letter and everything else we needed to get started,” she said.
The Freehold Borough students are helping Shannon, 13, (identified only by a first name). Shannon, who lives in Hazlet, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in March 2007. Orr said Shannon is one of the society’s “Honored Heroes” for New Jersey.
According to information provided by the society, “Thousands of children like Shannon are diagnosed with blood cancer every year. This is devastating to their families and to us. However, thanks to research funded by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and those who help, the survival rate is at 86 percent today.”
According to Korz, the society provides step-by-step instructions, collection boxes and an educational video to support its Pennies for Patients efforts.
She said the program is schoolwide and said the classroom that collected the most money would win a pizza party.
After tallying up the donations, Korz revealed that Calise’s class was the winning classroom, bringing in $262.65. The pizza will be donated by Domino’s.
The classroom that collected the second highest amount of money will receive an ice cream party provided by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Students in Tracy Corsano’s fifth-grade class, which collected $243.15, will receive this treat.
Orr said more than 900 schools in New Jersey are participating in the society’s school and youth programs. Several types of fundraisers are offered for schools and businesses, she said.
To make a donation to the Park Avenue Elementary School Pennies for Patients program, call Kelly Korz at 732-761-2124.
Pupils pitch in pennies to help teen
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer
Park Avenue Elementary School pupils (l-r) Candace Patrick, Julissa Cuautle, Jennifer Cuatlatl and Keegan Roche collected pennies to help a teenager who is battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
JEFF GRANIT staff FREEHOLD — Youngsters in Reina Calise’s second-grade class at the Park Avenue Elementary School were crafting piggy banks to help them learn about money and how to save it.
But when the children heard that someone needed the money more than they did, they decided to donate their coins to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s School and Youth Pennies for Patients campaign.
The program incorporates service learning into a program that helps to fight blood cancers.
Kelly Korz, a guidance counselor and the student council adviser at the school, said the program involves collecting spare change from students for two weeks. Funds are collected in honor of a local student survivor and current patient.
The schoolwide fundraising effort netted $1,505, according to Korz.
Korz said Jessica Orr of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society reached out to her to see if the school wanted to participate. Korz said she thought it would be a great project for the student council and enlisted the help of the children who participate in that activity.
“They sent us a packet of information along with the bins, posters and a parent letter and everything else we needed to get started,” she said.
The Freehold Borough students are helping Shannon, 13, (identified only by a first name). Shannon, who lives in Hazlet, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in March 2007. Orr said Shannon is one of the society’s “Honored Heroes” for New Jersey.
According to information provided by the society, “Thousands of children like Shannon are diagnosed with blood cancer every year. This is devastating to their families and to us. However, thanks to research funded by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and those who help, the survival rate is at 86 percent today.”
According to Korz, the society provides step-by-step instructions, collection boxes and an educational video to support its Pennies for Patients efforts.
She said the program is schoolwide and said the classroom that collected the most money would win a pizza party.
After tallying up the donations, Korz revealed that Calise’s class was the winning classroom, bringing in $262.65. The pizza will be donated by Domino’s.
The classroom that collected the second highest amount of money will receive an ice cream party provided by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Students in Tracy Corsano’s fifth-grade class, which collected $243.15, will receive this treat.
Orr said more than 900 schools in New Jersey are participating in the society’s school and youth programs. Several types of fundraisers are offered for schools and businesses, she said.
To make a donation to the Park Avenue Elementary School Pennies for Patients program, call Kelly Korz at 732-761-2124.