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Plano
Schools Raise $40,000
for Blood Cancer Research
May 9, 2005
This spring, several Plano schools joined the fight against cancer
with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, collecting more than $40,000
through the annual Pennies for Patients program. For three weeks,
schools like Renner Middle School - which topped the list of contributors
at nearly $9,000 - encouraged students to collect spare change to
help North Texas families affected by blood cancers.
Among other top
fundraisers were Robinson, Frankford and Rice middle
schools, which each collected approximately $5,000, and Skaggs Elementary
School,
which contributed nearly $4,000. Carpenter, Hendrick,
Bowman and Murphy middle schools also generously contributed to the
program, as did
the following elementary schools: Hightower, Harrington,
Sigler, Rasor, Shepard, Haggar, Thomas and Huffman.
Schools rallied
behind Rice Middle
School Teacher Jenny Scott, who lost her daughter
Allie to leukemia in September 2004 at the age of
nine months and now helps coordinate
the Pennies program.
Robinson Middle School PAL (Peer Assistance and Leadership)
students (pictured) kicked off the Pennies
For Patients Campaign on April 4. For two weeks, students,
faculty and staff brought spare pennies, nickels,
dimes, and quarters to school during their
4th period class. This spare change, as well as, a
few checks and several dollars added up quickly. At
the end of the two-week collection,
Robinson had collected $5,571.51.
Classes competed against
each other to win an Olive Garden catered luncheon.
Robinson’s
winning class, Mrs. Renu Devi’s sixth grade Study Skills class,
collected an average of $51.81 per student. Their second
place class, Mr. Dusty Tanner’s
seventh grade Science class, collected a total of $880.87.
This
spare change will help to save the lives of people
touched by blood-related cancers. Funds raised through
this program support the Society’s mission to cure leukemia,
lymphoma, Hodgkin’s
disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life
of patients and their families.
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