Use this search box to find articles that have run in our newspapers over the last several years.
| EAST LONGMEADOW Students at Meadow Brook School in East Longmeadow raised $3,571.60 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Pennies for Patients program. They collected pennies for patients to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society during the month of March. We would like to say a special thanks to the parents and Coinstar for counting all the coins. The top fundraising class was Mrs. Sear's class. They raised $447.57 and won the pizza party awarded by the Society. "I am so proud of our students," said Judith Fletcher, principal at Meadow Brook School. "They did a great job of giving selflessly and they really understood the mission of the Society and what the money is used for." Leukemia is the leading cause of disease-related death among children. An estimated 712,145 Americans have blood cancers, and every five minutes, someone new is diagnosed. Since 1992, millions of dollars have been raised in pennies and other spare change by more than 12 million elementary, middle and high school students nationwide. The mission of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families. "These students serve as an example to all of us through their commitment to helping others," said Stacy Parr, campaign coordinator for the Massachusetts chapter. "Their efforts will help local patients and their families along with funding blood cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston's Children's Hospital, New England Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital along with 13 other institutions throughout Massachusetts." For information regarding local programs and services of the Massachusetts chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, call 888-688-6572 or visit our web site at www.lls.org/ma. |