Number of Participants: 67
Hours Donated: 12
Value of Time Served: $6,794
Event Amount Raised: $1,201
Event Type: Health & Medicine
Sport: Schools
Date: April 23, 2014
Location:
1 South 5Th Avenue Brentwood
New York 11717, United States
About:
Relay For Life of Brentwood High School
Friday, March 28, 2014 started at 6:00PM
Students raise $30G for cancer research
Students in the Brentwood Union Free School District collected more than $30,000 in their second-annual Relay For Life fundraiser to aid with cancer research, school officials said.
The funds, which will go to the American Cancer Society, were donated in the past several weeks. More than 200 students from the Medical Society, a club that exposes children to careers in health care, and the Relay For Life club at Brentwood Senior High spent the night at the school last Friday until 6 a.m. Saturday. They stayed up all night and walked an indoor track through the hallways as well as played volleyball, dodgeball and danced to music.
Some of the participating students have been diagnosed with lung and brain cancers, said high school principal Richard Loeschner. The groups surpassed last year’s efforts, when they raised more than $20,000.
A “Survivor’s Dinner” was also held to honor 50 cancer survivors from the Bay Shore and Brentwood areas, Loeschner said.
Sharon Littman, a speech language pathologist who has been with the district for 19 years and is a skin cancer survivor, helped coordinate this year’s events. Along with cancer awareness, the students – led by fellow classmates Sumaiya Chowdhury and Mecca Tricoche – were able to learn communication skills through asking people for help.
“Between the high school and elementary schools, thousands of people gave either a couple of bucks or a hundred bucks” Loeschner said. “It really motivated everyone for the last few weeks. There’s a real energy and passion for this event.”
Several student athletes and teams participated in the event, including several Girls Lacrosse Teams, Football, and Basketball.
To see more please visit: http://relay.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLCY14EA?fr_id=56359&pg…
