By Sara Loffland
The Haysville Times
Weve all heard of the word Cancer, and most of us have felt the havoc it wreaks on our lives. Many groups have been created to help patients deal with the tragedy that is cancer. One particular group has caught the interest of our very own USD 261 This group is the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. This society is having the “Pennies for Patients” fund raiser and the schools of Haysville are taking part in the contributions.
Campus and the Alternative High Schools will be raising money for the next three weeks. The fundraiser officially began last Monday and will end on March 16. Of course the students are being given a little incentive for donating but most of the donations come from the heart. Some of the prizes they will be receiving are; a pasta lunch for the classroom that donates the most money with the school that raises the most money getting a new 27″ TV.
Prizes arent the only incentive for the students, the truth of what these diseases do, is also what makes the students donate. Some facts about the cancers that this society is associated with are that Leukemia remains the leading cause of death in children and young adults under the age of 20, a five-year survival rate for non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma has risen from 47% to 60%, and blood-related cancers will strike up to 114,530 kids which is every five minutes. Plus, every 10 minutes someone dies from a blood related cancer. All these facts have touched the hearts of the students in USD 261, and now they will raise money so that the survival rate can hopefully keep going up. Keep reading the Haysville Times every week for further updates.