Number of Participants: 6
Hours Donated: 10
Value of Time Served: $507
Event Amount Raised: $2,766
Event Type: Health & Medicine
Sport: Schools
Date: February 15, 2018
Location:
Port Jefferson
NY, USA
About:
In early January, the Port Jefferson Middle School Student Council set out to help children diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses when they established a goal to raise $2,018 to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s “Pennies for Patients” campaign.
As a result of the students and staff members overwhelming support, the Student Council not only met but surpassed their goal with a total amount raised of $2,766.
To achieve this goal, the students held various fundraisers, including after-school bake sales and Pajama Friday, when staff and students paid up to $5 to wear their PJs to school. They also created posters and sold blood drop stickers to cover a “Make Cancer Disappear” wall in the school.
“It’s such a pleasure to not only see our students engage in helping others but our whole school community come together to support their efforts,” said Allison Giannusa, adviser and an English teacher at the school.
The social studies classes also held their own competition and Philip Giannusa’s eighth-period class raised the most money with a total of $575.
Photo caption: Port Jefferson Middle School students celebrated Pajama Friday and displayed their “Pennies for Patients” fundraising poster for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Photo courtesy of the Port Jefferson School District
