King Philip Middle School Students Raise Money To Fight Cancer

Seventh graders at King Philip Middle School re­cently raised $12,440.78 for the children of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital by participating in the Math-A-Thon.

Every seventh grader completed the 250 prob­lems in the Math-A-Thon booklet, and 200 of the stu­dents also collected sponsors. The money raised will help St. Jude in its ongoing fight against childhood catastrophic diseases. Much of the work done by St. Jude supports children with cancer and their families. Kyle Maloney was our top fund-raiser; he raised $464! Patrick Zeller collected $390 and Kevin Crowley brought back $270. Ashley Powell contributed $255 and Robbie Saraf collected $252.53. These were the top five fund-raisers from King Philip Middle School. The amount raised this year during the Math-A-Thon was over $2,000 more than last year.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is interna­tionally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with cancer and other cata­strophic

diseases. Founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, and based in Memphis, Tennessee, St. Jude freely shares its discoveries with scientific and medical communities around the world. No family ever pays for treatments not covered by insur­ance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay. St. Jude is financially supported by ALSAC, its fund-raising organization, through such events as the Math-A-Thon. For more information, visit www.mathathon.org.