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NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Indianapolis, IN Permit No. 5479 Indiana Chapter 9075 N. Meridian St., Suite 150 Indianapolis, IN 46260 MAY 2015 INDIANA SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO MAKE IMPACT PUTTING HEART INTO CAMPAIGNS During this year’s School & Youth Programs Across Indiana this school year, more than more than $150,000. Some schools nearly 27,000 schools—a quarter of all 550 schools said they would help us in our participate because they want to teach their schools across the country—engaged in mission to find a cure for blood cancers and students that despite their circumstances meaningful service, leadership and helped improve the lives of our patients. Whether they can give back, such as William Penn save lives! urban, suburban or rural, private or public, Elementary School 49 in Indianapolis who has big or small, and regardless of socio-economic a 100% free/reduced lunch rate. Still some McKenzie Career Center’s HOSA group got a big surprise Did you know…You can participate in Pennies for Patients at any time during the school Students connected with The Leukemia & make up, students joined together to make a schools are new to our program and when Colts Kicker Pat McAfee attended their fundraiser year? While February is most common, feel free to select any time that works best! and wrote a check for $4,000 to their campaign! Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) mission and big difference. participate simply because they were asked collected spare change, made online to. Regardless of the reason, we hope that donations, held talent shows, ran bake Schools have a variety of reasons for you found the program enjoyable and sales, taped their teachers to walls, participating in Pennies for Patients. For worthwhile. Know that your participation and Middle School “Keeps Shining” for Former Classmate By Julie Hippleheuser, Student Council Sponsor partnered with community business, some, the meaning is personal and painful. commitment to the program is never taken In winter of 2012, Maddy was a typical teenager at Franklin In November of 2013, Maddy lost her battle to shaved heads, and so much more to raise Such is the case with Franklin Township lightly and is always appreciated. Township Middle School West. She was a bright, smart and well- leukemia. It was a rough time becoming money and make a difference in the lives of Middle School West in Indianapolis, who lost rounded student. She was loved by all students and staff. She was motivated again to live up to what our school blood cancer patients. a classmate to leukemia last year. (Read more Indiana schools are on target to raise more the student that everyone wanted to be partners with in class, that did the previous year. We tried our best, but about their story on the back page). For than $550,000 this year! On behalf of the every teacher wanted to teach, and that always strived to be the did it with heavy hearts. We did raise money Because of this amazing work, donations others, it’s a matter of tradition, such as Clay best. On March 12, 2012 Maddy was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid for Pennies Patients and the school brought in staff of LLS, our Honored Heroes and all those from the 2014-2015 School & Youth Middle School in Carmel who has been Leukemia. She underwent chemotherapy, blood transfusions, and about $2,500. Maddy’s motto was always to fighting a blood cancer, THANK YOU! weeks at Riley and St. Jude hospitals trying to stop this horrible “keep on shining” and to live each day like Programs are expected to total over participating for nearly 20 years and raised disease. this. We decided we would raise money $28 million! again during the 2014 school year and do it In 2013, West was approached to help raise money for LLS through for Maddy. Thanks to these efforts and those of the Pennies for Patients. Our goal was $5,000 with the hope of shaving teachers, parents and communities that our principal’s head and educating our students about leukemia. We set our goal this year as being the state middle school winner! Maddy was a patient at Riley during our campaign week and was To kick off our week, Maddy’s mom came to the school and talked to support these extraordinary students, LLS is very involved. She would send daily announcements, update daily the student body about Maddy and how not to give up! It isn’t often able to help blood cancer patients and their goals, and educate the students and staff about leukemia. The you can find 900 middle school students sitting straight and hanging families. school quickly started realizing how serious this disease was and onto each word, but they did! We agreed as a school to try to raise what a difference a penny can make! Money started pouring in and $10,000! We had a week of spirit, a week of education, a week of A world without blood cancers is the LLS during a pep session our final total was revealed—the only person competition, and a week of remembering Maddy! We did it!! We goal. And the millions of students who who knew our total was Maddy! We Skyped into her hospital room brought in $11,903! The student body celebrated with Boomer from and she revealed our total—almost $8,000. There were tears, the Pacers, pies in the administration faces, and a feeling that we participated in this year’s programs are cheers, and 900 students who couldn’t believe what we had done. can do anything! Maddy is still shining with us at West and we will making an impact. Maddy’s parents were at the school as the total was revealed and always be involved with Pennies for Patients until a cure is found. her sister was the first to shave our principal’s head. We hope you will continue to support our Above: Honored Hero Luke returns to his former school, Geist Elementary, to read a favorite book, Chemo Crusaders, during its efforts and join us next year by registering Pennies campaign. for the 2015-2016 campaign. To sign up QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? your school or for more information on the Thank You To Our Local Sponsor: Julie Markland, Campaign Manager: [email protected] or (317) 860-3858 programs, please visit www.schoolandyouth.org. For more Love this opportunity to be a part of something bigger than CHS! —Rosie Fakes, Cascade High School Penny Times information on LLS’s mission, please visit www.lls.org not someday, but today. CHARITY GAME BRINGS IN $20,000 Penny Times Thanks to all participating schools! Clay Middle School in Carmel has been a longtime supporter of Pennies for Patients, raising more than $150,000 for LLS in its history which spans nearly 20 A.K. Smith Area Career Center Davis Park Elementary School Indian Creek High School Northwest High School years. This year, Clay teamed up with the two other middle schools in Carmel— Albany Elementary School Deer Run Elementary School Indiana Academy-Science, Math & Human Norwell Middle School Congratulations Allen Elementary School Deerfield Elementary School Indiana Math & Science Academy Oak Hill High School Anderson High School Delta Middle School Indiana Math & Science Academy-North Oaklandon Elementary School SPECIAL THANKS for10+ Creekside Middle School and Carmel Middle School for a faculty vs. faculty charity Andrew Academy Charter School Discovery Middle School Indiana University Auditorium Options Charter School-Carmel Batesville Primary School Andrew J Brown Academy Doe Creek Middle School Indianapolis Metro High School Orchard Park Elementary School basketball game on January 23. Students at all three schools raised money in the Anna Brochhausen School 88 Dollens Elementary School Irvington Community Elementary Oregon Davis Elementary School consecutive years of support! Anthis Career Center Durbin Elementary School Irvington Community Middle School Oregon Davis Jr Sr High School raised $12,540 through Apple House Preschool Cooperative East Elementary School Irvington Preparatory Academy Osolo Elementary School week leading up to the event and capped it off with an exciting night of basketball Argos Community Elementary East Jay Middle School J Everett Light Career Center Our Hope Lutheran School Argos Community Jr Sr High School East Noble Middle School J Wilbur Haley Elementary School Our Lady Of Hungary School HOP for Leukemia & Lymphoma! Arlington Woods School 99 Eastbrook Elementary School James Russell Lowell School 51 Owen Valley Middle School Albany Elementary School—Albany games which included a team from the Carmel Police & Fire Departments. Two Arsenal Tech- Career & Tech Center Eastern Pulaski Elementary School James Whitcomb Riley Elementary Padua Academy Allen Elementary School—Marion Attica High School Eastwood Elementary School James Whitcomb Riley School 43 Paramount School Of Excellence During the past 22 years, BPS has raised Pennies for Patients Honored Heroes, Lauren, a freshman at Center Grove High Auntie Mame's Child Development Center Eastwood Middle School Jefferson Middle School Parkview Cooperative Preschool Batesville Primary—Batesville (HOP) Avilla Elementary School Eden Elementary School Jeremiah Gray-Edison Elementary Patricksburg Elementary School Avon Middle School South Edgewood Elementary-Anderson John Glenn High School Paul Hadley Middle School Cascade High School—Clayton School and Quincy, a second-grader at Oaklandon Elementary were on hand to Avondale Meadows Academy Edgewood Elementary-Michigan City John Marshall Community High Paul I Miller School 114 Clay Middle School—Carmel $263,760! Bainbridge Elementary School Edgewood High School John Marshall Intermediate Center Pendleton Heights High School serve as honored guests for the