Highland Heights Elementary Students donates money to the - AFRAM

HOUSTON? The idea was simple enough: Ask students at Highland Heights Elementary School to donate money to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.? The students were challenged to raise $1,500 for the organization. No donation was too small because every bit helps.? But what began simply as an idea by school nurse Sholonda Smiley quickly grew into something much bigger than anyone could have imagined.? That?s because in just the first year for the fundraiser, within only a matter of weeks, the students raised more than 4 times as much as their original goal ? nearly $6,500.? They raised the money the old-fashioned way, without the support of a corporate sponsor, but by selling lemonade and asking family and friends to donate to this worthy cause.? Now thanks to their efforts, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society will be able to help improve the quality of life for more blood cancer patients and their families.
Highland Heights Principal Kettisha Jones says not only did the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society benefit from this fundraiser but so did her students who were energized throughout the entire campaign.? More importantly, she says her students learned a life lesson that can?t be taught in the classroom, that we all have the power to make a lasting difference simply by an act of kindness or generosity. For nearly 60 years the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society has had one mission: find a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin?s disease, and myeloma. The society funds live saving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services for people battling cancer.? In fact, it is the world?s largest voluntary health agency dedicated to helping blood cancer patients live better, longer lives. Although much progress has been made in the battle against blood cancers, there is still more work to be done. That?s because according to the American Cancer Society, nearly 45,000 new cases of leukemia were diagnosed in the United States alone in 2011 and leukemia still accounts for 1 out of 3 cancers in children.

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