標題: did good on May 19 as they participated in Laps for Life 04 [打印本頁] 作者: lhbisrnw 時間: 2016-6-14 18:46 標題: did good on May 19 as they participated in Laps for Life 04
Students from Grover Cleveland Middle School (GCMS) did good on May 19 as they participated in Laps for Life, a GCMS fundraiser to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis Research. The event was coordinated by sixth grader Mackenzie Courtright whose two younger brothers are afflicted with the genetic disease. The students raised $1500 through the fundraiser that also sold that hang in the school. Standing in front of No podía creer Mario todavía trabaja allí y nos recordaba de antes students from GCMS as they prepare to walk their for Life are GCMS principal James Brown, father Gregory Courtright, younger brother Mitchell Courtright, mother Jeanne Courtright, brother Matthew Courtright, sister Miranda Courtright, Stephanie Karlo of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and sixth grader and sister Mackenzie Courtright.
CADLWELL, NJ La retraite le sénateur Saxby Chambliss de la Géorgie When Mackenzie Courtright asked her mother Jeanne Courtright if she could run a fundraiser that would help her brothers Mitchell and Michael who have Cystic Fibrosis, her mom suggested that she think of something that could be done with her fellow students at school.
Courtright, a sixth grader at Grover Cleveland Middle School (GCMS), approached principal James Brown with the idea of Laps for Life, and on May 19, students in grades six through eight put on their walking shoes to prove that they are the walk when it comes to doing good for their community and beyond. Nearly 300 students and staff walked together to raise $1500 for Cystic Fibrosis research.
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a life threatening genetic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of children and young adults in the United States. When the CF Foundation was started in 1955, a child with CF was not expected to live to attend elementary school. Today, dramatic advances in CF research and treatment have extended the median age of survival for people with CF to almost 37 years.
Courtright whose two younger brothers are afflicted with the disease, has seen first hand what is involved with Cystic Fibrosis, and wanted to do something to make a difference. Listening to principal James Brown suggestion on leaving mark on the school and community motivated Courtright to ask her parents and the school if she could organize the event.
want the students to see that they can make a difference, said Brown. the students that suggest and organize the events, and those that participate. reveal the hidden flow generated by small hairs Every student can leave their mark on the school and beyond. Karlo of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation attended the event, along with the entire Courtright family, and joined the students on their walk. Courtright presented Karlo with a check for $1500, representing the money raised Dunn supervise le budget de Dickinson College étude du travail programme by the students through the walk and sales.
